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Is anyone considering VLX? If yes, why?

It's creeping up. No speculative chaos on this one, and that to me is the best way a share price can progress.

Open a CFD or spread-betting account to go short. Then your broker can explain what to do. PS: I had it explained to me like this. You borrow shares and start off with a sell order. Say the price to sell is 100p. Then the price goes down to 90p, as you predicted. You decide to close the trade, so you buy shares at 90p, give them back (your broker does all this) and you pocket the 10p difference as profit. Et voila! and good luck. PPS: In my view going short now is not a good idea, especially after today's news. You might want to wait and see what the next trading results are before deciding.

LAKE broke 47p resistance today and is therefore heading higher unless there's bad news.

Classic topping out formation looks like it will go below support of 102p in the near future. Wait and see.

Strong volume gainer with 1.3m shares traded so far. FLX is still hitting resistance at 7.8p and needs to break 8p before it heads much higher. The next material news will decide its direction. NOTE: In August 2014 FLX was 61p, so it has a very long way to go to regain its former glory.

Good performance today and makes up for the limited reaction to last week's results. LRD should move to fill the last gap down from here at 174p. GLA

There's lots of talk about a BP take over by Exxon, but nothing has materialised and it's not reflected in today's price action. Today's move is a muted nod to the positive results although there are some issues e.g. ability to finance the dividend.

Looks like OCDO is signing more deals and getting its business in order. Half year results on 5th July will confirm the positive newsflow.

As the election gets closer, is anyone trading on the basis of a change to housing policy which might affect the house-builders?

Market likes BP today with good results sending the shares gapping higher. That gives me more confidence the shares are bullish as they had fallen below their 200 daily EMA (bearish). In the medium term, BP will have to contend with an oil price which is driven by supply side factors, OPEC, Shale drilling etc. much more than demand. However, these results show it can succeed and produce profitable results.

Please could you both take this offline now and deal direct with Admin. Thanks.

"step change" are the key words. Bullish outlook.

The price of Crude is down over 2% today and if OPEC can't guarantee more supply cuts the price could fall further. If oil falls below $49 then it could go much lower and take BP and other oil majors back down again. So whatever their results, the future prospects for oil are of much greater importance. Therefore, I'm bearish.

Spread of 21.43% is a massive turn off.

It was a brief trading statement, and could have done with some more content to help investors gauge what is happening.

Today's rise shows the market likes the results. But whilst I can't argue with the share price, the business still posted falls in the key financials on a constant currency basis. Together with Brexit and other global risks the outlook in my mind is uncertain, and I'm not taking the plunge. PS: The upside is based on a diversified global business which also grows through acquisition. So I'd like to see if that can be executed well before I'm in.

Thanks for the analysis.

Small (but significant) boost to the price today of 4.55%. This is a bullish signal for me on price action alone, and another buying opportunity since the price went to a 33p high in March. DYOR

I've just watched CRAW for a long time, and this is my take on today's action. For me it represents a significant setback for a share that was recovering since late March. PS: I'm such a small fry I would be astonished if my comments were interpreted by others to a) make a decision and b) change the actual share price. So although I give my opinions, I'd always prefer anyone on this board to do their own assessment and decide themselves.