PPI
PowerHou$e SPY TARGETS 16.9.22 Reverse Gamma continuedIdea continued of successful CPI trade. PPI tomorrow 830am EST , sideways and down market action predicted, reverse gamma squeeze, ultimate 3 standard deviation move to downside this week. potential place to load up on further puts tomorrow to price target for Friday.
Nas100 Buy?Nas100 created a "W" pattern on the lower timeframe after a major sell off at the bell.
PPI came out with a negative so the market sold after a 100 point move to the upside post news report drop.
It reversed at the previous NY session low and bought up 142 points to the upside.
Based off the previous PPI outcome, I am still holding for a 300 point move to the upside.
Thank you for reading, always use proper risk management when trading! I personally never risk more than 1% per trading session.
Cardano - Updated Charting 06/02 with Bottom Target Buying Zone Cardano enjoys a sweet dead cat bounce before moving further down finishing wave 5 (.30-.10) before moving upward towards ATH.
Headwinds to take into consideration BEFORE investing in what they identify as risk on investments:
Jamie Dimon's Hurricane Comment: www.cnbc.com (People should take not coming from Jamie, potential significant heads up)
Latest ISM Report (May 2022) BULLISH FOWARD GROWTH: www.ismworld.org
April Jobless Claims in at 200K (Extremely low) : www.cnbc.com
Latest PPI Report (April) 11% www.bls.gov
Latest CPI Report (April) 8.3% www.bls.gov
DXY: Upward momentum since 07/2021 (Up 17.29% from 89.47 - 103.57 (Trending now around 101-102.xx)
Ukraine War
Crude Prices: Macrotrends
Covid / Monkey Pox / Viral flavor of the month (Fear Tactics)
Supply Chain Challenges
Manufactured slowdowns of goods...for example China closing key manufacturing plants in an attempt to retain pricing power.
Continued FALLING YEN! (Danger Zone)
BTC.D Dominance! (46.78% Currently) Up from 39.26% in Jan 2022
Housing: Who would have EVER thought the CURE of the housing shortage was higher interest rates. By some sort of miracle, there's no longer a shortage! www.thetitlereport.com
*** CAUTION *** There are significant CRACKS in housing, especially in those areas that enjoyed MASSIVE double-digit gains in most recent years. Looking for WALL ST corps to dump asset inventories as to not carry negative appreciative assets on their balance sheets. 1 out of 5 homes on the market currently has price reductions already. Look for significant additions of inventory VERY soon as even more people are priced out and corporate landlords like BlackRock will be looking to offset their portfolios not gain. The FED also looking to sell MBS (Mortgage Backed Securities) instead of buying them, will force lenders to keep more mortgages on their balance sheets (They are already adjusting for tightening lending requirements. REFI markets with even higher interest rates are almost completely DEAD. Mortgage companies have already begun restructuring (layoffs) of many mortgage personnel.
Looking for a 40-50% reduction in housing prices (Generally speaking, go back to 2016 / 2017 and add 5% to those sales prices and that will provide realistic guidance of where the housing prices will retrace to.
ALL of the above is strictly entertainment and not financial advice. ;-) GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!
Inflation Selective Reporting & Narrative BLS published March PPI results this morning showing an increase of just over 11% year over year for $PPIFIS (Final Demand) or slightly more than 1.3% increase month over month.
This leaves critical information out and paints a partial picture as $PPIACO (All Commodities) reflects a full 20.46% increase year over year and over a 2.8% increase in March over February.
Shared monthly charts reflect trends for both $PPIACO and $PPIFIS with trend presenting projections of:
PPIACO: +2.49% month over month, 21.8% year over year
PPIFIS: +1.22% month over month, 11.45% year over year
Price increases of all commodities, which is not reflected in the PPI narrative given the BLS news release, is an important factor to consider, especially when tracking against the market indices.
USDCAD - FUNDAMENTAS WITH TECHNICAL LEVELS- PPI DATA for USD is due out today. Reports and data on the CORE PPI, as well as the 10Y BOND AUCTION, will be released today. Also FOMC BRAINARD has a SPEAK today.
- DXY currently stands at 100.32 LEVEL. USD has become STRONG in the last few days. After FOMC and LABOR DATA, USD received a slight POSITIVE SENTIMENT. Also, the CAD FEATURE is down to 0.7924 LEVEL. However, CAD is becoming WEAK relative to DXY due to being OIL DOWN. The USDCAD PRICE looks like it's moving towards DYNAMIC S / R LEVELS.
