It is clear that the U.S. dollar has been one of the biggest hedge fund crowded trades, and still remains despite recent pullbacks in the greenback. And, although, the DXY saw a violent decent following last week's dovish FOMC-minutes report, there is still an underlying dynamic that supports a much higher dollar. History may not repeat, but it often rhymes....
Despite what so-called gold bugs have been trying to predict for years, it still remains seen how valuable the most "hated" asset on Wall Street can be. Calls of $10- or $50,000 gold have made headlines and often laughs, but when investors take into account the supporting fundamentals, gold can be extremely beneficial during these centrally-planned...
If you caught this trade congrats...it's a nice move but it's time to trim some and pull down stops. If you missed this trade don't chase down here. Wait for another pullback. You can also take a look at the Bonds...they have yet to break down.
The note's caught people of guard when the bullish pattern failed. Inflation? That dirty word will bring the notes and bonds to their knees and it's happening. We will short all bounces.
The Notes, like Goldie, are consolidating and ripe to break this week. We rolled to the June contract Friday and we are looking for a leas one more day of consolidation. We want to wait for a break of our levels before getting involved.
The Swiss franc has seen some action as traders move in and out of safe-haven assets, no matter what the Swiss National Bank implements (franc futures has a .82 correlation with gold). With the ECB hinting that more quantitative easing is possible ahead of the rate decision March 10, the SNB may feel obliged to intervene to stop any significant appreciation in...
Gold has pulled back slightly, but still up almost 15 percent since 2016. Traders don't believe the current rally as they look hopeful of more central bank quantitative easing, which is exactly why gold has had its run this year; and it is why I have been saying fundamentals have been strengthening for gold for roughly 16 months. After gold volatility hit...
The market have got into the possible reversal zone projected by Fibonacci external retracement levels. This zone also contains major and minor trend line cross. Fibonacci time extensions from last medium degree highs pivots as the wave B and wave 1 appear to match possible reversal day with in the wave (iii), and previous highs of wave (3) and wave 1 Fibonacci...
TLT is giving a strong sell signal with tweezers on the daily... TLT should test the bottom of the wedge. I bought a 125 strike put for a month out. I'm targeting 120 to take profit. Ryan
We can talk about all fundamental factors and how they can effect the bond prices and so on... But this monthly chart look like traditional Elliott wave pattern from the book. Now we see major impulse pattern have finished the 3 (blue) wave and shown first corrective wave. If the ECB will make unexpected moves it could force the last corrective wave down. There is...
I posted quite a few scary charts today but this one must be the SCARIEST of them all. The chart is the weekly stock/bond ratio and it shows us that AGAIN we are failing at the exact point as we did at the start of the Great Financial Crisis. Holy S***! Nothing more I can say really, apart from looking away and dusting off my crash helmet. Hopefully I and we, will...
I want to start this year with a market I have been watching closely recently, and for good reason. The HYG, which is the most liquid high yield corporate bond exchange traded fund, has taken a beating over the past few months and looks ready to make another move lower. Not only is this trade attractive from a technical perspective, but the fundamentals are on...
It's interesting to note that the USDBRL pair hasn't risen any further despite the route in the Brazilian bond market and the Fed rate hike this week. Of course, both were largely priced into the market. We're currently at one of those crossroads where fundamentals favor further US dollar strength against the Brazilian real whereas technical analysis suggests that...
One target and stopped for us on the Notes. Looks like we were early on ti trade even though we believe lower note price are in the cards. We will keep our eye it...closely
The weekly chart on the Bonds is developing a signal. No matter what direction the wedge breaks we expect a 6-10 week move. Keep this chart front and center on computer.