JOB MARKET in 10Y : what to expect in a stagflation environmentHere's my take on the multiple outcomes the job market. Looking at the REAL data, not the bullshit cooked numbers of the labor bureau ! The U6 numbers are the closest one to the reality. So these are the ones we'll study here along with interest rates, market valuations and growth potential.
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Key Points From The U.S. NFP Jobs Report (09 August 2021)KEY POINTS:
In July, 943,000 jobs were created
Highest figure since August 2020; main driver of this strong increase is the Leisure and Hospitality sector
Number of jobs created in June was revised upwards from 850,000 to 938,000
Number of jobs created in May was also revised upwards from 583,000 to 614,000
Total number of jobs at the moment is still around 5.8 million below the pre-pandemic level
Unemployment rate declined from 5.9% to 5.4%
Average hourly earnings rose by 0.4%
Rising demand for labour likely led to the rise in earnings
Participation rate inched higher from 61.6 to 61.7
Energy breakout ~ June 2021Technical Analysis
We have been in a strong uptrend (pink segment line) since November, which I have divided into 3 ranges.
We have tested the top of "Range 2" 3 times, and we are now breaking out. Either we continue into "Range 3", or we could potentially test the pink trend line once again (ghost feed representation)
Macro
Tomorrow jobs report could be a market moving event, as the Fed has made a drastic change in its action plan, which consists of reacting to data (reports such as these), instead of reacting preemptively as it has done in the past.
Market Morning Update - Jobs MissAre the days of buying poor job numbers in the past? NAS is in a 5 min Bear Flag: rejecting the 8 EMA. The larger iH&S pattern on the 2 hour frame would be negated with a loss of 12667. Watching for a reaction at the .5 (black dashes) if we consolidate further on the news.
Narrow range daySPY closed up 0.7% yesterday.
Markets were again led by tech heavy Nasdaq.
A close above SPY 313.40 will start the next bull leg.
If SPY closes below 30y then the index can visit the lower support line in the down channel.
ES futures are up 23 handles as of now suggesting SPY opens about 0.7% higher than yesterday's close.
Jobs report on deck at 0830 hrs. EST. Will market moving.
An Inside dayIn past 6 trading days SPY has open higher than the close. They are selling the up gaps.
And buying the down gaps, as happened on the only green day in the past 6 days.
Yesterday traced out an inside day. Usually trading in the direction of the break of an inside day pays off.
However, at present, ES futures are trading 22.50 handles lower promising a gap down open.
Not sure if they will gap and go or gap and fail.
Jobs report at 8:30 am can be a market mover.
Will wait till settles in the first 30 minutes before trading, if at all.
Support and SPY 300 holding steady.
Buy the rumor, sell the fact perhapsSPY close down yesterday -0.26% snapping a 4 day winning streak. The Nasdaq-100 index briefly touched a record high before rolling over to close more than 0.7% lower.
Labor Department’s latest jobs report is scheduled for Friday at 8:30 a.m. ET. Expected unemployment 20%.
ES futures are again higher 30 handles (+0.97%) as of now, as bouyant Wall Street/ distressed Main street roots dig in deeper.
Waiting for the buy the rumor sell the fact narrative to start emerging if the past few days liquidation breaks start to take hold earnestly.
EUR/USD long dailyEUR/USD long daily in all timeframes 30m into daily
Oversold levels in Demarker, Rsi, BB etc. oscillators and indicators
1.09700 key level watch this price to go long when pullback
Expert advisor 1.11 target profit of +100 pips
Economic calendar release USD is expected bearish this Week
Especially Non-Farm Payroll coming this Friday
Risk Events - U.S and Canadian Jobs Numbers People sometimes confuse with trading the economic numbers' reactionary price action as part of "Team Fundamental Analysis" trader. I have a better word for that: Storm Catcher. I have a dear friend who trades this way, (@itsReal307 - his handle in tradingview) unlike most people I've seen, he's done it with success. I have tried it in the past, most of my big losses came from trading this way. So, that my friend of mine, I don't know how he does it, being a storm catcher (or chaser?).
