Yield Cuve vs. SPX#YIELD #CURVE WHERE ARE WE?
The big melt up could still happen...but I would be cautious what you wish for.
History doesn't favor bulls here.
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U.S. 10Y Yield Post Debate (9/30)
The U.S. 10 Yr. Yield Jumped over 5.2 BP to +7% , following a full in prices post debate. This is the highest since sept 18th.
ridethepig | 10Y Treasury Note📌 Yields are clearly hesitant to subscribe to the V shapers in Global Equities. An important observation in an extraordinarily difficult trading environment. The 0.90% - 0.50% range is clearly defined and from time to time we have had to get involved with a gentle grin and attempt to play both sides.
The 0.50% lows are 🔑 for this battlefield, as long as they are holding there is nothing to see to the downside. Losing the lows creates a freedom manoeuvre towards 0.17%. Otherwise all sellers are to be viewed as sacrifices and necessary in the basing formation. Expecting an eventual solution to the topside with 1.0% and 1.45% targets into 2020/2021.
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ridethepig | Recession Strategy📍 This chart update comes from the ' Alpha Protocol - Seeking Immediate Extraction '
The cramped inversion should aways be considered the end game of an economic cycle. But of course we will get the v shapers and naysayers who obliges that stonks only go up. The space available to operate against the Robinhood army is becoming more flexible. Sharp speculators are seeing more of an advance in the 2's 5's curve and abandoning ship when it suits them.
The threat of recession completely materialised and shows the importance of outguessing its weakness. You can learn from this inversion that:
1️⃣ Every other time this happened it ended badly for the global economy via recession. ✅
2️⃣ A Fed that lags and finances the Whitehouse will only add fuel to the flames... "it's different this time". ✅
3️⃣ The longer the delay in USD devaluation from Fed, the worst the blow is going to be in Equity markets. Assuming USD does not devalue materially into 2020 its repo will grow and continue expanding the balance sheet , one way or another eventually this is going to look like Fed has been financing the WhiteHouse and then the game is up.
Powell's noble attempt to pick a fight with the end game in an economic cycle can be regarded as having come to nothing. The threat comes from confidence and credit. Aiming for a complete annihilation across risk assets into 2021, the presence of the inversion was sufficient. Now this move will be made with momentum.
Real Yields vs. Gold (Divergence of the Year)What are real interest rates? The real interest rate is the rate of interest an investor, saver or lender receives after allowing for inflation. It can be described more formally by the Fisher equation, which states that the real interest rate is approximately the nominal interest rate minus the inflation rate.
Now, two scenarios unfold. One, the gap in the chart closes when real yield goes back below zero. As we transitioned into QE this year--rightly so with bonds inverted 6 months before-- before COVID. It was the catalyst. Now with 5 years of the fed funds rates being near 0 to "average out" inflation, how to you think this chart will respond?
A tip. QT is the opposite of QE.
ridethepig | End Game in the Cycle📌 This diagram portrays the final stages in the economic cycle which I called in 2019. The position arose after Equities began extending beyond reality; all sellers needed was an intending cause.
The construct of the ingredients here are clear and simple, after Fed cleared the runway till 2022 you can see the risk coming out of bonds. Of course now it creates the "following subtle trap" where the belly of the curve begins to move towards the front end which then brings the 30Y with it.
It is worth pointing out where other countries in the world are as there is little divergence on the rates differentials now:
📍 Spain
📍 Singapore
📍 Canada
📍 UK
📍 Japan
📍 Germany
There is no reason why the US cannot see a retracement back to 0.9% / 0.8% levels ... Watch for the next dominos in Equities and Gold based on deep knowledge of the flows as we can call it. More risk to come.
ridethepig | US Yields Breaking Higher!So much for the 5th wave... the formulation has truncated after the payrolls report.
This is an example of an erroneous freeing. In similar patterns, the rebound will translate in a 5 wave impulsive sequence which is somewhat cramped after the knee-jerk reaction from covid. The appropriate positional response to the lows here is to ride the pig , what we are talking about is taking measures outguessing the road to normalisation of rates which we have not yet recognised as such.
Now we turn to the analysis of play in unemployment claims, despite how the media are selling business as usual we have a long (and likely sluggish) road to recovery, because of the poor handling of lockdowns and closures.
The one who is playing the macro data always has the upper hand, but this is especially the case once we clear the 'knee-jerk reaction' from the virus. The recurring bankruptcies, layoffs, social unrest and shutdowns have been forgotten about after politicians promising diversions! Smart money will not move so easily. Retail will pay their tribute in the form of horrible losses to an unconditional truth. Vix has completed the round trip, first prize to all those riding it from 85!
