3x Inverse TLT ETF: Breaking Out of Descending Broadening WedgeThe Inverse ETF for the 20-Year US Government Bond is currently breaking out of a Descending Broadening Wedge and is looking to go much higher perhaps between the 61.8% and 78.6% retraces which would be about a 500-1,400% percentage gain which also means that longer end bond yields are going much higher.
I previously said I would repost this chart after the split so that the numbers would be accurate, and now that split has happened. I have my eyes on the $36 to hold and am currently looking to get some calls for that strike price expiring next year.
It's worth noting the Partial-Decline we got before breaking out of the Broadening wedge, which makes it more likely to play out.
Treasuries
TBT- a bearish treasury ETF LONGTBT on the 30 minute time frame shows a trend up in an ascending parallel
channel now at the bottom of the channel where it could go up or breakdown
and go under the channel. The ZL MACD suggests some bullish divergence while
the dual TF RS indicator and the ADX oscillator are non-commital.
The immediate recent short term volume profile with a POC line above price
suggests a lot of trading above price and likely short sellers. A longer time
interval volume profile shows the POC line more than $1.00 below current price.
Price could easily gravitate in the direction of that price magnet.
Overall, I see a bias for a bearish move and will watch this to confirm. i will play
this with put options to leverge the amplitude of the move albeit at higher
risk.
US 10 Year Treasury vs USD/JPYTLDR:
The US 10-Year Treasury Yield and the closely correlated USD/JPY pair can be determinants or signals of market risk. With both breaking their three decade long trends, you have to wonder is a major secular shift upon us.
The USD/JPY currency pair has traditionally had a close correlation with U.S. Treasuries.
The pair shows how many yen are required to buy one U.S. dollar
The pair's exchange rate is one of the most liquid, not to mention one of the most traded, pairs in the world. That's because the yen, just like the U.S. dollar, is used as a reserve currency.
When yields on Treasury bonds, notes, and bills rise, the Yen tends to weaken relative to the dollar. When interest rates head higher, Treasury bond prices go down, which lifts the U.S. dollar, strengthening USD/JPY prices
The US 10-Year Treasury Yield and the closely correlated USD/JPY pair can be a determinants or signals of market risk. With both breaking their three decade long trends, you have to wonder is a major secular shift upon us.
$TNX has been pumping while short term yields fizzleGoing to bring this up AGAIN.
Short term #yields have been stagnant for some time now. Most are trading within a VERY TIGHT RANGE.
3Month - 1Year yield has been relatively flat.
The 2Yr had nice bump but is struggling to go over 5%.
HOWEVER, we pointed this out some time ago, the 10YR has BEEN PUMPING! TVC:TNX
As Deflation Hits the Economy The Price of TIPs Should FallEarlier in 2022 I got some Bullish Exposure to Deflation by positioning Bearishly against TIPs (Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities) as can be seen here:
Fast-forward to today and we can now see the CPI declining and the TIPs declining even faster, This ETF Tracks the price of these TIPs and we can see that it is breaking through support even though the CPI has only retraced half way. If the CPI continues on this path and the Bond Market continues to price in Long Term Deflation, we should then see the pricing of this TIPs based ETF come down crashing in a big way. If that does happen, I would target at least the 1.618 Fibonacci Extension.
US debt ceiling debacle and US 10-year yieldsUS 10-year bond yields have been trending lower since Oct 2022 after touching high around 4.250%. The rise in the 10-year yield from the past two weeks saw yields stop just short of the blue 61.8% Fibo level of 3.885%. Yields are currently testing the 200-day MA rate of 3.649% and a break below will allow bonds to rally further towards the 50-day MA rate of 5.525% which coincides with the black 61.8% Fibo rate of 3.474%.
I expect bond yields to get intimidating soon as the bond rally runs out of steam. Here follows the main fundamental reasons why I believe 10-year bond yields will soon climb above 4.00%.
1. Global financial conditions are easing, and excess liquidity is rising. Short-term rates seem to be peaking not just in the US but globally. Once global rates have peaked, it will allow the market to price in a future cyclical upturn for the US economy. Longer-term yields will capture this sentiment by moving higher as investors will prefer riskier assets to reap the rewards on buoyant liquidity conditions.
