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Are the bond bulls in control or is it time for a break?Bonds have reached a very important level. For now this seems like a *logical* place for the *anti-reflation* / deflation trade to end, and for the risk on trade to be back. I am more on the disinflationary (very low inflation) camp, however bonds have risen substantially and it might be time to take some profits before the resume lower. I don't think we will have extremely high inflation yet and I don't think we will have the good type of inflation because things are going well. I do expect Oil to go higher and that to cause all sorts of issues and higher prices, but other than that I don't think bonds will get crushed. At least no yet. The key question for the whole reflation trade is... WIll bonds and USD keep going higher, with only US behemoths rallying or and the rest bleeding or struggling, or could we get a larger shock? Because to me if the USD really breaks out and heads for 96 on the DXY, while bonds also rally... we will eventually see something break. I think we'll soon have a better idea of where things could be heading next so it is better to be patient and take a few select trades that go well with this environment and look technically sound.
NASDAQ:TLT
by BitcoinMacro
1
Deflation, NOT Inflation, the Real Threat to the Stock Market?I am a contrarian. Many successful investors and traders tend to be. Following the crowd isn’t the best financial advice. Recently my contrarian spidey senses have been going off. If you have been following the Stock Markets, and particularly, the fundamentals, you have heard the word inflation be mentioned once or twice. Who am I kidding! That’s all everyone talks about!. The Fed is talking about it, the financial media is talking about it. And for good reason. When I worry about recent inflation, and future inflation I look at it two ways. Firstly, inflation is about a weaker currency. If a currency is weak, it takes more of that weaker currency to buy something. Hence the rising price. Regular readers may recall my worry about the currency war. Nations want a weaker currency to keep assets inflated and to boost exports for economic recovery (mainly the Euro and the Yen on the export front). The second worry regarding inflation is the current situation. With government checks and such, we are in a situation where there are people with more money competing for the same number of goods and services. Productivity is the key, and what we have to increase in order to warrant that extra money supply. Productivity will be a talking about in the near future, especially if we see more supply chain issues. I have heard that there are many young people on golf courses talking about how they will never go back to work. They have made more money trading stocks and crypto’s! This macro look is a bit different than the Federal Reserve. The Fed is telling us that this inflation is temporary. “Transitory” is the word they use. This type of inflation is only occurring due to economies re-opening and people beginning to spend money. Money velocity is increasing. The Fed is NOT raising interest rates, even with inflation data coming above 5% and hitting decade highs, because they believe once consumers begin shifting purchases from goods to services, the inflation will come back below the 2% level. Billionaire hedge fund managers (some still active) such as Ray Dalio, Stanley Druckenmiller, and Paul Tudor Jones have come out sounding the alarm bells on Fed policy and the inflation trade. The Fed will need to raise rates sooner rather than later to avoid major inflation. But, the markets seem to be calling the Feds bluff. Everyone knows the current market environment is all about speculation. Cheap money from the Fed helps. The party keeps going. If the Fed was going to raise rates, many expect the stock markets would tank. They would take a big hit on the taper tantrum. This could be the reason the Fed does not want to raise rates, because of the potential financial crisis that could snowball. Leveraged trades, pension funds, major banks could be affected on a large stock market decline which would trigger a larger crisis. Some say the Fed is trapped, and transitory inflation is a way for them to delay rate hikes for as long as possible. Let’s not forget that there is more debt out there, so a rate hike would make payments more expensive for consumers and for government. But now I want to turn all of this on its head. Pull a 180 turn. What if Deflation is the real threat and NOT Inflation? Inflation signals are: 1.Rising Interest Rates (A Fall in Bond Prices) 2.Rise in Foreign Currencies (Euro, Loonie etc) or another way to put it, a fall in the US Dollar 3.Rising Gold Prices Deflation signals are the opposite: 1.Lower Interest Rates (A Rise in Bond Prices) 2.Rise in the US Dollar 3.Falling Gold Prices Let's see what the chart's tell us: Above are the daily charts of the US 10 year yield, and bonds. I have chosen TLT, but you can see the same on BND. Just remember: there is an inverse correlation. When bond prices rise, yields drop and vice versa. Looking at the 10 year first, do you all remember when the rising 10 year yield was spooking financial markets? Interest Rates were rising, fueling perma bear doomsday market crash scenario’s. Now, we hardly hear about that. And for a good reason. The 10 year yield had to hold above 1.50% for further upside momentum. This did not happen. We have not closed below 1.50%, and it looks like yields are heading LOWER. In today’s trading, yields are puking. A 5% decline at time of writing. TLT might be the important macro chart for the next few months. We have triggered an Uncharted Market Structure pattern. We would be going long, and expect more upside as long as TLT remains above 140. This means higher bond prices, which is big for two reasons. First, it