Of course the swing from 85 was no less imaginative than the swing from +/- 11 lows:
We are entering into a new development for volatility, my models are forecasting a dramatic expansion into year-end which will make it very difficult for manual or emotional players. 2022/2023 looks like the start of the next bull run in global equities, expectations are for advanced conditions to remain with us for 12-18 months.
Weekly Downside for 2 yr yield Short 01:57:49 (UTC) Tue May 19, Weekly Downside for 2 yr yield Short 01:57:49 (UTC) Tue May 19,
FR US yields vs EURUSDInterest rates are crucial in the movement of currencies. The blue is EURUSD. Those things are not 100 percent correlated but it is something that needs to be paid attention to.
In this post I will demonstrate the relationship between French American bond yields (interest rates) differential and EURUSD.
We use 2 principal yields 2 yearly and 5 yearly composite differential.
As you see, once the yields differential hits the resistance or reversal level (here we use DeMark and Camarilla reversal levels) - there is a reaction in EURUSD. EURUSD keeps moving some 30 pips more (fakeout?) and then turns as well.
On weekly differential chart we see that the differential is at 0 level after a poor bullish breakout. There is also fractal pattern in play.
We also see DeMark monthly pivot squeeze on 60 min (DeMark squeeze predicts volatility and turns in the markets).
You may also use German yields instead of French ones - not much difference actually.
Both American and European yields are in their lowest levels. German ones dropped below 0.
ridethepig | US10Y Market Commentary 2020.04.10An important chart update for all early and late cycle players, the lows in US10Y Yields are not yet locked and this is holding the window open for a final leg to the downside cooking in Global Equities and risk markets.
A lot of buying interest in bonds towards 0.85 / 1.00 highs which will be enough to keep the downtrend in pay. I am looking for a full ABC completion from a strictly technical sense to complete the pattern. It will make things a lot easier for later in the year / into 2021 (and beyond).
On the map a very simple area to track:
Steel Resistance 0.89 <=> Strong Resistance 0.77 <=> Soft Resistance 0.69 <=> Mid-Point FLIP 0.6 0 <=> Soft Support 0.48 <=> Strong Support 0.39 <=> Steel Support 0.30
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ridethepig | One For The History Books...Negative US Rates !!!Negative rates are finally here for the US with the 6mo t-bill ticking below -2bps (feed is slightly delayed here). Simply meaning that you will now need to pay the US government for 6mo cash deposits. This is the only way they can continue in the "end game" strategy.
It is a well known phenomenon that the US 2's 5's was ringing alarm bells last year , those who were able to conduct their middle-game carefully were able to build credible trading ideas that leave the opposition hopeless in the endgame.
One of the main requisites for BTC to succeed in the endgame is based on the ability that FED can continue to confiscate while the "People vs Establishment" narrative deteriorates via lack of confidence in monetary policy. The endgame is much more the part of trading in which advantages are needed from economics. Now, the realisation of advantages, specifically advantages in Volatility .
In order to understand the flows across the entire board, you must learn about the endgame by starting from its individual elements, because it has such elements, just like the opens and middle-game strategies. We have previously already dug into these in detail that allow you to form ideas like this for the crash in German Equities.
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Interesting days are coming.Interesting days are coming. In my analysis, I indicated that there could be a 50 basis point cut in interest rates. Although intervention could have been anticipated, early in the morning, it surprised everyone. Let's look at the analysis. Apparently it did not affect market pricing. We have reached the technical target price. This is 0.611% (The chart in the analysis is the yield curve for two-year bonds) This means that the market expects such a rate for the next two years. In other words, we can say that Future is a curve of interest. In my opinion, the exchange rate can now calm down. A back adjustment may be made to the 1% level of the interest rate band. After that, the market greed may start again. The market may price interest rates close to 0% (0.1%).
Dollar interest rate cut by 50 basis points.Dollar interest rate cut by 50 basis points. 2020.március.18. www.cmegroup.com My analysis charts the market expectations of a dollar cut in interest rates. The reason I like to use the US02Y chart is because it gives you a much clearer idea of what the market is doing. With a fractal analysis, the future movement of the interest rate path becomes foreseeable in weeks. CME TOOLS also confirms my chart analysis as a percentage. What do I expect? The market continues to move ahead with interest rate cut expectations. Market expectations could reach 0.6% for the FED Open Market Committee meeting on March 18. Of course, the Fed cuts interest rates by 50 basis points. Up to this point, the dollar will weaken. EURUSD is rising. Then there is relaxation. The dollar can gain a lot of strength. But this will apparently be temporary. Because the market is once again taking out the "original lesson" and playing for further interest cuts. From here on, the situation may be more interesting, but later ........
ridethepig | US02Y Market Commentary 2020.02.25Play may go as far a 1.115%. A counterattack from FED needed to save Equities... BTFD always wins? Not this time...When major forces on both sides come together, it comes down to a sort of exchange case 1, which we shall call:
" Selling life as expensive as possible "
Buyers play ... Sellers happy to exchange at the resistance line, but since FED is condemned to death, it is quite understandable for those wanting to sell Bonds are the highest price possible. Generally speaking, such a telegraphed move is much stranger to the novice than an experienced:
Virus worries and Japan confirming recession is trigger a move in vol, and it makes the US05Y-US02Y attractive. Treasuries will outperform for the coming months, Equities will remain soft until later in the year.