- Currently the SENTIMENT of the OVERALL MARKET is being POSITIVE. Until yesterday the MARKET RISK was OFF. STOCKS DOWN DOWN until yesterday. Also, the EQUITIES are turning somewhat GREEN but the VOLATILITY is going down. Also COMMODITIES still shows a UP SIDE BIAS. There is a NEUTRAL BIAS currently on the market. It's a bit more than the DOWN SIDE BIAS. We can not say for sure whether the MARKET SENTIMENT is UP or DOWN. But according to the data we have received so far we can say that MARKETS RISK is turning ON.
- OIL PRICE is currently down a bit. It will inevitably affect CAD. But the TECHNICALLY USDCAD can go to the SELL a bit faster in the next few days because a RESISTANCE has a PRICE and is RISK ON.
- USDCAD PRICE can be UP to 1.2685 LEVEL before DOWN. Then the USDCAD PRICE can be down again up to 1.2415 LEVEL. The USD may be slightly WEAK in the coming days due to the MARKET SENTIMENT. The OIL PRICE applies to USDCAD, and the decisions made at OPEC MEETING will have the greatest impact on USDCAD.
XAUUSD - GOLD CURRENT SITUATION- Today there are special indicators that affect GOLD. US PPI and CORE PPI DATA data to be released. GOLD will definitely be VOLATILE there. We must pay attention to the US10Y CHART.
- US10Y currently stands at 2.76% LEVEL. Yesterday CPI DATA also made DXY UP at that moment. USD10Y LONG TERM UP is going to be up if this MARKET CONDITION is SUPPORT to USD. Also, when we look at the DXY, the DXY is up to 100.43 LEVEL. So GOLD has not been able to BUY much in recent days.
- GOLD PRICE is available above DYNAMIC S / R LEVELS. Most likely the GOLD PRICE will be SHORT TEEM UP in the future. SHORT TERM is for UP SIDE.
- Currently the SENTIMENT of the OVERALL MARKET is being POSITIVE. Until yesterday the MARKET RISK was OFF. STOCKS DOWN DOWN until yesterday. Also, the EQUITIES are turning somewhat GREEN but the VOLATILITY is going down. Also COMMODITIES still shows a UP SIDE BIAS. There is a NEUTRAL BIAS currently on the market. It's a bit more than the DOWN SIDE BIAS. We can not say for sure whether the MARKET SENTIMENT is UP or DOWN. But according to the data we have received so far we can say that MARKETS RISK is coming ON.
- GOLD PRICE can be UP again before DOWN. So GOLD can definitely go back to 2000 LEVEL. Then you can definitely DOWN GOLD price up to 1817 LEVEL.
- However, the bigger picture will change if a new sentiment enters the market or the market takes a risk to strengthen the US dollar first.
Rampant Inflation Impacting Producer Price IndexWall Street over the past few weeks appeared to be preparing for a more hawkish Federal Reserve approach to tamp down on sharply rising prices.
The FOMC did raise rates by 25 bps, and the markets promptly responded by going higher. The markets' responses indicate the Fed completely lacks credibility in doing anything to get prices under control... instead the Central Banks have committed to stability and adopting a status quo approach in the near term.
Rationale appears to be mid-term elections and a desire to not "upset" the markets given tremendous uncertainty.
Instead of taking responsible action, it appears that inflation will continue drive higher, and a simple trend reflects PPI raising at least 4% as midterm elections draw closer.
Short-term, markets will continue to behave bullish, inflation will continue to rise, and the depth of a total market correction will be deeper the longer this continues.
Unfortunately, it's apparent that a regime change will be necessary at the Fed... likely resulting from rampant inflation and a landslide Republican win at the polls. High probability the GOP will have control of both chambers of Congress going into 2023.
PPI/CPIWhile the Federal Reserve aims for - Full Employment...
The Math in the preceding prior 2 commentaries, turns
that Sillyness on its head.
While Producers are simply just Beginning to pass to on
Higher Costs (Reported by EVERY COMPANY during Q3 EPS)...
With the Highest Rate of Change in HIstory for this Ratio...
It's all good.
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A very rapid drop in productivity despite jobless claims falling
back to pre-pandemic levels...
Again, refuted, dumped on its collective Fed Head.
Total Hours worked continue imploding, not recovering.
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Real Wages... can't come close to keeping up with Actual Inflation.
Your Dollars Buy Less, Your Government Sponsored Enterprise aka
The Bond Market is being destroyed Brick by perfidious Brick.
