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Update on long duration bondsHello everybody! I wanted to make a quick update on where I think the 10y and 30y bonds will be headed in the next few months, as in the past, I've been talking quite a bit about deflation and a recession being close. We have seen TLT rise significantly, yet I think there is more upside. In the short term, I can see a further pullback, but in my honest opinion, the drop over the last two days was caused mainly by Pelosi visiting Taiwan and bonds getting overbought on lower timeframes. The 30y yields were rejected at the monthly pivot, while the 10y yields bounced at support and were denied at resistance. Yields are still in a short-term bearish trend, and there is no confirmation of a reversal yet, although the trend might have changed. It all depends on the situation between China and the US, as the more the tensions between those countries increase, the higher inflation will be, and therefore the higher rates will be. If China starts aggressively selling US bonds, this could create chaos in the funding markets. If the US starts banning Chinese imports or exports, the US bond market could explode, and yields go to the moon. This would force the Fed to step in and do unlimited QE / yield curve control. Essentially we are stuck in a scenario of mutually assured destruction here, and there is no way either one will come out as a winner in the short term. I believe that we are in a deflationary/disinflationary period, which could be disturbed at any moment if China invades Taiwan. The Russia/Ukraine war pushed inflation higher at a time when inflation was about to start slowing down, and a China/Taiwan war could push inflation higher at a time when inflation was about to slow down. TLT could quickly reach 125-135 in the next few months. However, I don't believe bond yields are going negative soon. It will be challenging for the market to have negative nominal yields when inflation is so high and at a time when the Fed might be forced to intervene and do YCC.
NASDAQ:TLT
by BitcoinMacro
Big Head and Shoulder Pattern 10 yearHey all just showing the ten year is looking like it will fall in anticipation of the fed relaxing its polices as we are in recessions and the labor market might weaken with the layoff announced by the big boys (tesla, Apple, google etc.) the distance of the head to neck bring the target to 2% which is less then current interest rates so I don't know if it will go that far with out something breaking in the economy first to cause this sudden shift in fed policy. Although Bull will put this in there case of the bottom is in history does not favor that philosophy. If you actually do research at the old peaks in the 10yr yield you will see markets usually collapse with the yield. Examples are 1999-2000 as the tech crash started, 2007-2008 as the GFC started and even in 2018 yields started to fall and the market bottomed after another +10% fall so watch out dont get FOMO in current rallies. Like and Follow for more Trade ideas and Financial education.
TVC:US10YShort
by jackwheeler
A traders’ playbook – technically long, tactically cautious We roll into August where after a scorching run in risk assets, the NAS100 closed July +12.6%, the best gain since April 2020 (rallied 15.2%). In Europe, the FRA40 was the best performing EU equity index, +8.9% for July, while in APAC/Asia the AUS200 rallied 5.7% and trending beautifully into FY earnings. Ethereum gaining a massive 67% in July has shown us once again that if risk is going up then crypto is the high beta play and we watch this space for a new leg higher in this move. FX markets were less clear, with the NOK working well as a pure pro-risk FX play, while the once safe-haven JPY has also shone as US bond yields fell, validating the BoJ’s dovish stance – clients have been heavy buyers of JPY of late and continue to hold a positive JPY stance. We start the week pricing on a slight negative vibe, with China releasing a poor manufacturing PMI print, with the index at 49.0 and pulling into contraction territory – geopolitics was looking like making somewhat of a return with US/China relations in focus as talk of a possible Nancy