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SP500: Grind and FizzlesWhilst one of my trading systems (as displayed) doesn't yet display Exit-Long signals, I have been pre-empting some expected volatility which I perceive can arise due to what can be an lengthy infrastructure Bill process along with the Debt Ceiling fiasco. I detailed this in an earlier post. Up to this point I have been happy to ignore exit signals based on perceptions of market risk and fiscal support - noting the SP500 index in this model, is assumed to represent a US GDP growth function along with an 'off-risk' overlay. Where I have low market risk, clear fiscal support (infrastructure bill is committed to), Covid-19 strains (delta strain) understood and the ridiculous debt ceiling overcome, I will assess if it is appropriate to be Long or Longer the broad US market. I expect the market to pull-back, and will assess being long on limits at lower prices. #adam-cox
AMEX:SPY
by Adam-Cox
The Link Between Inflation, Rising Bond Yield, & Market Sell-offAggravated by Jerome Powell's speech at the Wall Street Journal Jobs Summit, the tech-led sell-off continues, causing the Dow Jones Industrial Average to fall by 1.11%, S&P 500 by 1.34%, and Nasdaq Composite by 2.11%. On that note, the 10-year Treasury yield also popped to 1.541% during Jerome Powell's speech, later closing at that level for the day. But how, specifically, did Jerome Powell cause the market to sell-off yesterday? Let's find out. Prior to Jerome Powell's speech, there were already a substantial amount of tension surrounding the bond market and concerns regarding inflation. A key event occurring recently that brought a great deal of attention to the acceleration of rising bond yields were the sudden spike in 10-year Treasury yield back in 2/25/21 from 1.38% to 1.54% - temporarily jumping as high as 1.6%, when an auction of US$62 billion 7-year notes was met with weak demand. This rattled the stock market because investors were not ready for the velocity of the 10-year Treasury yield surge. Instead, they were expecting for yields to gradually inch higher throughout the year. In an effort to pinpoint the exact reason for the surge, many conclusions were drawn. One of which relates to inflation concerns. Over the course of the pandemic, trillions in fiscal relief has been delivered, of which an addition $1.9 trillion in fiscal package is expected to come from the Biden Administration. With so much money printed and nowhere to flow yet due to economic lockdown as a result of the pandemic, investors fear that once the economy reopens again, pent-up demand will drive people to go on vacation and spend in masses, injecting all the printed money over the course of the pandemic into the economy all at once, driving inflation up at a rate that has not been seen since the 2008 Financial Crisis. Due to this belief of a looming inflation, it makes bond that are purchased currently potentially worthless because of possible subpar yield. As a result, people flock away from bonds at the moment because they are expecting that yields will rise going forward in order to compensate for inflation risk. Thus, yields are continuously being driven up. However, with the sudden spike in yield, it creates uncertainty around whether we will be seeing an acceleration of rising bond yields and possibly indicate that inflation could be around the corner. The possibility of this scenario is further amplified by vaccination efforts contributing to a recovering U.S. economy, and the incoming $1.9 trillion fiscal package that could further inflate the economy going forward while pushing the economy further into the recovery. Taking all of this into account, let's go back to Jerome Powell's speech. Having understood all of these, investors were looking at Jerome Powell to see whether he would give any indication on how he plan to control the acceleration of the rising bond yield, perhaps through an adjustment of the Fed's asset purchase program, where they will step up on the purchasing of long-term bonds to drive down long-term interest rates, or even extending the Supplementary Leverage Ratio that will be expiring on 3/31/21, so that banks can further help with the purchase of long-term bonds. However, in his speech, Jerome Powell said nothing of the sort, in which the market took as a signal that yields could rise further, triggering the sell-off even further, and driving the 10-year Treasury yield further up to a level that matches the initial 10-year Treasury yield spike back in 2/25/21. In fact, Jerome Powell made supposedly positive remarks stating that he expects the rise in inflation as the economy recovers to only be temporary, that he does not expect the move up in price to be long-lasting nor does he expect it to be enough to change the Fed's accommodative monetary policy, among others. With the market sell-off and surge in yield during his speech, it is clear that the market neither believes his words nor views it positively. To conclude, we are now in a very volatile situation where stocks no longer just goes up. We cannot control the direction of the market, but what we can control is how we deal with this situation emotionally and monetarily. Don't get too hung up on the short-term bearishness of the current market condition because if you zoom out your chart, in the grand scheme of things, this is just a tiny bleep. As such, if you believe that we will eventually recover from this market sell-off, use this as an opportunity to buy into your favorite companies at a huge discount. Invest safe. This is not investment advice so please do your own due diligence! Support this idea with likes and share your thoughts below.