2. Inflation is becoming entrenched. Bonds are not a good inflation hedge which will further motivate the sell-off in longer-term treasuries. Heightened inflation expectations are the canary in the coal mine warning that bond holders may soon demand extra yield to lend money.
3. Bond issuance will rise when the debt-ceiling debacle is resolved. Additionally, the debt ceiling has brought scrutiny to the US’s fiscal situation which will dampen investor appetite for US debt (safe haven or not). Furthermore, foreign reserve holders have begun to diversify their holdings, while elevated short-term rates have raised FX hedging costs and kept buyers like Japan away.
Yields Prepped to Spike Higher after a Confirmed TLT BreakdownThe TLT has broken down an Ascending Broadening Wedge and given us one Bearish Confirmation back test; now we are looking for a second lower high within the range of the breakdown to truly get convicted on the move. However, for the time being, I do think this chart should be watched, as I have a suspicion that a lot of the shorter- and midterm bond yields are going to spike higher along with the US Dollar for reasons I already explained in this post here:
TMV leverage inverse ETF for treasuries SHORTTMV on the one-hour chart tested two standard deviations above the mean VWAP in
both late May and early July it fell to one standard deviation below VWAP but then rose
sharply into beyond the two standard deviations line ( thick red ) ascending into a YTD high.
I believe that this is due to the recent federal debt creditworthiness downgrade.
The threatened rise of BRICS reserve currency and potentially adversely affects the
value of the dollar ( DXY) while supporting gold prices. I see this as a good continuation play
no matter the overextension of price. Both the dual MTF and the zero lag MACD however
suggest a pullback. The mass flow indicator does as well. As a result I will look at TMF
to go long trusting the indicators to give me a directional bias.
TMF ( 3X Treasuries)beatdown completed reversal underway LONGOn the one-hour chart, TMF a triple ETF of long-expiration treasuries has finally
completed its downtrend or ten days given more bearish momentum with the federal
debt downgrade of creditworthiness as well as the rise of BRICS as a reserve currency.
Three indicators show bullish divergence with a MACD cross under the histogram. The
30 minute RS line rising before the 2 hr RS line reacts and importantly a mass index
signal rising into the reversal line and then a drop. While none of this is a Holy Grail,
I am confident that the bias here is bullish. I will trade long if you are interested in
the stop loss and targets let me know. If you would lke my idea of an options setup, let
me know as well. If this idea is helpful, please like and subscribe. Trade well !
The Overnight Reverse Repo Facility Looks to be Bottoming OutMoney that has been parked at the Fed's Reverse Repo Facility due to the attractively high interest rates the Fed has set for money parked there has been on a steady decline since late 2022, and recently, this year we confirmed a breakdown of a Bearish Dragon, which led to a BAMM move down to complete a Harmonic M-shape.
This then represented an influx of liquidity exiting the facility and effectively hitting circulation, which led to that money chasing assets and commodities. This chasing of assets and commdoities effecctively backed the 2023 Stock Market Rally.
The target I had set for this move was down to the 0.886 of a Bullish Bat and now months later we can see that we came very close to it, but it would seem that rather than getting a full 0.886 retrace we are instead getting a confirmation-styled RSI reaction as price Bounces from the 1.618 Extension, which just so happens to align with an AB=CD formation it's made on the way down.
I see this as an indication that the liquidity will soon stop flowing out from the facility and that liquidity will now begin to flow back to the facility, effectively taking money out of circulation, which would likely result in a decline in asset prices and a decline in the trading of Short Term Debt on the open market, which could then lead to Short Term Yields rising overall along with the US Dollar as institutions once again begin to lock up their dollars in this facility and chase yield rather than assets.
Recently, I have been seeing a lot of weakness in the banking sector. That weakness may act as a catalyst for these institutions to once again park their money with the Fed, just as it did before. As always, my target for an ABCD is back to the Level of C, so we should see this rising back up about 30% before we can start looking for signs of this topping out again.
TMF Bull Treasuries Triple Leveraged LONGTMF as shown on a 15 minute chart shows TMF in consolidation at the beginning of the weeks
followed by a downtrend when the fed news of the rate hike came out. Today the general
market dropped after some federal financial data came out and a treasury auction was a dud
with little buyers confounded by Bank of Japan actions inconsistent with the path of the US Fed.
