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10 Year Treasury Note - ROC's Building againRates of Change for Yields will face increasing Competition in the coming weeks. We anticipate further to quickly be met with YCC. Yields have been mixed at lows, attempting to Hang their Man. Central Banks receive their orders on High. Governments can no longer borrow to fund their annual spending. Digital "Currency" proposals from the WEF via Lagarde at the IMF, Echoed @ the BIS and then it's stepchild the ECB. The Debt can of worms can no longer be kicked down the road. Europe is in the final stages of collapsing under the Existing System. This will spread Cajun style, like a swamp Gator that eats everything that moves in the DEBT SWAMP. Rumors (Credible) of the Federal Reserve accepting Direct Deposits is halting the Primary Dealer network of Banks (First Abusers) who, via Trading Arms and partners such as BlackRock and VanGuard and many other smaller boutiques such as Gelber - have been able to manipulate ALL Markets without consequence... The Federal Government required them to sell their DEBT. This effort is very clearly coming to a decided end. Globally, the entire Financial System and edifice is being dumped on its Head.
CBOT:ZN1!
by HK_L61
3
PCG - Going as Planned***None of the idea I share, including this one, should be taken as financial advise. Tread lightly and if ever you find yourself certain of something, think again.*** Previous Idea and Trend In my previous idea (linked) on PCG I said I'd expect this stock to struggle downward most of the summer and reach a strong support level in the low $9.00 range. This has been the case so far and there's not much that's changed to affect my view, at this point. Reiteration I still believe the current price level is this stock's bottom until there are other catalysts. It will remain around this level for the remainder of the summer with a possible break-out later this year (October or November). Other News PCG's decision to burry 10,000 miles of cable to mitigate fire risk is, in my view, an attempt to save face given the present concerns over PCG's role in the Dixie fire and sensitivity around the wildfire subject at large. I say this because cable burial, even when done as cheaply as feasible, is very expensive when compared to overhead installations. My preference would have been for PCG to make large investments in overhead protection of assets (specifically fuse-linked cutouts and surge-arrester failures). There are plenty of asset protection devices that almost completely mitigate the chance of asset failure and subsequent fire creation. This could have been done with fractions of the cost of cable burial and could have been done system wide instead of only across select segments (where the likelihood the most effectual burial segments could be miss-identified is high). In my estimation, this move's short-sightedness it mitigated by the comfort provided from concern management is showing toward future fire prevention. Dixie Fire and PCG From what I've read, it seems very unlikely PG&E had a role in starting the Dixie fire; more so considering the exact verbiage of any legal challenge would include the word "negligent". Thus far, legal "challenges" have been political in nature rather than legally interesting: All fear, loathing, and grand-standing. Even if PG&E is found to have behaved negligently resulting in the Dixie fire, the structure of AB 1054 provides reasonable downside protection. The Fed's Role As always, in this current market, we have to consider Fed actions. If talk of asset tapering manifests into actual tapering I would expect this stock to fall. We shall see. Position Additions I'm still not looking to add to my position until the common stock reaches mid-to-low $7.00 range.
NYSE:PCG
by forever_green
Bond Curve - Long End where Fiscal Funding is FundedThe Dollar has very large Trendline support as well as the 50SMA. The pressure this exerts can be extreme. The rising trend indicates the potential for an extreme move in the Rate of Change (ROC) once again. The move will be very strong as 2 events are in play: 1. DX Hoarding 2. Net Drains @ FED and US Treasury * Of Note, the future of stimulus was made clear this week as California announced their intent to provide Universal Basic Income at a flat rate of $1000/per person. YCC remains active ahead of the September Federal Reserve Policy Statement. Frankly, a non-event imho. Since the end of March 2021, the 10Yr has dropped from 1.74. The question being asked - What is the Bond Market indicating? Answer - the FED smacked their noses for attempting to call them out on their endless BS.