TVC:US10YEducation
by AntrePoint
Predicting thoughts of institutional investors and FedI see many people say on internet that the market is highly volatile and very hard to predict the trend. In my opinion, institutional investors (even including Fed) have different thoughts about where the economy is heading due to uncertainty. So, I want to guess what they are probably thinking so that it may give us some clues why the market is acting in this way. (sorry for my poor english) (1) There are people who think there will be inflation, while others not. Covid case/death is decreasing in US, UK, Japan, and Germany. This makes us think that the economy is recovering and will lead to inflation, resulting in recent high US10 yield. However, Gold price keeps decreasing. Some probably think that investors are selling Gold (no interest) and buying bond (have interest). Maybe right but maybe not. Gold is hedge asset for inflation (obvious if you compare Gold price vs inflation in the past). Because Gold price keeps decreasing, it means some people think there will be no inflation. (2) Markets have reflected positive news (decreasing covid case/death, start vaccines, etc). But have markets reflected any negative news yet? When the economy starts to recover, there will be change in fiscal policy (gov stimulus, investment..) and monetary policy (no more easing) and creditors will collect from companies/individuals liabilities (debt, loan, etc) which have been extended due to the covid. Markets, especially S&P500, will possibly go down sharply when starts to reflect negative news. Maybe, there will be deflation first, then high inflation later. The worst case is stagflation. Who knows. There are many possible scenario. (3) Fed will possibly try to decrease long-term bond yield. Even though Powell said he focuses on labor market and stable inflation, long-term bond yield is high (even Fed governor/economist Brainard said she was shocked). If yield keeps increasing, Fed will possibly try to decrease yield by purchasing long-term bond. Please let me know if you have the same opinions or different ones :)
TVC:US10Y
by Funfunnu
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Oranges and the Next Inflation CycleOJ1 Oranges have been building a higher low since spring of 2019 and completed the higher low in the Feb. 2020 crash. With broad commodities CRB having formed a long-term cycle low in the 1Q2020 and the global economy already heating up and many commodities already breaking out of their multi-year downtrends (Uranium, industrial metals, agriculture), it has become increasingly clear that we are in the next re-flation (growth and inflation) cycle. a higher low for oranges over a trend duration, at a time when most commodities hit all-time cycle lows, is a more structurally healthy bullish set up than most other commodities. Gold and silver tend to be the popular way to express a bullish view on inflation, but during times when bond yields are rising with inflation, consumer and industrial commodities tend to outperform the precious metals.
ICEUS:OJ1!Long
by Ludwig_Von_Mises
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Undervalued Steel BreakoutTechnical Analysis We have a breakout on strong intraday volume (200% above 10-day average). RSI @67 - still not overbought. OBV has been supportive. Because we are in a longer down-trend, we will see multiple resistance; which will very helpful to set your limits. Risk reward ratio is great, using $32.3 as stop-limit loss, and $39 as a sell-exit. Be careful of a fake break-out, as this is only the 1st day. Fundamental Analysis One of the infrastructure plays with expected fiscal stimulus, could be steel. As price is king, it tells a more accurate story of what market makers think of the upcoming events.
AMEX:SLX
by dorfmanmaster
Transports: Consolidating during market downturnTechnical 20sma is being supportive, but it is recommended to keep your stops somewhat below the average. A close below $190 would be a bearish warning. The broad market has been taking a downturn over the past week. The Transportation industry has been consolidating, showing relative strength over the rest of the market. Fundamental While the white house cannot get it together to pass the fiscal stimulus, transportation could be a gainer as it is likely they will spend on Infrastructure.