The mass index indicator has signaled a reversal as the signal rose above the reversal zone
and then dropped below the zone thus triggering. The Relative Trend Index documents
the end of the downtrend with the signal line nearly returning above zero. Overall, I think
this leveraged ETF overreacted to the federal news and the catalyst from Japan. I believe
this to be an good point to enter long using the pivot low as the stop loss. Targets are 7.20
just below the mean anchored VWAP and 7.45 just below the lower boundary of the high
volume area of the intermediate term volume profile. This offers modest potential profile
for a relatively low risk.
TLT Short term Treasuries Bullish LONGTLT as shown on a 30 minute chart shows TLT in a narrow range last week and then a pivot
down to begin this week followed by a downtrend and a small correction until then the fed
news of the rate hike came out. Today the general market dropped after some federal financial
data came out and a treasury auction was a dud bond auction with little transactions occurring
confounded by Bank of Japan actions inconsistent with the path of the US Fed.
The mass index indicator has signaled a reversal as the signal rose above the reversal zone
and then dropped below the zone thus triggering. The Relative Trend Index documents
the end of the red downtrend with the signal line nearly returning above zero. Overall, I think
TLT traders overreacted to the federal news and the catalyst from Japan. I believe
this to be a good point to enter long using the pivot low as the stop loss. Targets are 100.5
just below the mean anchored VWAP and 101.5 just below POCl line
volume area of the intermediate term volume profile. This offers modest potential profile
for a relatively low risk. However, I intend to trade this intraday as a same day expiration
(0DTE) option striking 101. I will set a set a stop-loss on the option of 15% while expecting
potentially 50-200% ROI making for an acceptable ratio.
Unveiling the Secret Relationship: US 10-Year Treasury and GoldAs you may already know, the US 10-Year Treasury is a government bond that benchmarks long-term interest rates. Investors often turn to this instrument as a safe haven during times of economic uncertainty or market volatility. In contrast, gold has long been considered a store of value and a hedge against inflation. It is highly sought after in times of economic distress, making it a popular choice for investors looking to diversify their portfolios.
What's truly captivating is the observation that the US 10-Year Treasury and the price of gold tend to move in opposite directions. When the yield on the 10-Year Treasury rises, indicating increased investor confidence and potentially higher interest rates, the price of gold often experiences a decline. Conversely, gold prices tend to increase when the yield on the 10-Year Treasury falls, signaling economic uncertainty and the potential for lower interest rates.
This inverse relationship can be attributed to various factors. Firstly, rising interest rates make fixed-income investments, such as bonds, more attractive, diverting funds from non-yielding assets like gold. Secondly, as the US dollar strengthens with higher interest rates, gold, priced in dollars, becomes relatively more expensive for foreign buyers. Lastly, lower interest rates often lead to increased inflation expectations, making gold an appealing investment due to its historical ability to preserve purchasing power.
You might wonder how this knowledge can practically apply to your trading strategies. Well, my friend, here comes the call to action: I encourage you to closely monitor the direction of the US 10-Year Treasury to predict potential movements in the price of gold.
By staying informed about the yield fluctuations of the 10-Year Treasury, you can gain valuable insights into the overall market sentiment and potentially anticipate shifts in gold prices. This knowledge can help you make more informed trading decisions and position yourself advantageously in the market.
Remember that while the inverse relationship between the US 10-Year Treasury and gold has proven to be a reliable indicator, conducting a thorough analysis and considering other factors that may influence gold's price is essential. Market conditions are ever-changing, and no single hand can guarantee success. Therefore, combining this knowledge with other technical and fundamental analysis tools is crucial to maximize your trading potential.
In conclusion, understanding the inverse relationship between the US 10-Year Treasury and gold can be valuable to your trading arsenal. By closely monitoring the direction of the 10-Year Treasury, you can gain insights into potential movements in gold prices, allowing you to make more informed trading decisions.
It might be the right time to buy 10 year TreasuriesI see a big opportunity on treasuries with the rates that the treasauries are trading at. Why? Inflation has been going down consistently from 9.1% to 4% and the PPI (which is the Producer Price Index) from 11.1% to 1.1%. These indicators usually draw near the core CPI which has been sticky above 5% and has been the aim for the FED. Rents and some services have been raised this year and are not going down or stabilizing 12 year compared until next year. There is a lag effect in the economy regarding the rate hikes of about 12 to 18 months and we are still to see many of the effects noting that they have been restrictive for just 9 months.