It's Ok, no worries as long as the Hoi Polloi don't mind and the First
Abusers continue to make 12.08% gains every month... all will be well.
Just move along and Buy Stocks.
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It is abundantly clear the Economy -what is left of it, aka the
Equity Markets are guiding Monetary Policy.
Fiscal Policy is a wet donut drowning in cold Java.
The Kleptocrsts in DC are tossing salads and doing effectively - nothing.
This is precisely what the Fed and is Handlers want, desire, and continue
to assure.
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There remains an inherent Risk of a continuation pattern IF this does not
correct soon.
The Equity Complex achieved a feat so completely remarkable anything is
possible.
NEVER in the history of the Markets have they produced an 18 Day streak with
one actual Pullback, the 2nd doesn't remotely count, it was a few points.
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IN the face of:
Macro-Economic Data plummeting to the downside
Supply Chain's parked offshore rotting, Shut-Ins, Shut-Downs
Inventories dissolving
Valuations at ALL-TIME HIGHS
Yields backing off due to DC's Instructed Twaddling
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The Stock Market is the Economy, it is now well below JUNK paper.
And yet it has the potential to continue the surreal rise in the face
of massively deteriorating Global Economic conditions...
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The Alternate - Never a down Day.
We will see.
- HK
DXY AnalysisTo examine the dollar index with the symbol DXY, we first go to the fundamental.
Perhaps the most important data this week is the fundamental Unemployment Claims and then the Flash PMI. According to a previous chart review, whenever a lower Unemployment Claims is released, a long ascending candlestick is created in the 5-minute timeframe, and whenever it has a higher rate, a higher descending candlestick is created.
Flash PMI data has had less of an impact on the market than Unemployment Claims unless it is accompanied by other economic data.
Last week, most of the news about the dollar was negative or neutral. Like the PPI, which was lower than expected and caused it to fall from the range of 94.3 to the range of 93.8.
I think this week the decline will continue to 93.4 or 93.2. Especially when a triangle pattern is formed. Also, the downward movement can continue to create a Higher Low compared to the previous valley.
In the range of 93.6 we have this high chart that the price can react to that range. 93.23 and 92.97 can also be important ranges. On the other hand, we have a resistance above the price, which is area 94, and if it fails, the next resistance is 94.5.
In lower time frames, more support and resistance levels are seen. For example, the lower side of triangle 93.8 to which the price can react. Or even the ceiling of a triangle pattern that is close to the resistance of 94.1
$200 premium on the #CME ~Bitcoin @ $45KThe yearly chart
(not logged)
Setting up for the Q4 push
What I'm expecting is a third high to be made
a pause
And then run on to our target of $85-88K
The Shenanigans in congress yesterday
only highlight to more people the dire straits of the US federal govt's finances and their desire to squash the people and maintain their positions of power.
Yellen when asked if the debt ceiling should be eliminated altogether, responded positively!
Pound pushes above 1.38, GDP nextThe British pound has punched above the 1.38 level in the Thursday session. GBP/USD is currently trading at 1.3858, up 0.63% on the day.
After posting three straight days of losses, the British pound has rebounded strongly on Thursday. The US dollar is in retreat against the majors, despite a positive unemployment claims release earlier in the day. Claims fell to 310 thousand, down from 345 thousand a week earlier.
We'll get another look at US inflation data on Friday, with the release of PPI for August expected to indicate that inflation remains red-hot. The consensus stands at 6.5% (YoY) compared to 6.2% in July. The Federal Reserve continues to insist that the surge in inflation is transitory and has been reluctant to respond with a tightening of policy, fearing that the time is not ripe for a scaling back of QE. Still, more investors are sure to join the skeptics if inflation continues to remain at high levels in the final months of 2021.
In the UK, the markets will be treated to a data dump on Friday. The key events are GDP and Manufacturing Production. With the Delta variant of Covid continuing to hurt economic growth, July GDP is expected somewhere around zero, which could mean a small decline. Manufacturing Production is also expected to be sluggish with a forecast of 0.1% (MoM). We could see some strong movement from the pound, depending on the performance of these two releases.
There is resistance at 1.3924. Above, there is resistance at 1.3988, just below the symbolic line of 1.40.
On the downside, we have support at 1.3763 and 1.3666
CPI / PPI - Inflation highest in US History"Consumer Prices rise in July, but rate of inflation slows"
Yeah, Nah.
Bullshit.
Fed minutes released next Wednesday will show an increased number
of Federal Reserve Board of Governors favor Taper.