CBOE:IYTLong
by dorfmanmaster
Dax daily: 21 Jul 2020What we saw on Dax yesterday was a nice 'fakeout' example of the 12 882 S/R zone and a good example of the reactive activity below the key level and Thursday's fair price. Buyers stepped in to correct the early morning impulsive pressure an as expected, the price headed towards our target and almost hitting 13 119. Important zones Resistance: 13 235, 13 519 Support: 13 093 Statistics for today Detailed statistics in the Statistical Application Macroeconomic releases NIL Today's session hypothesis Yesterday's mood on Dax and on the US indices was fairly positive. Not only there is a vision of clinical testing results of the Covid-19 vaccine, but market participants expected a progressive dialogue at the EU Economic Summit and finding a deal after many days of talks. EU finally reached a deal overnight as the member leaders found stimulus of 750 Billion Euro fiscal recovery fund and this comprises of grants and low-interest loans. After this news, Dax jumped higher to open with a big ascending gap, levelled between two S/R zones. We anticipate the positive mood continuation with the chance of pullback towards 13 093 as this corresponds with yesterday's high.
EUREX:FDAX1!
by FTMO
Dow Jones Broadening Wedge Test(Lower)The Dow Jones saw another massive decline today, down -13% and nearly $3,000 in a single session making this the new record one-day point decline in history for the Dow and smashing the previous record of -$2,000 which was made last week. High volatility has been expected over the past two weeks and we are getting it in extraordinary fashion as traders appear to be experiencing emotionally-driven panic selling on top of the unknown in company and economic fundamentals which is causing selling as well. It is yet to be known how long this coronavirus is going to be affecting the economy as more states and businesses are forced into lockdown. Without knowing what impact this will have on revenue and earnings going forward, it makes sense to sell from a fundamental point of view, but the speed and rate of decline appear to be mostly emotional selling. In the panic selloff seen today there may be a glimmer of hope from a technical perspective. Traders have now sold price down nearly -32% from the all-time high and are now testing the lower line of the broadening wedge pattern. We have yet to see a significant bounce during the decline other than the last minute bid witnessed as President Trump made the state of emergency declaration on Friday afternoon going into the market close. We saw a +10% gain mostly made in the last 15 minutes of trading on Friday which indicates that there is an appetite to buy the dip from traders, but the weekend news cycle put them back in fear mode by the time markets re-opened today. Such a strong fear mode that not even the Federal Reserve’s second emergency interest rate cut within a week-which took the Federal Funds rate down to 0%-nor the announcement of a return to Quantitative Easing could ease. Markets are beginning to look very oversold in the short-term and I’m thinking we could see a technical bounce off of the lower wedge line if enough technical traders are still around and watching the charts. Along with the lower wedge line, there is also the horizontal support/resistance line stemming from the 2015 price peak which was created when the Federal Reserve announced monetary tightening by raising interest rates back then. Traders became fearful as rates went up as they feared it would slow economic growth, but ultimately began buying again as forward guidance from the Fed eased their fears. This red trendline is also another technical level where traders could be tempted to buy due the severe oversold conditions we are seeing, and due the fact that previous resistance levels normally turn into support in technical analysis. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnunchin has also been working at a fast pace to provide some fiscal stimulus to the economy which is what traders mostly want to see aside from just Federal Reserve intervention in the banking sector. Fiscal stimulus would add much needed relief to not only struggling companies, but also to the American consumers via deferred tax payments for companies as well as a complete payroll tax suspension for employers through the rest of the year. The expected fiscal stimulus amount is $800 billion, but Mnunchin and other economic officials could surprise markets with an even larger amount in economic relief which wouldn’t be too surprising considering that we’ve recently seen the Federal Reserve surprise markets with two emergency interest rate cuts within a week as well last weeks surprise announcement of $1.5 trillion in REPO. If we get a combination of a price test of the lower wedge line along with more solid details of the economic relief package being pushed through the House this week it would give both technical and fundamental traders cause to buy at the same time which more than likely would lead to a record-breaking move to the upside. Whether or not that potential bounce would hold would largely depend on the coronavirus though. That is still the major unknown in markets right now and if case and death rates in the US continue higher and lead to more states shutting down, or potentially the entire country, traders could quickly return to selling. For now the overall price trend remains down, but a bounce tomorrow or Wednesday is expected due to technical levels of support being reached and the expectation of a large amount of fiscal stimulus to be announced by Thursday. Current view has now changed from bearish to neutral due to oversold conditions along with the technical levels reached and expected fiscal stimulus