Another nice data is the base, 12 month old prices. May and June are the top of the prices from last year due to the supply chain issues and the Russia Ucranie war. Oil went up to 130 dollar a barrel and most of commodities topped last year. So the CPI next week should be a 14 year high real yield high when a 3.2 to 3.5% print on the CPI should show more inflation loosening.
Economy is stil in a tight spot, with a strong labor market which made the last rate decisión of the FED a prediction of two more rate hikes this year. Eventhough since then 2 voting members have seen the posible mistake of keep hiking and have said that they should still see the effects of the 500 rate increase and not hike more for at least this year. This alone should drive a big buy througout the curve.
Economy is not that strong to see a 14 year high in real yield for a 10 year high with much analysts, including the FED are expecting at least a mild recesión. So rates are very high taking into account the análisis made. A 3.50% on the 10 year and a 4.30% on the 2 year are the aims. But the market has been frightened and selling due to the losses they took from anticipating this move too early. The recent debt limit helped a lot recently for those losses, but its an issue that has been dealt with. A frightened market ussually is an opportunity and I think this is one of them.
We still need to see the other 7 memebers of the FED agree, but in an educated guess the next week CPI data must do the job.
EUR/USD eyes eurozone and German services PMIsEUR/USD is drifting downward on Tuesday. In the North American session, the euro is trading at 1.0898, down 0.15%. The US markets are closed for the July Fourth holiday, and we can expect limited movement from EUR/USD for the remainder of the day.
After disappointing German and eurozone Manufacturing PMIs on Monday, it's the turn of Services PMIs on Wednesday. Although the Service PMIs are expected to weaken, both are expected to point to expansion, with readings above the 50.0 level. The eurozone PMI is expected to dip to 52.4, down from 55.1, while the German PMI is projected to slow from 57.2 to 54.1. The euro didn't show much of a reaction to the Manufacturing PMIs, as the prolonged decline in manufacturing was not a surprise. I don't expect the Service PMIs to weigh on the euro unless the releases are below expectations.
The markets will be keeping a close on the Fed minutes from the June meeting, which will be released on Wednesday. The Fed delivered a 0.25% hike at the June meeting and the markets are widely expecting a repeat in July, which would bring the cash rate to a range of 5.25%-5.50%.
The markets have fallen into line with the Fed's aggressive stance, and investors are no longer expecting a rate hike or two before the end of the year. Fed Chair Powell has hinted at one more rate hike after July before the end of the year and there are growing concerns that if the Fed continues to increase rates the economy will tip into a recession.
The spread between 2-year and 10-year Treasury note yields hit its widest level since 1981 on Monday, raising fears of a recession. A yield curve inversion is considered a reliable indication of a recession and the current inversion has been in place since July, stoking concern about the direction of the US economy.
EUR/USD is testing support at 1.0908. This is followed by support at 1.0838
1.0980 and 1.1050 are the next resistance lines
The Overnight Reverse Repo Facility Looks to be Breaking DownMoney that is being parked at the Feds Reverse Repo Facility due to attractively high interest rates the fed has set for money parked at the facility has been on a steady decline since late 2022 and we have now confirmed a lower high and are looking to break down below a Bearish Dragon trend line that could be the initial trigger that gets it started to going down all the way to an 88.6% retrace or lower even. One can only speculate that the money exiting this facility will lead to more trading of short term debt on the open market, which could eventually lead to yields coming down overall and for all of this excess liquidity to chase Equities instead as the value of the US Dollar declines due to the shock of all this newly added supply of liquid cash to the open market thereby causing a loosening of market conditions.
Short Term Bond Yields Setting Up to Crash along with the DollarThe 3 Month Bill is currently breaking down and backtesting a Rising Wedge after Bearishly Diverging at some extreme highs while the DXY has also broken below a long term trend line and is backtesting the S/R Zone and Moving Averages as Resistance.
I have expectations that both of them will crash majorly in the coming weeks to months.
US 10 Year Yield On The Cusp of Breaking DownThe 10 Year Yield has been trying to hold this B point level as Support for the longest time but everytime it tries to bounce it gets pushed right back down and in the most recent try we saw it come up to test the moving averages while it Bearishly Diverged and began a Death Cross. If we can get a serious BAMM Breakdown from here it coulkd go down all the way to 1.4% which would likely coincide with a huge decline in the DXY and a rise in the stock market.