ticks a deflation criteria box. Secondly, it will test the asset allocation model. Money tends to run into bonds when there is a risk off environment. Meaning money will LEAVE stocks for bonds. Perhaps this is signaling an event in the near future which will cause money to run into bonds. Deflation anyone? DXY chart is the chart for this idea. Currently, we are in some Dollar long trades based on the daily chart meeting Uncharted Market Structure criteria. But the weekly chart is hinting at further US Dollar strength. The 89 zone is major support. The Dollar found support there and ranged for weeks, before shooting higher. It seems like a double bottom pattern is in the works. Once again a bit worrying as Dollar strength generally means something is coming down the pipeline. Money flows into the Dollar when things are uncertain. It is a safe haven currency. OR, the Dollar can finally be playing out as I have said months ago. In this currency war, the Dollar is the best fiat out of the bunch. The other way to look at this is through the lens of interest rate differential. If the Fed is going to raise rates sooner than other central banks, money would flow into the greenback. This week and month will be big for the US Dollar. If we close below 90.50 on the DXY, then the deflation criteria for the Dollar becomes challenged. But as of now, the new uptrend is still in play meaning another tick in a deflation criteria box. Last but not least, Gold. This is where things get a bit murky. As a trade, I think there is some upside for Gold that could occur this week. But we want to focus on the longer term. If interest rates drop, this is positive for Gold. But conversely, the prevailing thought is that a stronger dollar is negative for Gold. I still believe money can run into both the Dollar and Gold if there is a confidence crisis (people begin losing trust in government, central banks and fiat currency). Everything macro is pointing to higher Gold prices even with a rising Dollar. Gold is a bit tough to analyze. It looked great with us breaking a flag/pennant pattern, but we have closed below on the retest, so the pattern is now invalid. You can see I have a major flip zone where Gold is currently. This 1775 zone is key. I will be watching this weeks close closely to determine whether Gold continues to move higher. In summary the deflation idea has some technical support. When I see bonds and the US Dollar rising, I automatically think a run into safety. Fear. Perhaps this fear has to do with the pandemic and future variants (the Lambda variant which is deadlier than Delta was recently announced), or maybe big money is pricing in deflation.
TVC:DXY
by Uncharted-FX
2
🎓 EDU 7 of 20: Use the Power of Intermarket Analysis 🔀Intermarket analysis is an often neglected and overlooked type of analysis among traders. However, it's a powerful tool that can help you anticipate future price movements by following the performance of other, closely-related markets. Intermarket analysis refers to the analysis of other asset classes that can provide valuable and actionable insights into related markets, such as forex. In this part of our Intermarket analysis lesson, we'll be focusing on a specific asset class that has a very close connection with currencies: the sovereign bond market and yields. As you already know from my previous educational posts, currencies tend to follow interest rates. With the fall of the Bretton Woods agreement, currencies became freely-floating and capital started to move to places with the highest yields, which meant higher returns for investors. For example, if Australia has a 3% interest rate and Japan a 1% interest rate, investors could buy AUD to collect a 3% rate and short JPY by paying a 1% rate, leaving them with a net profit of 2%. This is how carry trade work, and the long AUD/JPY was one of the most popular carry trades given the large yield differential between Australia and Japan. That's why you need to follow yield differentials in your trading. The chart above shows the EUR/USD pair, and the 2-year yield differentials between 2-year German bonds and 2-year US bonds. Notice that we're using German bonds (also known as "bunds"), since Germany is the largest European economy. To add yield differentials to your chart, simply hit the "+" (compare) above your chart and type in "DE02Y - US02Y" with a space between the symbols. This also works for other currencies. Here is a list of symbols for the major currencies and their respective bond yields: US02Y, CA02Y, GB02Y, DE02Y, JP02Y, AU02Y, and NZ02Y. The currency should be self-explanatory from the symbols (note, we also the German 2-year yield when analyzing CHF.) Notice how the exchange rate closely followed the differentials in yields. When German yields rose compared to US yields, capital inflows to the euro area increased demand for EUR, which lifted the exchange rate. Similarly, when US yields rose compared to German yields, capital inflows to the US increased demand for USD, and the EUR/USD pair fell (meaning a stronger USD.) The dots you see on the chart are the individual bond yields (DE02Y and US02Y), because I like to have a picture of why the yield differential line is rising or falling (i.e., did the line fall because US yields are higher, or because German yields are lower?) We are using the 2-year yields, because they tend to closely follow the monetary policy stance of the respective central bank. In other words, when the ECB turns hawkish, the DE02Y tends to rise (signaling higher interest rate expectations), which in turn would push the yield differential line higher (and most likely the EUR/USD pair as well.) In the next part of Intermarket Analysis, we'll take a look at how other markets can impact currencies, like metals, commodities, and energy. Please hit the "Like" button and follow, so you won't miss future trade ideas and educational posts!