TVC:DJI
by PrepForProfit
ORBEX: EURUSD, USDJPY - The Risks Of A US-EU TradewarIn today's #marketinsights video recording I analyse #EURUSD and #USDJPY #EURUSD weak on: - US-EU potential trade conflict (airbus illegal state aid - WTO depended) - ECB's Germans board member resignation Medium-term #Euro led flows will hang on Lagarde's policy. A potential transition to fiscal tools will be euro positive #USDJPY strong on: - Dovish Evans turned neutral - Positive home sales - No GDP revision - No safe-haven flows - Dollar seen as risk positive Stavros Tousios Head of Investment Research Orbex This analysis is provided as general market commentary and does not constitute investment advice
by Orbex
/dx LT viewAfternoon traders, Something special happened last week: the Fed funds rate rose to 66bps. Why is this important? Historically, /dx depends on not only the direction of US yields, but also the absolute level. A "high yielder" can be defined as a currency whose central bank offers at least the third highest central bank yield in the G10. By this definition, USD is now officially a high yielder. The last time this happened for more than a few months in 1979 and 1997, the dollar rallied by 30% and 20% respectively. Looking at long-end yields too, UST 10Y yields are now at least the third highest across the 5, 10 and 30Y tenors. The dollar is a true high yielder. With the US labour market operating close to full capacity and growth running above trend, one would expect wage pressures to rise in 2017 (thus leading to an acceleration in CPI). Against this backdrop, the Fed is in a good position to start hiking at a decent rate. Near-term upside risks - Since any potential fiscal boost from the Trump administration is still v uncertain, it is yet to be incorporated into the FOMC's economic outlook, as only "some" members included it in their projections. Therefore, it would be sensible to anticipate further $ strength owing to pricing of a steeper path for the fed funds rate in 2017 (currently, fed funds futures are only pricing in 55bp of hikes in the year to come). - FOMC seems to be less concerned about the effect of a higher USD than in the past (neither the Fed statement, Yellen's testimony nor the Q&A made any mention of the greenback despite its recent surge), most likely because recent moves have not been accompanied by higher volatility or a sharp move lower in commod prices (held up by Trump's proposed infrastructure plans). This is a factor that constrained the Fed in the past from accelerating its normalisation pace. - Yellen seemed to take a step back from her comments about running a "high pressure" economy at the most recent meeting. Although Chair Yellen emphasised the fact that the dot plot revision was very moderate, she did not stress her intent to normalise gradually as much as in the past. Based on previous price action, I expect /dx to reach the highs of 2002 as a conservative estimate. The FX compass is pointing North, do not be on the wrong side of it! Good luck and have a Merry Christmas!
TVC:DXYLong
by jamiegleave
USDJPY - BOJ MISS; FISCAL STIM PACKAGE & TRADING YEN FROM HEREBOJ - 3trn increase in annual ETF Purchases + $24bn increase in USD funding for banks 1. The BOJ on Friday delivered a shockingly poor package, imo they changed the snallest part of their current QQE programme. 2. What was interesting though was the markets reaction - immediately after the decision $Yen spiked higher then lower to 103 level but from then and into and through the London Open $Yen was being brought/ held up around the 103 level - it wasnt until NY came in at 1430GMT that $Yen broke lower. - But even then it was surprisingly a laboured move lower, taking almost the full NY session to find its lowes. - Some of the UJ weakness was down to a big GDP miss of 1.2% vs 2.6%exp, which sold the rates market off now implying only a 12% chance of a hike in September vs 18% the previous day and 25% earlier in the week, so i t would have been interesting to see what would of happened with out this dollar downside impetus. USDJPY from here: 1. Personally from 102.00 i see $Yen lower in the near term e.g. we could easily open 50pips lower on sunday into the key level at 101.5 as the asia session adds to shorts that they missed during their own session post-BOJ. - There is the possibility that we see some upside in $Yen as the MOF releases their fiscal package - the more actual govt spending the package includes and the shorter the