Ishares 20+ Treasury Bond | TLT | Long in the $90sIshares 20+ Treasury Bond NASDAQ:TLT are particularly sensitive to interest rates: the price moves up when they are lowered and down when they rise. Locally, I'm witnessing banks lower their interest rates for CDs and shorten the duration for those with high-yielding returns. The general political rhetoric, especially due to the election cycle, is a push for the Federal Reserve to drop them. Now, despite the possible negative economic implications of lowering interest rates too soon if inflation is high, there is a good probability they may be lowered (even slightly) in 2024... perhaps September?
This analysis isn't to time the bottom perfectly, though. Instead, it's a probability assessment. Personally, TLT in the low $90s is in a long-term "buy-zone".
Target #1 = $104
Target #2 = $122
Target #3 = $170+ (very long-term view / economic crash... let's hope not, though)
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IF the FED cuts, bonds will launch (20x Insurance Play Inside)Can't overrule the politicization of the FED and the rigging of the numbers. If CPI comes in 3.3 or lower the FED will cut rates.
I've also seen darkpool prints for TMF 3xTLT.
Here's an insurance play if the FED cuts rates: August 75 calls for TMF are .15. That's a return of 15-20x!! While waiting for the market to shake out.
Then I'd run into metals and miners...
$TLT bottom. Upside ahead targeting $100+As I wrote in my last post on TLT, I had a target of $88. $88 was hit on Friday and is now slightly below it today.
I went long both via spot and calls. I took March 15 2024 calls at a $101 strike price and I'm anticipating a large move higher playing out by then.
I've marked off resistance levels on the chart. Let's see how it plays out over the coming months.
I'm not a believer in the rates are going to stay higher for longer narrative. I do think they'll be higher than where we were in 2021, but I do not think they'll stay at 5+%. I think the financial system will end up being in trouble and the only out will be to bring down rates again. I do think that'll play out sometime in the next 6 months.
TLT - Keylevels - WeeklyI am accumulating TLT, I have accumulated in the areas: 83,84,85,86,87 and I will continue to accumulate as long as the price remains below 92.
Over 92, I will stop accumulating.
Macro speaking, we have this falling wedge and once the interest rate cuts on the dollar will start, I expect TLT to react positively.
First of all, we need uS10years to start a correction.
Long bond TLT looking more and more constructive in this rangeThe TLT has been mostly chopping sideways for the last 4 months, and while it is still directionless, it has been able to stay above it's cycle lows and not roll over to retest them.
This consolidation is looking more and more healthy and if we can finally get some closes above 109, this could finally initiate a second leg higher to those Q2 2022 levels. Started a position here and would add on strength on continuation.
Zoom out and use what you know to make forward predictionsTLT is a precise instrument.
Weekly rarely leaves a gap behind, and if it did, it was a big move up or down.
It's the most forward looking.
Take for example Jan 1st 2020.
What you will notice is a consolidation at the 200W and a move higher the week after the JHEQX pin.
That move was a clear pivotal forward indication the market was going to crash in Mar 2020.
Now look at the week the fed began QE on Mar 16th.
This QE opened pandoras box of crypto, meme stocks, penny pumps, SPACS, and speculation nation that was 2020-2021.
Now that bonds have been decimated for over a year we are at a pivotal point.
JHEQX is set to expire today releasing a pin in equity hedging allowing markets to make their next move.
My plan the next month is to find a suitable long TLT position for 2025 leaps.
There are 2 gaps above in TLT weekly as a result of 2 major JHEQX pin weeks.
There could still be a drop in TLT the next few months if markets & banks hold strong in Q2 and fed remains hawkish into next hike.
A selloff in TLT next week (rates up) would most likely mark the bottom.
2020-2021 was an exceptional year.
So far the recovery starting in 2022 to now has had its share of exceptional sell off moments and capitulations witnessed for the Sept'22 CPI print.
20 Year Treasury - $TLTRates should continue to sell off until inflation fully cools off or it kicks back up and hurts like crazy causing rates to have to go much higher and the price of this and other bonds to fall substantially. That will be the ultimate test. Everything seems call and collected in fixed income until the Fed has to raise rates higher in 2024 and rates shoot up like crazy for long term bonds and that will be the pain train.
SPX current price view At the moment SPX may experience a downward trend due to higher interest rate hikes. This is because higher interest rates tend to increase the cost of borrowing for businesses, which can lead to a decrease in their profitability and earnings. As a result, the stock prices of these companies may decrease, which can have a negative impact on the overall performance of SPX.