TMF 20 year 3x Leveraged Treasuries ETFTMF completed an uptrend from 3/28 to 4/6 and then a retracement of it.
It is now positioned above the 0.5 Fibonacci level also the VWAP of the anchored
multisession VWAP indicator in the fair value ( and high volatility ) area also
near to and importantly above the POC line of the intermediate-term volume
profile. This high confluence yields strong support for the continuation of
an uptrend targetting $10.00 the pivot high this past February with a stop loss
of $8.92. For those looking for a high reward entree with the requistite
risk appetite a call option with a strike of $9.00 or $ 9.50 expiring 5/19
or 6/16 might be what is on the menu.
% BONDS & INTEREST RATESThere's obviously lots of discussion about interest rates and where they are headed. Today, I'm going to look at long-term interest rates based on the well-known ETF: $TLT . Long-term interest rates are useful as a guide for most people who get a home-loan or longer-dated loans and is usually less prone to manipulation (by Central Banks) than short-term rates.
Bond prices move inverse to interest rates. A rise in bond price means a lower interest rate and vice versa.
📈📉 Let's have a look at the long-term chart. I'm using the weekly timeframe to remove the day-to-day noise.
You can see that since the January 2020 peak, bond prices have fallen. This was when interest rates bottomed and started rising. The bear market in bonds extended to Oct 2022. Subsequently, we have seen a rally in bonds and therefore a drop in interest rates.
The multi-trillion dollar question is: Was Oct 2022 the BOTTOM i.e. has interest rates peaked?
My technical view is that the bearish trend in bonds is still the dominant force. So far the bounce off the bottom does not yet signal a trend reversal. For this to be the case, I need to see TLT move higher beyond 114.
IF price moves beyond 114, I would be more confident in stating that at a minimum there has been a Change in Behaviour. At that price level, the size of the upward move would be the largest since the Jan 2020 top. Larger than the upward bounce that began in Mar 2021 and ended in Nov 2021.
A Change of Behaviour signals that market participants are starting to have differing opinions. It is this change in opinion that sow the seeds as the first step required for a trend change.
If the bond price falters prior to reaching beyond 114, it is highly likely that we have not seen the bottom and higher interest rates should be expected.
Clearly the next few weeks will be crucial in that determination. I will update my thoughts as the price evolves.
TLT: Trade Idea Before More Fed QEThe signal I was waiting for to start buying bonds was whenever the Federal Reserve stopped or slowed raising interest rates. The Fed held another rate policy meeting this week and only raised the Federal Funds Rate by +.25% instead of the +.75% that had been the trend. We've gone from seeing a +.50% hike in Dec, to +.25% in Jan to +.25% this week after 4 prior straight +.75% hikes in mid to late 2022. Now that banks are failing and layoffs are starting to tick up, this weeks rate hike was likely the last for a bit unless inflation doesn't stay flat or go down before the next Fed rate meeting. You can search "2023 FOMC meetings" for the full schedule.
My thought here is that within the next 12-18 months the Federal Reserve will lower rates and begin buying treasuries again(aka money printing), and I think the time to start front-running that trade in to bonds is now for those who like to accumulate a larger position over time. The best way for the average trader or phone app investor to get into bonds is via "TLT", the iShares 20+ year Treasury Bond ETF, which tracks the 20-year treasury bond price rather than the interest rate on the 20-year bond. As rates go up, bond prices go down and vice versa. Right now I'm betting on rates having topped out(or close to it) and that bond prices are going to go back up over the next year or so as recession fears kick in and stock prices go lower. We've had a deep and long yield curve inversion to boot and those almost always precede a US recession. I have a recent post showing the yield curve inversion vs stocks vs US recessions for reference.
TLT price is trading at decade lows and holding above $100 after a dip down to $90. Seeing the price of any asset hold above nice round numbers is always a good sign, psychologically traders like round numbers.
The lower PPO momentum indicator is showing signs of a potential reversal in momentum from negative to short-term positive, and this is a monthly chart so it would be a significant event. A bullish crossover is what we want to see which is when the green signal line crosses above the purple base line in the lower PPO indicator. That would indicate a short-term return to bullish momentum on a monthly basis.