An outlook for the AIM market
On a shorter trading day, independent analyst Alistair Strang explains what his charts say about the UK’s junior market.
24th December 2025 09:00
by Alistair Strang from Trends and Targets
Today is a short one on the markets, made worse by nothing of consequence usually happening until 12.20 or so, then all the planned movements happening in the final 10 minutes of play.
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Thus, today’s subject is fairly straightforward. It’s the UK AIM, and the visuals very strongly imply that if the UK’s junior market manages to close a session above green, at just 800 points, we should anticipate recovery to an initial 845 with secondary, if bettered, at 907 points.
Until such time the UK index actually closes above 907 points, we will be cautious about pointing to happy days ahead with a future 1181 calculating as viable.
And thus, until closure above 907 points is achieved, it will probably be more satisfying spending time with your family or friends.
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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