timeframe, the greater the impact of the fiscal package on giving UJ some relief - but still i advise shorting rallies as i beliveve we move into the 100s from here. - That said in reality the impact of the fiscal package is likely to be limited if not completely muted as 1) the market already knows the extent and some of the details of the package and has done for the past week+ e.g. 28trn of which the market baring piece, the govt spending, is rumoured to be around 13trn - so this information is likely already baked into the price and imo was the driver of the support we saw on friday at the 103 level (asia/ ldn sellers wary of shorting in anticipation of the fiscal package). Thus any topside is only likely to come if MOF changes this dramatically to say 20trn govt spending (anything less is already pre-priced imo) OR even increases the package (but this is also unlikely as Japan has the highest govt debt:gdp ratio as it is) - but imo it is unlikely they would do either anyway. - In-fact, i actually believe the MOF stimulus package has asymmetrical risks to the downside/ disappointing markets - as several MOF officials have commented that the 28trn package is such a large package that it is likely to be over several years - thus the longer the MOF stretch the package over more disappointment the market will price and this could actually end up being a driver for more Yen appreciation given some expected the whole 28trn in one year - which isnt impossible given the size of the Japanese economy (20x bigger than the package + not all of it is in fresh govt spending). UJ View/ Trading strategy - Sell USDJPY asap @mrkt 102 - 100TP1 99TP2 - or wait for the 30/40% chance of a bounce and sell from 103/4 on Tuesday: 1. So I see UJ moving lower from here to the 100's, until Tuesday where i see there being a risk of the market gaining some topside MOF stimulus surprise (which nonetheless is capped at 103.5-104 tops - in which i would sell) but more likely MOF disappointment (e.g. 5y package, less than expected actual spending) which will give UJ seller more ammo and could push us through the 100 level, assuming UJ has traded on the offer since Sunday open (which is likely imo)..
Short
by QuantumLogicTrading
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LONG USDJPY: ANOTHER BOJ OUTPERFORM CASE - 28TRN GOVT STIMULUSAnother argument for the BOJ outperform case - Post BOJ Buy $Yen @MRKT 111tp: 1. We know BOJ and JPY Govt Abe/ Aso have had many meetings post-brexit and as it follows the JPY Govt have announced today that they will deliver a fiscal stimulus package of 28trn - which was to the very right of the curve (10-30 was talked about). - This in mind, imo it is rational to extrapolate that 1) surely if the JPY govt are choosing a tail end stimulus package (aggressive), BOJ will be inclined to do also? Given that it is the BOJ remit for economic targets like inflation, not the governments - BOJ wouldnt want to be seen as dropping the egg would they e.g. govt does as much as it can but BOJ only midly eases - doesnt make sense? Especially given the relationship between kuroda/ aso/ abe it would almost be impossible. - 2) The BOJ will know/ see that the JPY Govt are taking the "extreme" side of measures, so once again this puts the BOJ under-pressure to do the same as they dont want to be seen as "letting the side down" especially as it is the BOJ who really has the power to change things - the Fiscal package is rather an indicative/ nice gesture of the govts willingness to help - rather than any real hard easing when you consider the Govt package is likely to be 28trn a year but the BOJ purchases/ injects 80trn A MONTH to its monetary based in JGBs - thats 960trn a year. So 27trn govt vs 960trn BOJ - is the govt really making an impact or are they instead signalling their commitment/ putting pressure on the BOJ? I think so. Under-performance case: 1. Perhaps less meaty, but nonetheless a valid point - Japan, JPY Govt and BOJ have lived with low inflation/ deflation for the past several decades and no "extreme" action has been taken to resolve it (well not enough to fix the problem anyway) so this pressure on the BOJ we talk about above - is it real? or is it a theoretical pressure that they "Must" hit their targets? - If history predicts the future then yes, it is a theoretical economic pressure - they haven't hit the target for 20yrs so why would they do measures to hit it now? There's no public pressure, im sure theyre happy consuming at lower prices - unlike with high unemployment. - Off topic but it would be interesting to see a Japan with high Unemployment - an economic indicator that causes civil unrest (Greece riots) and is a necessity to be solved for the wellbeing of any nation - thus my bets are if unemployment was at 15-20% (similar comparison to deflation) for the past 15yrs something drastic WOULD have been done a long time ago, or be done on Friday to fix it. After all, theres no driver to fix something that doesnt really need fixing is there? Think about the last time you went to extreme measures to fix something that wasn't much of an issue...