CBOT:ZB1!Short
by HK_L61
6
VIX - VJH / Financials / Bonds / Velocity / Scope / ScaleGood Morning - Hope this finds everyone well. The Virtual Jackson Hole Symposium begins a 3 day affair today. _______________________________________________________________________ Bonds Macro Data includes Preliminary GDP and Unemployment Claims @ 8:30AM EST. Economic Calendar - www.investing.com Bonds out the Curve 10Yr (ZN) - 20Yr (TLT) - 30Yr (ZB) have been pulling back. As we indicated in prior commentary, the ROC (Rate of Change) is seeing increasing Velocity ahead of VJH. The 10Yr is the weakest Instrument. Volatility in Bonds, we anticipate will begin to Increase. Bonds have been the Deposit of Choice, regardless of Real Returns - the Return of Capital as opposed to the return on Capital - this speak volumes as to what is coming. An assured loss in Bonds is axiomatic as Inflation remains well above Real Returns adjusted well beyond the CPI/PII inaccuracy. _______________________________________________________________________ Financials Traditionally, Financials respond well to Positive Rate Adjustments. In prior Macro Observations, we Indicated some time ago, Banks were no longer lending. We began to Observe Banks reducing Lines of Credit (LOCs) and Revolving Credit. Reverse Repurchase Agreements began a change in Term Structure early in 2021, with longer dated terms out to 48 Days, some further duration. As Economic activity is grinding down, Banks were exposed to increased Deposits. Liabilities, which they began to shun, driving increases in Money Markets, which have become Bloated. This is reminiscent of when the Dollar Broke Par during the 2006-2008 Financial Crisis. This one event spooked the Markets, it set off a large Panic. It was not until Janet Yellen and Timothy Geithner arranged for $2 Trillion in Short Dated Treasuries to be authorized, did the DX crisis abate. The Dollar is being hoarded as Fear continues to compound. It is the Senior and Reserve Currency and during crisis, remains the preferred Position. The thinking is simple - Why give the Government my Money as it is assured a loss, the Debt can never be paid back. It can be paid back synthetically - a Tomato would be $1,400.00. _______________________________________________________________________ Volatility Events - Important Events to Market Participants, speed up Market Activity. It expands the Scope and Scale of participation, while having a large and profound effect upon the speed of Trading Activity. Prices become extreme in Intra-Day actions. Yesterday, we observed a large Bid under the Front Month M1 @ the 19.00 level. Protection was being Bid there. During Globex, we saw 18.95 trade, a one tick dip below, this is quite typical as the VX always trades a one Tick move above or below when it is staging. And it is... the Falling Wedge on the Daily has provided 7 Months of Wash Rinse Repeat declines programmed to perfection. The larger Daily Targets for the VIX M1 extend to the 12s. The problem is, they haven't traded below 16... All eyes should be on Volatility as it begins to pick up. As many of you know we have a large VX Position - VXX, VX Curve, VXM, we will continue to build this position into September. We anticipated a Break of Trend for the Globex Tuesday night session. It failed to materialize as Distribution is incomplete, but very close to ending. Last night's GLOBEX Session was a clue, we saw indecision. We are watching the VIX M1 Front Month @ 10:00AM EST for 19.65 as the level to indicate the VIX Curve will be breaking up and out. To be clear, this is NOT the Cash/Spot VIX - the Instrument is the Front Month Futures Contract. ________________________________________________________________________________ Our Position Sells are weighted heavily in TECH and VOLATILITY. We anticipate at least an 11% Correction form the most recent ATHs. It is developing, albeit slowly... this is about to change IMHO. BE well, Happy Hunting. - HK _______________________________________________________________________
CBOE:VX1!Short
by HK_L61
3
Inflation TradeIn the chart below you have the TIP and IEF the IEF ratio. IEF is Ishares 7-10 year treasury bond ETF and TIP is the TIPs bond etf. On the right side of the chart you have the 10 year inflation breakeven. Now looking at the two you can see that they track pretty closely. Now generally the IEF 7-10 year has a very similar duration to that of the TIP etf. Some people are wondering how to play the inflation hedge as with some of the largest tech stocks P/E multiple compression could pose an issue to high P/E ratio trading stocks. What does this mean, and what is multiple compression. Well what happens as inflation rises that inflation starts to be built into P/E multiples, and as that happens you start to get compression of those P/E multiples this can pose a massive risk to equity holders. So my thesis would be you could short IEF, and be long TIP. This is something to look into, and I believe that spread that you can see below is going to widen tremendously. So it is something to watch out for, and a trade you might want to consider setting up.
AMEX:TIPLong
by tahirg0010
1
Will FED Taper?Fed tightening 10 year surged to almost 3.2% when Powell tried to tighten this can be seen on the chart below. Now following that measure to tighten you see the S&P fall 20% this miscalculation of the FED to increase rates. Powell was out to pop the equity bubble, but again this miscalculation caused them to stop tightening, and on the chart below you can see this was followed by the cutting of rates. Low growth married to market expecting liquidity has allowed us to see huge growth. We are stuck in the circle of asset growth over strong economic growth.
