How long will Relx sell-off last?
Shares in this high-quality FTSE 100 company have had a terrible eight months. Independent analyst Alistair Strang looks to the charts for signs of an end to the price slump.
29th January 2026 07:39
by Alistair Strang from Trends and Targets
The RELX (LSE:REL) share price, despite slumping my over a third in recent months, still does not describe a market which has lost faith (in the false god) of AI.
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Currently, below 2,674p should trigger reversals to an initial 2,382p and a possible bounce. Our secondary, if such a level breaks, calculates fairly close by at 1,882p.
This secondary is a major issue. It takes the share price below an uptrend since 2012, exposing the painful reality of a potential future share price collapse to an eventual ridiculous sounding 13p. This would be something of a disappointment to those surfing the AI wave. Unfortunately, there are plenty of shares, where once enthusiastic holders boast “the price was once xyz” with a plaintive note, believing it could head that way again.
At time of writing, Relx's share price needs above 3,150p to indicate a sharp change in fortunes, giving an initial 3,447p with our secondary, if bettered, at 3,712p.
We’re not optimistic for such an outcome. For now, we’re stuck with the title of a tune by Frankie Goes to Hollywood, quite unfair when applied to a corporate such as Relx Plc…
Source: Trends and Targets. Past performance is not a guide to future performance.
Alistair Strang has led high-profile and "top secret" software projects since the late 1970s and won the original John Logie Baird Award for inventors and innovators. After the financial crash, he wanted to know "how it worked" with a view to mimicking existing trading formulas and predicting what was coming next. His results speak for themselves as he continually refines the methodology.
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