A new phase for Oxford Nanopore Technologies shares?
A strong start to the year has got investors thinking about better times at this University of Oxford spin-out. Independent analyst Alistair Strang shares his latest chart analysis.
14th January 2026 07:40
by Alistair Strang from Trends and Targets
A few folk have enquired about Oxford Nanopore Technologies (LSE:ONT), which develops and sells a portable DNA sequencer charmingly called MinIon. It’s probably worth remembering this isn’t a speculative venture, their Minions already successfully working in the microgravity environment of the International Space Station. It appears to be the sort of product which shall eventually prove popular with local councils, keen to discover exactly who dropped which McDonald's wrapper at the side of the road.
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From our perspective, the share needs to close a session above 158.8p to move into a cycle where we can dare promote price recovery. According to our calculations, such a feat should trigger travel in the direction of an initial 174p with our secondary, if bettered, at 202p.
Movement such as this should prove very significant, taking the share price into a zone where a longer-term 227p dangles, and the potential promise of proper price movement, though these would be just early signals of a change in mood as a price cycle capable of challenging the dreamland 2021 levels becomes possible.
We’re obviously fairly cynical but it certainly does appear the market has been taking notice. Should it ever manage the 227p level, it’d be silly not to pay attention. After all, the price isn’t far away from the 158.8p level and the potential of entering a new phase.
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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