The count of those in favor now stands at 6 up from 2.
Jerome Powell's recent Press Conference demonstrated Inflation is
not going down.
"The increases will happen, we're not saying they will reverse. That's
not what 'Transitory' means. It means that the increases in Prices will
happen, so there will be Inflation, but the process of Inflation will stop."
".....but you don't have an Inflation Process...."
Rents continue to explode higher, yet to be fully appreciated by the
CPI, that's dead ahead.
Will Business Confidence shake up sleepy AUD?The Australian dollar has started the week with a whimper. Currently, AUD/USD is currently trading at 0.7620.
Australia releases the NAB Business Confidence early on Tuesday (1:30 GMT). Business confidence continues to show stronger optimism, rising to 16 in February, up from 10 beforehand. The Australian economy has recovered remarkably well from the Covid-19 downturn - unemployment has dropped below 6% and commodity prices are rising as the global economy finds its footing.
A major sore point in the country's vaccine rollout. Australia had banked on the AstraZeneca vaccine for most of 26 million residents and had planned to vaccinate almost all by the end of 2021. However, with recommendations that people under 50 should not receive the AstraZeneca shot, the government has had to abandon this goal and is scrambling to find millions of Pfizer shots.
For years, US inflation has been low and off the radar of investors. With plenty of pent-up demand due to the Covid crisis, inflation has moved higher and has become a central focus for the market over the past several months. On Friday, the US released the March Producer Price Index, which measures inflation at a wholesale level. Both the headline and core readings accelerated in March and beat the forecast. Headline inflation rose 1% MoM and 4.2% YoY - the latter to its highest level since September 2011. Core PPI, which excludes food and energy prices, climbed 0.7% MoM and 3.1% YoY. The annual rate matched a high last seen in February 2011.
With PPI numbers higher than expected, the markets are keeping a close eye on consumer inflation data (Tuesday, 12:30 GMT). If CPI beats the forecast, that could force the Federal Reserve to re-evaluate its pledge not to raise rates prior to 2024. The Fed isn't even discussing tapering its QE programme, but rising inflation could lead the Fed to reconsider reducing QE if it is concerned that the economy may overheat if it doesn't take action.
AUD/USD faces resistance at 0.7668. Above, there is resistance at 0.7717. On the downside, 0.7579 is the first line of support. This is followed by support at 0.7539
THE PRODUCER PRICE INDEX AND THE MARKETSThe Producer Price Index (PPI) measures the average change over time in the selling prices received by domestic producers for their output. In other words, the PPI measures the prices offered to manufacturers of goods and services, in contrast to the CPI which measures the prices consumers (end-users) pay to obtain the good or service. The prices included in the PPI measure the first commercial transaction for products and services. This was the main reason for compiling such an Index in the first place, i.e. to measure price changes in goods sold in primary markets before they reached the final stage of production at the retail market level. Overall, the PPI is another indicator of the purchasing power of money and is an important tool in the design and conduct of monetary and fiscal policy.
As you can guess, an increase in the PPI would signal that sellers are obtaining higher prices for their products and services and as a result, producers have either chosen to increase their price margins or they are witnessing higher demand for their products and services. To confirm which of the two holds we need to observe the CPI inflation over the past months. If the CPI inflation is in line with the PPI inflation, then we can confirm that price increases are due to higher demand and not because of higher margins.
Even in the case of higher margins, the PPI serves an important cause: if producer prices have increased due to higher margins then we can expect that CPI prices (i.e consumer prices) will also be increasing in the future. Hence, the PPI can also serve as a proxy of future inflation.
The rationale in regard to how the PPI affects stock and currency markets is similar to the usual CPI. If the PPI figure is higher than expected then firms are expected to generate higher profits, hence the stock market should rise. In contrast, if the PPI is lower than expected, the stock market should drop. Regarding the stock market, if the currency market expects a high PPI growth rate, then the currency should depreciate. Otherwise, if PPI is higher than expected and abides with the CPI path the currency should rise. Note though that the reactions should be much smaller compared to CPI ones, for the simple reason that the PPI is viewed as a precursor of the CPI.
This prediction is supported by the market behaviour on September 12, 2018. The PPI came out less than expected, at 2.3%, compared to expectations of 2.7%. This prompted a negative reaction in the FX market, as the Dollar Index dropped by 5 pips. Similarly, the USA500 also dropped by 1 point on the announcement. While the market moved in the expected direction, the price volatility was not as large as in the CPI case.
DR. Nektarios Michail
Market Analyst
HotForex
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