Rolls-Royce share price: signs of a recovery?
Losses over the past few months have been significant, so independent analyst Alistair Strang has run his software again, looking for reasons to be positive.
28th October 2026 07:21
by Alistair Strang from Trends and Targets
Despite having broken below the rising trend that had been in place since the start of 2025, Rolls-Royce Holdings (LSE:RR.) is now showing some early signs of a potential recovery.
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For the bullish scenario to gain traction, we’d need to see the shares break above 1,282p. Such a move would satisfy our first technical condition and open the way towards an initial target of 1,341p. A subsequent break above that level would bring our secondary target of 1,413p into play.
Should this scenario be triggered, our tightest stop-loss level would sit at 1,161p.
Of course, we also have a less optimistic scenario in mind.
A fresh move below 1,158p would raise concerns about renewed weakness and the risk of a reversal. In that event, we’d look for an initial downside target of 1,112p, followed by a secondary target of 1,037p if the lower level is breached.
Our view
For now, we’re inclined to anticipate a recovery in the share price. One encouraging feature of the recent dip was that Rolls-Royce failed to close below 1,161p. That resilience leaves us wondering whether there’s more underlying strength here than the recent weakness might suggest.
A break above 1,282p would provide the first meaningful confirmation of that view. Until then, the prospect of a recovery remains just that; a prospect, rather than a confirmed move.
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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