Long
by QuantumLogicTrading
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USDJPY: BOJ IN FOCUS - G20 KURODA & REUTERS ANALYST EXPECTATIONS28/29th June BOJ Meeting Expectations by 27 analysts polled by Reuters: 1. 23/27 (85%) expect easing from the BOJ. - The Median Analyst expect a 10bps cut to the headline interest rate to -0.2% and a Yen10TRN Extenstion to the BOJ's monetary base target to Yen90TRN a month (JGB and ETF Purchases). - One analyst expects easing in September, two in October and One sometime next Year. 2. Whilst the Median view is 10bps and 10trn extension, further to the right of the easing curve we observe some top investment banks expecting a more with GS forecasting a 20bps cut and an extension to the Monetary base from somewhere between Yen10-20TRN My View: 1. I am concur with those views further to the right of the easing curve - i expect BOJ to deliver 20bps and 10-20trn increase in monthly JGB/ EFT Purchases as the stagnant inflation situation (-0.4%National/ -0.5%Tokyo) requires some aggressive policy. - Reason for this thinking is that currently the Monetary base has been steady at Yen80trn for some time and the rate has been at -0.10% since January - so realistically is a 10trn increase and 10bps decrease going to be sufficient? - Lets look at the maths - a 10trn increase is 12.5% and a 10bps drop takes us to -0.2% - personally i do not think a 12.5% increase and a slight adjustment to the key rate will bring JPY underlying inflation into a uptrend - if 80trn and -10bps can't, i dont think 90trn and -20bps can - they need more e.g. 100trn and -30bps - a 25% increase in monthly monetary base + a significant decrease in the interest rate - bare in mind that the SNB has rates at -0.75% so the BOJ has a lot of room relatively to cut futher, it's not like its on the edge of economic possibility already when other central banks are already more aggressive. 2. Now whether they will deliver to the right/ aggressive side is up for question, as BOJ/ Kuroda have always been on the conservative side. Though in recent times the BOJ have come under-pressure by JPY Govt/ Abe so imo if they will ever deliver big - it will be now. - Kuroda shrugged off heli money (below) but he did communicate that there could/ should be a double effort from monetary and fiscal policy in order to increase the multiplier effect - which bodes well - we could see dramatic fiscal and monetary policy. Even if we fall short of cash dropping out of aircraft. Kuroda's comments at G20: - "Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Saturday he would ease policy further if necessary to achieve its 2 percent inflation goal, while reiterating a commitment to continue with the current stimulus until prices are anchored there." - "If the economy's (recovery) trend continues, leading wages and prices to rise in a virtuous cycle, which is continuing, prices will eventually rise to the 2 percent price stability goal," - "We always examine risk factors for the economy and prices and will take additional easing steps if necessary to achieve the price stability goal. I'll explain that together with Japan's economy, prices and monetary policy at this meeting." - "Uncertainty will continue, including negotiations between Britain and the EU, which will take years. So we will be paying attention to such things," - "If it means that central banks are directly underwriting government bonds, or managing monetary and fiscal policies as one, that would be prohibited in Japan as well as other advanced economies, as lessons from history tell us," - "If governments utilize fiscal policy while central banks ease policy from the economic and price viewpoint, that would boost the multiplier effect on the economy. This so-called policy mix is nothing wrong as macro policy.