I, however, am a very defensive trader, risk-averse in nature, I would avoid the storm. The price action after NFP numbers, I tend to avoid and stayed on the sidelines, especially if it is against my technical bias and/or against the bias I've determined analyzing the underlying sentiment of the currencies involved (i.e I am bullish bias for USDCAD but the jobs number for the U.S is negative). I believe risk events like NFP, are a great hunting ground for the institutional to stop hunts/manipulate the price/ensuing liquidity runs, hence if you do not know what you're doing (like my friend who does), stay away from trading this at least after 30 minutes of the number's release.
In this chart, showcases how my technical bias contradicts the jobs numbers. I stayed on the sideline for 30 minutes, which in this case, no bullish trigger warranted me to go Long until the following Monday. Risk Events provides liquidity but with the spreads tend to widen and slippages tend to happen, it's best that you just stay away from this risk event.
CAD faces downside risks ahead of dataBy Andria Pichidi - February 8, 2019
Canada’s job market is expected to show another modest increase to start the year, after the 78.4k surge in November gave way to a 7.8k rise in December. Canada employment should expand 10.0k in January. The unemployment rate on the other hand, is expected to nudge higher to 5.7% in January, from the 43-year low 5.6% in November and December. Earnings growth is expected to remain subdued, adding to the softening inflation backdrop, well below the 3.9% pace in May of 2018, at 0.4% m/m in January.
The risk for today’s data is to the downside, as January’s data so far showed a constrained Canadian economy to begin 2019, based on consumer and factory sentiment.
As the risk is for a negative print for total jobs to begin 2019, Canadian dollar could continue depreciated. USDCAD is up for a fifth consecutive day, today printing a 13-day high at 1.3328 , extending a recovery from last Friday’s 3-month low. The up phase has been concomitant with a down phased in oil prices, while sustained gains in crude prices are a boon to Canada’s terms of trade, and vice versa.
Overall, USDCAD is strongly supported by 200-day SMA since April. Hence long term Support holds at 1.3126 (200-day SMA), while the 20-day SMA and PP of the day provide immediate Support levels at 1.3240 and 1.3275 respectively.
Resistance holds at 1.3363-1.3375 area , presenting the area between the 50% retracement on the decline seen since 1.3660 high and January’s peak. In the scenario of disappointing jobs data today, the pair could seen reaching this area. Further gains, could lead to the 61.8% Fib. level at 1.3430 level. At this level we could face a correction lower.
From the Market perspective, a damp jobs report could underpin expectations that the BoC is stuck on the sidelines until 2020. However, BoC’s view that the current (and Q4) slowing is temporary has been supported by the recent data, as opposed to the data showing a more pronounced slowing in growth than the Bank anticipated.
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Short term trade S&P 500, WTI, or EURSUDThe job-market report issued by the Bureau of Labor Statistics was very strong. 312K new jobs created instead of a forecasted 177K, Blacks entering the job market as unemployed. This is good because they are no longer outside the job market. Next step is that they will be employed. There were other positive points as well, but you get the point.
S&P 500 futures
On the five minute chart the stock market did not like the report. Probably a misunderstanding. Everyone reading the report came to the conclusion that the economy was stronger than expected, but it took 10-15 minutes. Then the buying started. This was probably a combination of machines as well as people. The buying pressure grew gradually during the day.
EURUSD
The currency market reacted quicker. The dollar got a boost.
USDWTI
The oil market is driven by demand and the strong report would signal that demand would be higher than expected. However, the euphoria did not last so long because the next report was the EIA report on natural gas. The change in stocks was smaller than expected. Hence, maybe less consumption than expected. The response was very fast to this report even though it is about natural gas. EIA publishes the crude oil report 30 min later. Traders assumed that the situation for crude oil would be the same. The traders respond quickly to the stockpile report so less room to profit unless you have superior information.
What to trade?