SP:SPX
by tahirg0010
No one actually understands how bullish this isFirst - for the more obvious bullish divergences on OBV, RSI, & MFI. I had a hell of a time trying to find anywhere with a similar divergence But the places that I did find them had a massive pump following Additionally, you're probably confused about the TLT chart. These are 20 yr bonds that fluctuate more or less with the strength of the dollar, interest rates, and yields. These values are very telling when it comes to determining the 'health of the economy'. Knowing that, I was able to give data to the health of the economy and put it against the market cycles of Bitcoin to see what kind of environment it needed to grow. I noticed a pattern and certain conditions that must be met for Bitcoin to surge. Take out one of these characteristics, and you don't have a green light for a full blow bull market. Condition #1: Massive sell-off of the TLT bonds followed by a relaxed recovery . This lights the fuse. Condition #2: Volatility of these bonds must be in check. Any massive fluctuation after the fuse is lit will put it out. These are represented by the little dots from an indicator called a VSTOP . The Inception of Bitcoin followed the 2008 crisis, so the switch in VSTOP is backwards, but still relatively illustrates correctly. Condition #3: The underlying data responsible for the TLT price action must follow a particular pattern. I've measured this with a moving average and smoothed moving average crossing of the TLT's RSI Similar to a death cross or golden cross. Green above red signals this 1 of 3 conditions true. So, to determine the start and end of a Bitcoin bull-market, the green must be above the red, and the VSTOP must be in the gold . With all of this, it appears Bitcoin is far from done pumping. Thanks :)
INDEX:BTCUSDLong
by Ungovernable
TLT - Longer End 10/20/30 FlatteningSince 2002 when GSCO's Timothy Bitsberger's began his reign as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. Fiscal Fundings began to move down the curve to under 30 Months and accumulate a large concentration within this timeframe. It placed the burden of Government Finance up on the Short End of the Yield Curve near the region of control for the Federal Reserve and their ability to drive Monetary Policy. During the waning decades to today, the Bond Markets have become 11.2X the size of Equities. Since 2008 we have witnessed a rapid acceleration in Money Stock, one which remains underreported then (as the FED ceased reporting M2) to today where the very life blood of Credit Growth Velocity has dried up and reversed. TARP, TALF and the Yield Swaps accumulated $32 Trillion in Debt. 91% of the American Public was against these Monetary Measure then.... Today they Gag for it as the Global Economy lays in ruin. Independent Producers have been wrecked to the point, recovery is simply not viable. The FED Minutes served to provide several references to moving up the Timeline for Tapering. This provides cover for Powell's (we'll let ya know while we're thinking about thinking) as behind the scenes they are preparing for short duration reduction in the usual suspects - RMBS, CDO, CDO, Corp Debt, Zombie DEBT. Yield Curve Controls became evident as the 1.71 10Yr yield was not permitted to be breached, had it and Swaps would have been grossly offsides and created a large dislocation. At present, The uncertainty over the impact of this Policy change - Potential Policy change - remain in Flux. The Dollar, our target is 9465 ST, remains the wild card as the EU faces retribution for decades of abuse and a failed attempt at Negative Interest Rates - the vote of Confidence ALWAYS flows to the Currency of Seniorege, the US DOLLAR. Capital Flows favor US Markets as China is making it extraordinarily clear, they are closing off the Monetary & Economic Borders well in advance of the UNWIND coming to our shores. A steepening or inverting yield Curve is immaterial. We crossed the Rubicon long, long ago. As we witness the SPX to M2 Stock overthrow the .22 level - there is an important message there, extremely important, which is why we suggested the ES would attempt an over-throw on Friday @ the 4441 level. These actions ahead of Jackson Hole are significant. More to follow within the 5 Part thesis beginning with ES/M2S, TLT, Divergences, Capital Flows and "Resurrections' Trade" HK
NASDAQ:TLT
by HK_L61
2
VIX - Trade Plan for VOL CRUSH ReversalBuy J U N K, chase green bars, chase false overthrows... Patience, Analysis, Temperament, Constitution of Trade Plan - Probability favors all. BTD chasers. We'll happily take the opposing trade and here it is: Volatility Crush Reversal VIX Curve - ON Gap Fills of VIX Cash/Spot & VX Curve we will have completed inverse ladders on the following Positions: VXX 5K - Objective 20K Position, Projected lows into Wednesday ~ 25.08 Trade Structured INV LDR @ 25.68, 25. 