Pelosi visit to Taiwan did the rounds, but that looks to not the case now. As we look ahead, we consider what themes and event risks will drive markets this week. With the Fed moving to a more data-dependent/balanced structure last week felt as though we saw a temporary ‘goldilocks’ scenario – if the data proved to be poor then rates hikes are priced out, bond yields fall and the USD found sellers – subsequently, we buy growth equity, crypto, gold and the JPY. If the data proves to be better, then we speculate the recession trade may have gone too far. One thing is clear, bad news has been bad news for the USD and certainly versus the JPY, with USDJPY -2.1% on the week – falling through the 50-day MA, which has worked as a primary trend filter since March. From a momentum perspective, my indicators are bullish and there are few reasons to be short – the NAS100 has some big levels to break into 13k – an upside break here could suggest adding to longs. The USDX tests the lower levels of the regression channel (drawn from the Jan lows), while EURUSD consolidates in a 1.0100 to 1.0270 range. XAUUSD looks interesting for $1786 but requires a weaker USD and lower real rates and SpotCrude needs to break out of a $95 to $103.70 range. The battle lines are drawn, but tactically I would be looking more favourably at short-risk trades – as always, when the tactical/fundamental view and technicals disagree on the longer-timeframes I'll back Mr Market, especially if using leverage. However, I see a refresh this week in the markets thinking and good economic should see the market price a greater chance of another 75bp hike from the Fed in the September meeting and now US Q2 earnings are drawing to a close, and financial conditions are more accommodative than they were before the Fed hiked the fed funds rate by 75bp last week - one suspects the Fed will not want to take the foot the inflation break just yet. Feels like the skew of risk is for the Fed to gently tighten financial conditions and discourage greater risk-taking from hedge funds. We can also see the bank reserves held at the Fed increased by $40.4b last week – this looks at the liability side of the balance sheet and has correlated well with growth and high beta equity and gives a good guide to liquidity. If this was to turn lower, and we won’t know until Thursday, then it will hold well with a weaker equity tape. Looking at the calendar we have the RBA and BoE meeting – we can see GBPUSD 1-week implied vols are still quite elevated and could easily see some moves play out in the quid. I think they go 25bp myself, which offers moderate GBP risk, but the job of the trader is to run the distribution of potential outcomes and assess the sort of moves that could play out. In the US, the ISM manufacturing report, payrolls, and Fed speakers will garner my close attention. After a huge July, we turn to the Northern Hemisphere summer holiday trading conditions – it doesn’t feel like traders should be shutting up shop and taking a break given the unfolding dynamics, even if it can be the best thing for the mind.
PEPPERSTONE:NAS100
by Pepperstone
Monster Bear Flattener AheadHistorically - inflation has never been defeated except when a long term bond (in this case the 30 year) yield is above the rate of inflation. The collapse of supply has meant too much money chasing too few goods. This means more and more capital is sucked into a blackhole of wage-price spirals. Currently the US has trapped itself against a wall and a hard place in that the 30 year treasury yield is well below the inflation rate. A situation which hasn't happened to the US in 100+ years (I can't speak for the Civil War Era, I haven't found data back that far). You can see the 30 year yield history by searching Google for "Fred 30 year yield" (Can't post links yet). The only logical path to achieve this is a bear steepening when people realize that inflation cannot come down otherwise and then begin a sell-off. Yield curves will stay inverted since the FED has put a floor on interest rates which the treasuries are already starting to get close to. "Restrictive rates" = = a bear flattening environment. We are currently in a "bull steepener" attempt which will fail.