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FED interest rate cut refilled.FED interest rate cut refilled. If you look at the forward interest rates on 2-year US bonds, the market has been pushing for further interest rate cuts in recent days. The figure shows that, technically, the Fed's benchmark interest rate starts at 0.96%. Therefore, I believe the dollar may start to weaken in the coming weeks.
US10Y - US02Y -- Yield Curve Cycling LowerThis is a Weekly Chart of the US10Y yield minus the US02Y yield. (This composite is sometimes referred to as the Yield Curve and if the spread or difference goes below 0.000, then that phenomena is termed to as Yield Curve Inversion).
This spread is widely followed worldwide as any number below or close to 0 tends to indicate impending slowdown in the US Economy, (which is the world's largest) and thus the most important.
You will notice that the Yield Curve tends to cycle and that the initial low point, marked as Point 1, was in 1989; when the US Economy suffered a total collapse in domestic manufacturing and started to initiate the concept of outsourcing manufacturing, particularly semiconductor fabrication to Taiwan, heavy shipbuilding to South Korea and automobiles and domestic electronics to Japan.
The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1990, which was joyfully called the "End of History" was when US Corporations found themselves in the unique situation of no longer having to give in to their workers demands for unionization and normal humane conditions; in order to pacify them and have them stop demanding the same work and social security conditions of their fellow workers within the Soviet system meant a boom till 1992. Those workers did not have a leg to stand on from 1990 onwards.
Point 2 is the dot.com crash of 2000, Point 3 is the Great Financial Crisis or GFC and the collapse of the Mortgage Backed Security or MBS global housing market in 2006/07.
These two events were frantic attempts to keep the US Reserve Currency system afloat as well as to inflate the US Stock Markets and keep failing corporations commercially viable. This was achieved by the total and absolute destruction of Iraqi Society and subsequently the total annihilation of Libya as a functioning sovereign nation, in order to keep the Petro-Dollar system concurrent.
We are now approaching Point 4, which is a Currency Crisis and a collapse in the US Dollar or the USDX or DXY. This will lead to a massive convergence towards digital currencies and IMF/World Bank sponsored attempts to replace fiat. The question remains; will the debt burden of those same workers within capitalism be written off and if so, will that be initiated via a Bernie Sanders led Administration in the US before the situation gets totally out of hand.
ridethepig | US 10Y Yields At 1.50 Support A deliberate soft closing down at the 1.50 lows (instead of breaking through allows for an underestimation in the bounce); here, the systematic approach of buying the dip deserves victory. We can cast some light together on playing through the flank:
In the extraordinarily traditional sense an inversion which we are looking at always leads to a recession and volatile positioning. This change of cycle that I have mentioned usually crops up in Vol first:
But what is typical of the big leagues, and this of course is no exception in US10Y, is and will remain advanced playing fields for advanced swing traders only. Retail making use of this soft close and betting on the continuation will provide the fuel for a spike as they cover and become trapped in a squeeze. Even when smart money appears to have a gun pointed at the head, it always finds the time to mass his troops in defence (now you see why this weekend was vital!!!!)... If you are keen to learn, you should model yourself around these premises.
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USDJPY and the US 2 YEAR YIELD CORRELATION 'CRACK'Since the YC inversion in August last year (2019), there has been a "crack" in correlation between the US02Y and USDJPY.
I expected the YEN to strengthen as the Japanese short the dollar against the YEN to hedge against the rising US Govt bond prices (due to the rate cuts) considering Japan holds a significant amount of US Govt debt.
My initial thoughts on this is that the BOJ is focused on keeping the YEN weak to stimulate its export sector which accounts for a significant amount of its trade.
At the expense of its debt ballooning ?????
I'll be looking into this during the weekend.
-Surecapital
ridethepig | US 2s10s Curve Breaking HigherI have been talking about the curve steepening for some time after we cemented the lows. From a technical perspective, the breakout is implying a test of 60 over the coming weeks and months. The US 2s 5s Bond Curve also looks to be triggering a major break up:
This will reflect a medium term breakout with large forces clashing against each other and diverging at the prior lows in a long-term swing. A mixture of profit taking and momentum tiring. A break above is triggering the flows, with next key levels in play at 35.5bps, 49bps and 60bps as the final target.
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