36, 25.12, 25.06. VX Curve: M2 - 0 Position / Objective 5K VX Curve M3 - O Position / Objective 5K VX Curve M4 - 0 Position / Objective 2.5K ______________________________________________________________ SMH/TECH Extension to Target & Top Tick 7-9 Large Cap Prop SOXS: 40K Position / Objective 60K NQ: 0 Position / Sell INV LDR to 15363 overthrow TSLA - 50 @ 720 Nov Puts / Objective 100 to 780 Hedge only on Gamma FM Only, Theta not an issue Shares 400 / Objective 1500 INV LDR to 780 AMC/GME - Digging in to kill the roll AMC - Position Objective 12.5K to 37.88 GME - Degenerates are eyeballing 300 GF, no fill until 2022 Collar at 195 Strike out through November. __________________________________________________ Financials ZB - 0 Position, TLT Gap Fill ahead Wednesday Fed minutes for entry ZN - 0 Position, TLT Gap Fill ahead Wednesday Fed minutes for entry TLT - 0 Position, Gap Fill ahead Wednesday Fed minutes for entry NQ BANK - Observing Bank as RTY ES will catch the head fake for entry. Financials will drive ES RTY YM Entries Hedges will be Large Micro CTs in Bracket, OCO form for high turn entry/exit - Hedge ONLY. Powell - Still Thinking about... *Clarida - Taper could begin later this year Quarles - See's Taper discussion coming into view *Brainard - Echoes Taper discussion for September *Waller - Reduction of Bond Purchases in October *Bowman - Policy Statement Support ahead, Hawkish THE BOG HAS TURNED HAWKISH. Events: ALL BOG Members voted for/supported: Individual capital requirements for all large banks, effective on October 1, 2021 $1 Trillion CBCD central bank digital currency Policy Objective Enforcement actions have been tailored to NY/NJ Banks, epicenter of US Finance
CBOE:VX1!Short
by HK_L61
3
is the dollar done rising, or just catching its breathe?One of the most important, if not the most important market, the dollar is battling for the next chapter in its history. With the current environment of CPI over 5%, more stimulus in the works, FED still sticking to buying assets, Low overnight rates, and large growing national debt ceiling on the table again, the dollar is a big deal right now. My bias is a dollar to the down side as investors will discount the inflation in bonds and dollars. To the dollar upside, any large fear wave in asset prices or chaos in other risk currencies would make me look to dollar upside. My best guess, I would think a stock dip that becomes a correction should be on the way, and in one scenario it could be partially or mostly be caused by a sell off in bonds and dollars. Otherwise, a stock sell off correction could also be the reason that bonds and dollars rise if they are seen as safety. The first scenario is my bias and best guess. dont listen to me, I know nothing and will lose you money.
TVC:DXY
by optionfarmers
Bonds - US10Y Cannot and Will Not Rise SignificantlyIdea for 10Y Treasury Bond Yields: I speculate that yields cannot and will not rise significantly until the equity bubble pops. I think that it will start a wave reaching 0.7 this month. Why is that? - There is almost $300 trillion in private sector debt globally. - Companies used margin debt for share buybacks to boost EPS, creating the illusion of economic growth. - There is a borrowing cost for private debtors, debt must be serviced. - 10Y is used as a risk-free rate benchmark for credit derivatives, especially for risk spreads. - Furthermore, rising yields means that a rate hike would inevitably follow. - The premium on credit risk is at a record low (BBB). - Even junk bonds and Greece is negatively yielding. - Zombie companies are at an ATH (one that isn’t generating enough income to cover the annual interest payments on its debts. With interest rates so low, these zombies have stayed “alive” by refinancing their debts at increasingly lower rates, or simply tacking on more debt to keep breathing. But with rates rising, zombies may be forced to refinance at higher rates.) - Since debt is increasing, the magnitude that rates can rise before negatively impacting the private sector is decreasing. Any significant rise in rates will quickly cause mass insolvencies in these zombie companies, which also would cause a cascade of liquidations in yield chasers who had sold credit default swaps - accumulating asymmetric risk. It is a massive, massive bubble, and any significant rise in rates would collapse the equity market and the economy. The only way to keep equities stable would be for negative rates, but the dollar is without a doubt - rising. As debt rises, liquidity is sucked out of the collateral pool in a proportional amount. You will just eventually get to a point where debt servicing becomes too expensive anyway from a collateral supply perspective. That's the fundamental condition which will eventually bring about the reflexive regression to the mean. So is it a slow and painful death, or a quick flush? I'd bet on the latter... more money to be made for insiders who short it. In fact, I would wager that the Bill Ackmans of the world are betting big on credit default swaps on zombie companies, similar to CDSs/CDOs on subprime mortgages in 2008. People are buying with both hands bonds which are expected to yield less than what they paid for at the maturity. Any change in conditions would cause this to be capitulation into a bid-less market, don't you think? It's pure insanity and there is only one thing to do here. GLHF - DPT
TVC:US10YShort
by UnknownUnicorn1043646
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