* The S&P 500 would be preferred. Jobs are good for the economy. The stockmarket is in a slump. Moon cycle is up. I could expect the market to continue up early next week.
* EURUSD would be good too, but short term, maybe an hour. Monitor and get out as soon as you see EUR strength again.
* Oil is another option. Jobs is also good for oil, or at least that is what the market believed. I would have gotten out before the EIA report as I cannot forecast it. If you are a speed reader you might have picked up in the job-report that it is professional and administative jobs that have increased a lot, not manufacturing. So oil might not be a good choice. However, that would have been hard to pick up for an individual trader in real time.
Loonie looks ready to shift in outlookUSDCAD has dropped for a second straight day, putting in some more distance from the 20-month peak that was seen at 1.3663. A rise in oil prices amid a revival in risk appetite in global markets has helped the Canadian Dollar, while US Fed funds futures have now priced out Fed tightening expectations for 2019 and are factoring in a 25 bp rate cut at the 18-month horizon.
USDCAD has descended into two-week low territory under 1.3431 . The early December low at 1.3160 provides a downside waypoint. Immediate support is set at S2 at 1.3350 , which coincides with 50-day EMA. Resistance for today is set at 1.3495 (4 consecutive session peak in the 4 hour chart). In the long-term Resistance stands at the 2018 peak, at 1.3663 .
Focus today will be on the dual releases of the US and Canadian jobs reports for December. The US version is expected to show a 205k headline rise (median 177k), with the unemployment rate ticking down to a new cycle low of 3.6% from 3.7% in the prior three months.
On balance, the data should be supportive of USDCAD.
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Market Analyst
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What's With These Jobs Numbers? - Market Pop on Fake News?Where are these jobs numbers coming from?
On 5/4, the latest U.S. jobs report came out showing unemployment at 3.9%(?!?) with 164,000 jobs added and wage growth virtually nonexistent.
The market (DIA) couldn't decide what to do with that news early on, but Apple (plus tech overall) and energy (stocks like RIG ) were credited with lifting the indices higher, and traders ultimately deciding the jobs report shows inflation being held at bay.
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But if the market pop is on low unemployment (fake news) and staved-off inflation (short-term reprieve from the inevitable), that's not going to prop the market long.
How is that 3.9% unemployment even calculated?
Without going into details, the way unemployment is calculated has changed over the years. Many experts will tell you that if unemployment was calculated as it was back in the 90's, the number would be much, much higher. Even still, I believe unemployment has been miscalculated for a long time - presenting numbers lower than what is realistic - and a claim that unemployment is below is 4% is outrageous.
The jobs environment is desolate, especially for young people. Not only is entry-level pay below livable wages, but a massive amount of jobs are ready for replacement by automation. More and more people are dropping out of the workforce, and record debt levels are coming to pass as the U.S. population is forced to turn to credit - rather than a paycheck - to maintain an acceptable standard of living.
Peak earnings, slow global growth, fake jobs news, a destitute situation for young and old workers alike - the short term (questionable) news can't change the nature of reality, and if there is something that can legitimately send the markets higher, it's not - and won't be -jobs.
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Head and Shoulders PatternThe Asset has produced a head and shoulders pattern, which has already broken out of the pattern, so I would short but watch out for the jobs report tomorrow as the asset already has hit prior support, so if the jobs report is bullish for the dollar then it would be a short position until the lower Fibonacci level.
GOLD and US JOB REPORTGOLD extended its decline from our initial target area 1210 to our secondary target area 1190. Despite being in bearish trend I expect gold to bounce to 1225-35 area from 1193 which is 50% retracement of the move from 1120 to 1263. Risk of further decline towards 1175 only if Gold fail to hold above 1190.
Gold continuation trade Price failed to break the 0.23 fib (1241.357) level which is was also a previous resistance level now turned support. Slow stochastics are now indicating that Gold is moving out of an oversold position. Got a tight stop in case we drop to the 0.50 Fib (1220.185) leading into non farm payrolls this Friday.