Education
by MujkanovicFX
Predicting the Time-window for Turns, in all MarketsInexplicably, upon publishing this post, the Title Chart becomes distorted beyond recognition thus, all references are to this Original Chart - below Do markets trend on the medium term (months) and mean-revert on the long run (years)? Does Black's intuition bear out that prices tend to be off approximately by a factor of 2? (Taking years to equilibrate.) How does Technical Analysis , as a whole, act as a trend following system while Fundamental Analysis matters only once prices get way out of line? Is mean-reversion a sufficient self-correcting mechanism to temper irrational exuberance in financial markets? We examine these questions in the proceeding; In his 1986 piece Fisher Black wrote: "An efficient market is one in which price is within a factor 2 of value, i.e. the price is more than half of value and less than twice value. He went on saying: The factor of 2 is arbitrary, of course. Intuitively, though, it seems reasonable to me, in the light of sources of uncertainty about value and the strength of the forces tending to cause price to return to value. By this definition, I think almost all markets are efficient almost all of the time." The myth that “informed traders" step in and arbitrage away any small discrepancies between value and prices never made much sense. If for no other reason but the wisdom of crowds is too easily distracted by trends and panic. Humans are pretty much clueless about the “fundamental value" of anything traded in markets, save perhaps a few instruments in terms of some relative value. Prices regularly evolve pretty much unbridled in response to uninformed supply and demand flows, until the difference with value becomes so strong that some mean-reversion forces prices back to more reasonable levels. Black imagined, Efficient Market Theory would only make sense on time scales longer than the mean-reversion time (TMR), the order of magnitude of which is set by S√TMR∼d. For stock indices wit hS∼20%/year, makes TMR = ∼6 years. The dynamics of prices within Black’s uncertainty band is in fact not random but exhibits trends: in the absence of strong fundamental anchoring forces, investors tend to under-react to news or take cues from past price changes themselves. In fact, the notorious and unbridled reliance and un-anchored, speculative extrapolation is the mainstay of most investors, as well as Wall Street's itself, as it is the regular course of everyday "investing" across most asset classes. In the following a picture emerges (and we test it), whether market returns are positively correlated on time scales TMR and negatively correlated on long time scales ∼TMR, before eventually following the (very) long term fate of fundamental value - in what looks like a biased geometric random walk with a non-stationary drift. We have looked at a very large set of financial instruments, drawing on data sets from 1800 - 2020 (i.e. 220 years). We applied the same method to all available data in Stocks, Bonds, FX, Commodity Futures and Spot Prices, the shortest data set going back 1955. As it turns out that, in particular, mean-reversion forces start cancelling trend following forces after a period of around 2 years, and mean-reversion seems to peak for channel widths on the order of 50-100%, which corresponds to Black’s “factor 2”. Mean-reversion appears as a mitigating force against trend following that allows markets to become efficient on the very long run, as anticipated previously by many authors. Regarding the data we used for this study; Commodity Data sets - Starting date Natural Gas 1986 Corn 1858 Wheat 1841 Sugar 1784 Live Cattle 1858 Copper 1800 Equity Price data sets - Starting date USA 1791 Australia 1875 Canada 1914 Germany 1870 Switzerlan 1914 Japan 1914 United Kingdom 1693 From trends to mean-reversion The relation between past de-trended returns on scale t'< and future de-trended returns on scale t'>. Defining p(t) as the price level of any asset (stock index, bond,commodity, etc.) at time t. The long term trend over some ti scale T is defined as: mt:=1Tlog . For each contract and time t, we associate a point(x,y) where x is the de-trended past return on scale t'< and y the de-trended future return on scale t>:x:= logp(t)−logp(t−t'<)−mtt'<;y:= logp(t+t'>)−logp(t)−mtm't'. Note that the future return is de-trended in a causal way, i.e. no future information is used here (otherwise mean-reversion would be trivial). For convenience, both x and y are normalized such that their variance is unity. Remarkably, all data,including futures and spot data lead to the same overall conclusions. See in chart; As the function of the past (time) horizon t'< (log scale) for Red & White Bars, the futures daily data and spot monthly data. To compare the behaviour of the regression slope shown in the chart with a simple model, assume that the de-trended log-price pi(t) evolves as a mean-reverting Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process driven by a positively correlated trending noise m. It is immediately apparent from the dashed line in the chart that the prediction of such a model with g= 0.22, k−1= 16 years and y'−1= 33 days, chosen to fit the futures data and g= 0.33, k'−1= 8 years and gh'−1= 200 days, chosen to fit the spot data. In the short term volatility of prices is simply given by S'2k's'. Non-linear effects A closer look at the plot(x,y )however reveals significant departure from a simple linear behaviour. One expects trend effects to weaken as the absolute value of past returns increases, as indeed reported previously. We have therefore attempted a cubic polynomial regression, devised to capture both potential asymmetries between positive and negative returns, and saturation or even inversion effects for large returns. The conclusion on