by QuantumLogicTrading
2
USDJPY: LONG UPDATE - RENEWED JPY FISCAL STIMULUS SPECULATION?I posted earlier with my 107 USDJPY breakout trade (see attached post) - one of the reasons I said to long USDJPY on the 107 break-out was due to JPY Govt stimulus speculation. In the last few hours we have seen fresh speculation of the JPY stimulus, with JPY20trn now being discussed/ proposed to be on the table - this renewed rhetoric is nothing but positive for the 107 breakout long trade i posted a few hours ago and supports it as YEN20trn is approximately $200bn, which is certainly enough new liquidity to give confidence to markets and spur risk markets onto fresh highs - further this JPY Govt stimulus is speculated to be combined WITH BOJ easing, so markets get a compounded risk rally since there are two potential drivers (BOJ cut rates by 10-20bps + add to maturity/ purchases of JGB and EFT). Plus today after seeing the RBNZ's dovish economic assessment (where an Aug cut is almost 100%), this gives risk markets even more fuel thus encouraging $yen to trade to the 109-111 levels i expect - though BOE K. Forbes hawkish comments negate some of this. The new JPY Fiscal stimulus speculation: 1. JAPANESE GOVERNMENT CONSIDERING 20 TRILLION YEN STIMULUS PACKAGE SAYS KYODO - "The government initially envisaged compiling a stimulus package of somewhat more than 10 trillion yen . But the size is likely to double as the package will now include projects for fiscal 2017 and beyond and increase "zaito" low-interest government loans by 6 trillion yen," Kyodo reports. 2. "The government initially envisaged compiling a stimulus package of somewhat more than 10 trillion yen . But the size is likely to double as the package will now include projects for fiscal 2017 and beyond and increase "zaito" low-interest government loans by 6 trillion yen," Kyodo reports. 3. "The stimulus could be even larger, they report. And able will look for the rubber stamp from the Cabinet in early August. About half will be earmarked for infrastructure." Trading strategy going forward: 1. Trading strategy remains the same from the 107 breakout post that i made earlier e.g. 109TP1, 111TP2 - all that has changed from the post before is that the strategy has been reaffirmed/ strengthened upon this renewed JPY stimulus speculation , given this was one of the drivers i cited to move USDJPY to the 109 then 111 level once the 107 confirmation level was broken. - In early asia trading, as yesterday, net risk sentment remains stable with safe havens gold, yen and bonds down as well as risk, though risk down slightly less. For the day, I expect risk-on sentiment to win as Thursday historically is the best day for stocks (before going into the friday end of week sell-off) + post market Wednesday some large firms posted outperforming earnings which should continue helping the risk appetite move higher (Intel + Morgan stanley beating EPS and revenue forecasts) when the main LDN and NY sessions get underway down the line. *Check the "USDJPY: BUY THE BREAKOUT" post attached for more details on the trade discussed above posted 7 hours ago*
Long
by QuantumLogicTrading
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LONG USD VS JPY, EUR, GBP: HAWISK FED BULLARD - FED FUNDS RALLYBullard is the lone Fed official forecasting just one additional rate increase, and expects modest growth over the next two and a half years. But he reiterated Tuesday he's not expecting the economy to head south. However, did go out of his way to mention a relatively dovish point "We Have Some Ammunition if We Need it During Next Recession". Nonetheless he remained hawkish net on the margin, reiterating FED Georges hawkish comments regarding the labour market "About as Good as It's Ever Been", whilst using the June NFP print to flatten any questions regarding the low May print saying "Strong June Jobs Gains Showed May Report Was 'An Anomaly'". Similarly Bullard continued with Georges sentiment of the US's post-brexit robustness stating that the "Market Reaction to Brexit Shock Was 'Satisfactory,' 'Orderly'" - and infact surprisingly pushed this hawkish brexit sentiment on to new levels of "Ultimately the Brexit Impact on U.S. Economy Will be 'Close to Zero'". This is perhaps the most hawkish/ upbeat statement i have heard form a key Fed member since the decision which is positive given Bullard's naturally dovish stance. Bullard also stressed the need for a solid US Fiscal package to boost demand, where i have to say fiscal stimulus has almost gone forgotten about in the last 7-years post crash, given the dominance of the central banks, quoting "U.S. Badly Needs Fiscal Agenda for Boosting Economic Growth". Once again todays "FED speaker tracker" continues to add to my long $ view in the medium term. Today already we have seen front end rates continue their aggressive recovery this week, with the fed funds rate implied 25bps hike probability now trading for Sept/ Nov at a whopping 18% vs 11.7%Mon, with Dec trading at 36.3% vs 29.2%Mon . 