TVC:US30YShort
by DarthTrader1357
1
SPY SPX S&P 500I believe the next 6-12 months will put the s&p potentially higher than my previous target, depending on whether or not this is in fact the start of a wave 1 of 3, part of the 5th wave of a higher degree (purple) wave 3. If current turquoise wave 3 is extended, then wave 5 will more than likely perform a "throw over" in relation to the 45 degree channel in this chart However, failure to break the previous X wave, will result in one Final down before a purple wave 5, invalidating the current impulsive count. (potential WXYXZ is still visible on chart) As of right now, I can say with confidence that the 200 MA will cross the 3200 ma on this 1 hour time frame, by the time it reaches the 3200, the price will be ~4400$ + for a longer-term and complete Wave Count of S&P500, An Older post is tagged below
TVC:SPXLong
by williamdas
NDX is painting the biggest Head and shoulders in Nasdaq History This pattern getting painted filled with false hope of people thinking the damages from QE since 2008 and the Pandemic printing are over is very alarming if it plays out. It was terrible enough seeing people lose fortunes / life savings during the recent collapse of the simpleton's running VC funds with insane leverage without telling people where their funds was, I caught onto this with Luna and a some lending platforms but not many people listened due to euphoria of price only go up. Now the global economy is about to retract due to governments not supporting supply side of the business cycle and only creating demand via printing causing inflation and more poverty (due to businesses failing to meet profits causing less staff and a deflationary death spiral), this is magnitudes larger than what happen in the crypto space and what happen in 2008 combined with 2000. If this market starts to turn bearish and margins are not met, money that does not exist starts to get claimed, defaults start to happen, panic starts to happen. Now is a great time to re evaluate where your funds are, are they safe from bail in inflation? are they protected from bail outs? The federal reserve has one plan and one plan only. • Raise reward rate for reverse REPO (Build a functioning bail out dam that can be literally controlled released) • Raise Interest rate's collapse the bubble in all major markets (hoping to contain the current inflation outbreak) • Panic mode but here's where the FED will step in and start to reduce the reward rate to ZERO • Money starts to flow back into normal markets as any money still in the RRP will be earning nothing • Majority will flow into US 20 year bonds causing the yield to collapse, funding the government, THIS is what JAPAN is counting on happening as they're directly involved, they hope to be able to make up for their unlimited bond purchases by selling US Government bonds at a premium • Some money will start to flow into all equity markets from Government funding new infrastructure, and money going directly into markets from the RRP • The will be all unfolding when the RRP award rate starts to fall do not focus on reserve rates • All of this to reset the biggest bubble in history that will clearly put the world into a deflationary spiral to avoid needing to hyperinflate right now, everything I just explained is essentially to avoid hyper DEFLATION the big money from the QE / Stimulus is sitting in the RRP like the FED wants to be ultimately unleashed like the Three Gorges Dam during or after the collapse of the global economy ALERT - - - - - - - IF this does not work to restimulate markets and there is still deflationary pressure the global reserve banks will be forced to start printing more money than you have ever thought possible think hundreds of trillions, the thought of hyperinflation will be accepted if the world is in a hyper deflationary death spiral this could genuinely end our human species due to quality of life dropping dramatically Everything is happening now because of the absolute stupid decision idiotic insane unthinkable theory to start a program of unlimited QE and stopping the bust of the the natural boom and bust cycle filtering out all the bad actors, avoided the bust for what? everlasting inflation that the average person cannot outrun and start a family and population decrease is starting to happen. . Good luck people -
NASDAQ:NDXShort
by UnknownUnicorn7947829
1
US10Y Inflation has peaked according to the bond yieldsThis is a critical update on the U.S. Government Bonds 10YR Yield (US10Y) as it has formed a Head and Shoulders (H&S) pattern. This is a technically bearish formation that we typically see on market tops with a reversal following. It gets even stronger considering the fact that the Head of the formation hit (and got rejected on) the Higher Highs (top) trend-line of the Megaphone pattern that the market has been trading is since 2013. There is however a possibility of not dropping to a correction before one last test of the Higher Highs as it happened both on mid 2018 and the September 2013 H&S patterns. As a result, we should approach this in terms of Resistance and Support break-outs. Above the Resistance, expect one last Higher Highs test, below the Support expect a plunge towards the 1D MA50 (blue trend-line) and the 1D MA200 (orange trend-line). But why is this US10Y top formation pattern so important and what does it have to do with the Inflation Rate (red trend-line)? Well as you see within this 9 period price action, the two symbols are very correlated. In fact, every time the US10Y hit the top of its Megaphone pattern, Inflation peaked and started to follow the US10Y lower on its correction. As a result we can say that this is the first indication we've had in a long time that the raging inflation that started in May 2020, may finally be getting under control. If so, this could be the ideal time to get back into stock buying as early as possible. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** Please support this idea with your likes and comments, it is the best way to keep it relevant and support me. ** --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TVC:US10Y
by TradingShot
3
10-Year Treasury Yield Faces Head & Shoulders, Lookout Below?The 10-Year Treasury yield has been consolidating since April as traders grappled with inflation and recession woes. Now, a bearish Head & Shoulders chart formation is prevailing. At the time of publishing, prices finished forming the right shoulder and were trading at the neckline, which seems to be around 2.70. This is as the 100-day Simple Moving Average is holding up as support. It could still maintain the dominant uptrend. Otherwise, confirming a breakout under the neckline and the moving average may open the door to a broader reversal. Key levels to watch to the downside include the 61.8% and 78.6% Fibonacci retracements at 2.36 and 2.05 respectively. Beyond the latter sits the March low at 1.66. Overturning the Head & Shoulders entails a push above the right shoulder, which is just below 3.15. TVC:US10Y
TVC:US10Y
by QM_Dubrovsky
3
A Look at 30y US Bonds, Fed Fund Rate and InflationTreasuries are an intersting play right now. Depending on your home currencies it still might be a good moment to consider stocking up on them in your portfolio. Couple of notes looking at the chart. FOMC participants’ assessments of appropriate monetary policy: Midpoint of target range or target level for the federal funds rate was shown to be around 4% (per June 15 '22 Summary of Economic Projections). The bond market had been signaling the need for FED fund rate hikes for some month already. Looking at it from a EUR buying perspective you can currently get 30Y treasuries at around 3.3% (2.75 - 3% nominal plus slightly stronger EUR at the time of writing yield with an ~5% lower price still. Forecasting a continued weak EUR and a top of the fund rate at around 4% these treasuries ought to be bound to rise latest in 2024. Newly issued bonds ought to be reaching 4% soon. If so those will be attractive too. It should be noted that there is no guarantee that the FED (nor the ECB) will be able to contain inflation or the starting recession. The EU is likely to be hit harder for both. That said the FEB may continue and we may end of up with much higher FED fund rate of above 4% (5%, 6%, .....). This scenario seems unlikely as such high interest rates would break the financial markets and econimies. It is to be noted that the FED's fund rate it approaching to be break a downward trend since 1984. On the chart the trend from 1988 has already been broken. This chart does give some indications of the dependencies of these three key figures. But one can easily spot that it is not a clear when X goes up then Y does too. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** Please support this idea with your likes and comments, it is the best way to keep it relevant and support me. ** -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- !! Donations via TradingView coins also help me a great deal at posting more free trading content and signals here !!
TVC:US30YLong
by CarpeMomentum
BTC/US30 Quick Analysis | BTC 📉 Although BTC may be considered as a 'new safe heaven', 'digital gold' and etc., it is actually one of the least safe investments. Whereas, 30 year US bond yields tend to be on the safest side in comparison to all financial assets. By analyzing financial assets against commodities or safe financial assets you take away fiat currency fluctuations. Which are generally dependent on government policies, balance of trade and sensitive to supply/demand shocks. Thereby, I believe pairing a financial asset of interest against these more stable, less volatile assets (e.g, gold, bonds) may be beneficial for analysis. This makes trading Cryptocurrencies a little clearer/easier
CRYPTOCAP:BTC
by Sanzhar_m
Junk Bonds are testing a 7 month old downward trendline!If you’re chasing portfolio income, you may be eyeing high-yield bonds, also known as junk bonds, which typically pay more interest but carry greater risk. Since interest rates and bond prices move in opposite directions, U.S. junk bond values have dipped to the lowest levels since May 2020. But yields are at 7.5% as of May 17, up from 4.42% since the beginning of January, according to the ICE Bank of America U.S. High-Yield Index. However, high-yield bonds have greater default risk than their investment-grade counterparts, meaning issuers may be less likely to cover interest payments and loans by the maturity date.
AMEX:HYG
by UnknownUnicorn38289576