Additionally, higher interest rates can attract investors away from stocks and towards other investment options such as bonds or money market accounts, which may offer a higher return on investment. This can lead to a decrease in demand for stocks and cause their prices to fall.
To analyze the potential impact of interest rate hikes on the SPX, traders may look at various economic indicators, such as inflation rates, job growth, and GDP growth, which can provide insights into the health of the economy and the likelihood of interest rate changes. They may also use technical analysis, which involves examining historical price trends and chart patterns to identify potential support and resistance levels for the index.
Overall, a trade analysis suggests that higher interest rate hikes may lead to a downward trend in the SPX. However, as with any investment, there are always risks involved, and traders should carefully consider all factors before making any investment decisions.
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Inverse Head & Shoulders Reversal Pattern ConfirmedAn inverse Head & Shoulders has confirmed the neckline with a price target of 127 by the end of June.
Last Jan I posted this recession projection for TLT
And then I projected the spike in yields on the 10Yr right before the Aug Rug Pull from Jerome Powell.
Finally catching the double bottom reversal at the bottom at the lows of 91.85
Bond bears are calling this reversal a trap/mistake suggesting a Mistake in 2 rate cuts in the 2nd half of 2023.
I only monitor TLT for technical analysis and to confirm / invalidate trends for the S&P 500.
Not financial or trading advice.
LONG Term Treasuries With the yield curve inverted, inflation slowing rapidly and global growth expectations revised downwards, long term treasury bonds are looking like an excellent allocation right now.
A reversion to 2% on 30 Year yields over the next couple of years would produce double digit Annualized returns.
Full story here: matthewiesulauro.substack.com
$TLT - 20Y Bond index - BUY?Clearly, inflation is a problem and I for one thought the rates rising were overblown after the first hike. (I was very wrong here) With that said, we are likely in the topping process for inflation, pending any new black swan events happen. The indicators show 4 things in regards to this bond. 1. No momentum, 2. Bear market trend 3. below the historical anchored V-WAP (so most who own this EFT are underwater) 4. Bottoming on a Fib.
The best way to play this is to buy tail-risk long-dated calls. Keep position small given the macro market, but clearly, this is an opportunity that hasn't been available for a while in the bond market.
TLT to the moonWe really need this to break the 35 level to confirm a change in the trend. If it does not hen somewhere in the 70's would be a high point at which it would be prudent to consider removing some chips from the table. The plan is to wait for confirmation and a retest then it's off to the races, or maybe the moon.
TLT bottoms in weekly hammer & divergence;but 108 still possibleTLT may have already bottomed out & the US10Y topped out with weekly hammer candles. TLT may find equilibrium at 132, my inflation pivot zone while US10Y may stabilize at 3.6% inflection point retesting its upchannel.
TLT is now completing its M-pattern & has just entered my bullish BUY ZONE at 114 to 120. DCA Dollar cost averaging up from this point presents a very good risk-to-reward ratio.
MORE DOWNSIDE? TLT may still go down to retest 108 where it bottomed multiple times in the past.
Inflation expectations are slowing & the economy is starting to contract with oil & commodities turning down last week with investors pricing in a coming recession.
Not trading advice.
Takuri Line : reversal sign.Alright, interesting candle on the one week on TLT :
In my opinion this is a Takuri Line. The body is small and the close happens near the high (I am not 100% satisfied with this classification since it has an upper shadow but it is 16% of overall candle). The lower shadow is more than three times the body length (3.37). So it fits the takuri line definition.
It happens at an extreme low - lowest point in over 120 weeks - which would also be a good environment for the Takuri line to appear. It is statistically a solid reversal candle.
If we gap up tomorrow and finish above 116 in the next three weeks we could be setting a new up trend that leads us to 132 - 133.... (we couled retest 108)
IT IS VERY BULLSIH - I know. I think macro factors favor a more bullish bias...
we'll see.
Good luck.
TLT: Bonds ready for a big bounce?TLT (20+ Years Treasury Bond ETF)
Huge drop since January 2022.
If you connect all the big lows since 2013 and draw a line you will notice that TLT is now sitting on a huge support and has starting to bounce off the 119 level (Green line).
RSI weekly and daily oversold.
Let's see if we can get a decent bounce.
I'm long April 29 call. We can target 125, then maybe 130.
Stop loss at 119.
Trade safe