the change of sign of the slope around yt'<= 2 years is therefore robust. The quadratic term, on the other hand, is positive for short lags but becomes negative at longer lags, for both data sets. The cubic term appears to be negative for all time scales in the case of futures, but this conclusion is less clear-cut for spot data. The behaviour of the quadratic term is interesting, as it indicates that positive trends are stronger than negative trends on short time scales, while negative trends are stronger than positive trends on long time scales. A negative cubic term, on the other hand, suggests that large moves (in absolute value) tend to mean-revert, as expected, even on short time scales where trend is dominant for small moves. Taking these non-linearities into account however does not affect much the time scale for which the linear coefficient vanishes, i.e. roughly 2 years Conclusion Here we have provided some further evidence that markets trend on the medium term (months) and mean-revert on the long term (several years). This coincides with Black’s intuition that prices tend to be off by a factor of 2. It takes roughly 6 years for the price of an asset with 20 % annual volatility to vary by 50 %. We further postulate the presence of two types of agents in financial markets: Technical Analysts , who act as trend followers, and Fundamental Analysts , whose effects set in when the price is clearly out of whack. Mean-reversion is a self-correcting mechanism, tempering (albeit only weakly) the exuberance in financial markets. From a practical point of view, these results suggest that universal trend following strategies should be supplemented by universal price-based “value strategies" that mean-revert on long term returns. As it's been observed before, trend-following strategies offer a hedge against market draw-downs while value strategies offer a hedge against over-exploited trends.
TVC:DJIEducation
by Nemo_Confidat
8
TLT - Confirmed bottom - More upsideThoughts and ideas are my own view. Now, I've been in a trade on TLT for a little while now. About 2 weeks. It's quite obvious there's a couple things going on here: 1. A reduction of downward momentum that ended in mid-March. 2. A move up followed by a corrective move to the downside which did not make a new low 3. Our indicators indicated we were about to make a move to the upside 4. There's also a visible inverted head and shoulders that broke out on June 8 Mix all these things and there's a squeeze that is expanding to the upside as well. Although we may see a pullback to retest the breakout area, I'm interested in seeing TLT make a move up to approximately $149 in the coming month.
NASDAQ:TLTLong
by bitdoctor
Is TLT saying we are about to have a Vix explosion? I have been following many charts and patterns for quite some time. and The set up for an entire market melt down is almost too perfect right now. and I will go through the list of events that have taken place: First lets start with Gold. Gold had rallied on the back of lower yields for the better part of 2 months all to just get shot down during the FOMC meeting just a few weeks ago when the dollar shot up. (gold tends to lead the market sells offs by about 2-3 weeks) Mind you all of this has happened as yields have gone lower and lower. (totally not what you would expect from an "inflationary environment") gold respects real rates however if deflation was about to start happening, then this is the exact precursor you would expect. This is why I believe that if I am wrong about the vix explosion gold is going to be the best buy of the quarter. Then lets move to the DJT (dow jones transports) I explained this in my prior IYT analysis which can be found here: The transports just like gold and precious metals are generally the first assets to take a hit give or take about 2-3 weeks before general market correction. and that leads me to my last point. TLT, oh tlt you dirty whore you. (I am currently long tlt fyi) The set up in the line chart of tlt is identical to the pre-covid crash as you can see in this chart. But wait there's more.. Why has DXY been rallying along with TLT that does not happen very often. Some times it happens here and there But it does not happen for stretch of 2 weeks. All I am saying is stay hedged people. this is a very very risky set up.
NASDAQ:TLT
by crakehair
3
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OLong
by harribatu
Bonds and the vitality of the market and overarching economy.In this chart, I find it important to (as an economist) monitor treasuries and bonds, luckily Tradingview has us covered there. The next few charts will be some economic correlations so we can better understand the economy before I get into the meat and potatoes of this system . As you can see, bonds and treasuries are dropping which indicates selling. Big name bond investors are spooked, and looking at it from this perspective I can see why. Take a second to think back to the start of 2020 and the 'thing that wont be named'. Think of ALL the BS that has happened in this timeframe, If I had big money in bonds right now, I would be spooked myself. I will be getting into detail in a later economic chart about just some of the crap that must be on big investors minds.
FRED:DGS30
by Joshuakm
#bitcoin scenario cast 6.19.21Slander is the signal Risk off in legacy Will they risk a debt bubble blow up? No they inflate it away as always Stimulus forever until enough people have migrated to debt-free money that the machinations of a central bank are no longer relevant to a mjority of the global pop Its a process, that will likely take another 15 - 20 years You guys are still early, but not as early as the middle of last decade obviously do you want to arrive in 2025-27 and have been fudded out of your holdings?
BITSTAMP:BTCUSDLong
by BallaJi
2