10y UST (TNX) rates trade up another 4% today after a 5% gain yesterday, whilst 30yrs trade 3% up on the day (TNY) - as global risk rallies. Whilst USD is trading a little weaker in the immediate term as it readjusts lower for risk-on USD selling, long USD/ DXY is my medium term view as we continue to see the US FOMC Rate curve aggressively steepen, which is likely to continue for the next week at least - steeper implied curve means hike is more likely - more likely or realised hikes = increased (in the medium-term) dollar strength. Further, we expect dovish/ easing BOJ BOE ECB over the same period, this monetary policy divergence compounds the long $ view against its 3 biggest crosses (hence the long DXY expression) Medium term trading strategy: 1. The best expression of this medium term USD view is long DXY - as above I hold 8/10 conviction views for a number of the heavily weighted USD basket crosses based largely on likely monetary policy divergence in the medium term (FOMC Hiking whilst BOE, BOJ & ECB ease/ cut) e.g. LONG USDJPY @104 - 106.3TP1 109.5TP2; SHORT EURUSD @1.11 - 109.3TP1 107.5TP2; GBPUSD @1.34 - 131.2TP1 128.5TP2
Long
by QuantumLogicTrading
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BUY USDJPY @104 & SELL GBPUSD @1.33: RISK-ON, POLITICS, BOJ, BOEThe Federal Reserve's regulatory point man said work to address the lessons of the 2008 financial crisis won't be complete without better regulation of short-term funding both inside and outside the banking system. St Louis Fed President Jim Bullard may be the Fed's new super dove, but he's no pessimist, he says. Bullard is the lone Fed official forecasting just one additional rate increase, and expects modest growth over the next two and a half years. But he reiterated Tuesday he's not expecting the economy to head south. Trading Strategy 1. Given this I remain bullish on the $ in the medium term, despite this spike in risk-on which IMO is unlikely to last more than 2wks. In the immediate term I like long $yen as the best play ATM vs other expressions - with a target of 109, entry at 104 as 1) the markets have finally signalled they are ready for a recovery bull run, post the brexit risk-off/ safe haven rally - largley on the back of CB stimulus. I believe USDJPY has been the most sold risk-on asset, thus it is now ripe for buying; 2) JPY fiscal stimulus is likely to come; 3) BOJ is likely to deliver 10-20bps of cuts to its interest rate 4) we have broken the 104 "brexit seller resistance level" which has held since the vote - this break imo means we can now move to 109+ as the recovery leg before resuming lower; 5) the Fed Funds Rate curve continues to steepen across the curve but particularly aggressively in the front end (yesterday 10ys adding 5%) and as a result implied probabilities of hikes continue to rally across the 2016/17 tenors (Dec hike now 33.7% vs 29.2%Mon); 5) check the attached posts for long $jpy support 2. Secondly, short GBP$ is a trade i am closely eyeing.. I am a 70% seller at 1.32 (90% at 1.35) - short GBP rallies is the preferred trade as the BOE is likely to deliver easing in Aug that will drive us down to the 1.25 terminal rate that I have predicted - thus i am hoping we get some "poor information money" flows into GBP up to 1.34/5 going into Friday as 1) UK Political Uncertainty is eased - as Theresa May is the New PM starting Wednesday; 2) GBP buying on Thursday if the BOE doesn't cut rates, whilst I (and the market) believes an august cut is the likelihood instead, given the aggressive GBP selling these past weeks it is prudent to assume quite a large amount of money may/was be betting on a July Cut thus if this "disappoints" some of the market we could see cable trade higher to 1.34+; 3) Long GBP is the risk-on trade, so if risk holds up/ carries on rallying we could see GBP$ take us to 1.34+ - CB and Fiscal stimulus + the fact risk has been depressed for so long, i believe risk has the momentum to rally until the end of the week at least (next risk-rally then looks to 28th July for BOJ stimulus?) 3. The long $Yen and short GBP$ also acts as a dynamic hedge as the long UJ is the risk-on coverage, with the short cable the risk-off half - combining both semi-hedges your exposure, something i like to do when trading. FED Tarullo Speech Highlights - "the conditions for destructive runs that threaten financial stability could exist even where no institutions that might be perceived as too-big-to-fail are immediately involved" FED Bullard Speech Highlights - Bullard: An unemployment rate around 4.7%, gross domestic product growth of 2% and the Fed' preferred inflation gauge, the personal consumption expenditures index, at 2%. - "If there are no major shocks to the economy, this situation could be sustained over a forecasting horizon of two and a half years" - "we have no reason to forecast a recession given the current state of the US economy"
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by QuantumLogicTrading