USDCNH
USDCNH: PBOC devaluation in actionWe're holding longs in this pair.
Let's see how it goes, every time it makes new weekly lows it's finding buyers stepping in, which is more evident in the current uptrending enviroment. Rgmov moves constantly up, so it's a good idea to look for longs when it is overextended.
Since we have broken all resistances, we could see a dramatic move up from here. Risk is fairly small, I would keep stops at the recent swing low for the time being.
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Yen TWI chart: Bearish continuationWe have a very clear setup with the market rolling over after hitting an options expirations key level, since the Yen pairs soared due to Bernanke's helicopter money suggestion to Kuroda. In this chart you can observe the trade weighted index chart behavior, to more clearly illustrate the true strength in the Yen, clearly, this year's top investment, closely tied with precious metals and mining company's shares, and to a lesser extent bonds.
I reccomend going long the Yen, pick your desired instrument, give it enough breathing room and let it run. We seem to be ready to resume the downside push with force. Hold on tight!
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Yuan weakness is not being confirmed by divergent Dim Sum bondsUSDCNH may be due for a correction towards 6.60.
The Yuan has weakened to 6.70 per dollar and the pair appears overbought on a weekly and daily basis. Having failed to provide a confirmatory close above this key level, we may see a correction towards the 38% Fibonacci retracement level standing at 6.6056
In the meantime, the highly correlated Dim Sum bond ETF (inverted) has failed to make higher-highs in sync with the USDCNH rate's attempt. Combined with negative RSI divergence on the weekly chart, it may be foolish to buy before we see confirmation from the bond market or technical retracement to 6.6056 or lower.
Disclosure: Long USDCNH remains one of my high-conviction ideas and has been a core position
BREXIT YUAN DEVALU: USDCNH - SNEAKY FX FIXING? SELL SPX & FTSEAt the start of 2016 the PBOC began aggressively devaluing the off-shore Yuan against the USD, imo in an attempt to start the year with a competitive export:import advantage - with the aim of making 2016 a headline "come back" year for China amid the growing GDP growth and Credit bubble worries.
As a result Equities across the board sold-off (-8.5% in a few days) as non-chinese Exporters globally feared that their biggest market/ growth market was coming under pressure, as the relative value of their USD exports soared, as Chinese import demand would fall significantly and as a function of the depreciation relative to the USD.
Whilst the initial highly correlated move hit equities by -8.5% (7 days), however when fully priced, the CNH devaluation fears took the SPX down 13% to 1808 lows in just 12 trading days.
The PBOC Deval intervention took CNH to lows of 6.7550 and low-closes of 6.6900.
Brexit - Under the radar and sneaky PBOC FX Intervention?
1. Fast forward 6 months - the Days going into Brexit USDCNH traded at almost exactly the same fix as the pre-deval January level at 6.58 (blue line), then on the most volatile brexit days, the 24th and 29th, PBOC fixed the Yuan 1000pips lower to 6.6850, just above the extreme January lows at 6.6900 - Since then CNH has continued drifting lower, and now has eclipsed the shock January low closes of 6.6900, currently at 6.6960, which is now a new 6 year low.
- This begs the question, did the PBOC plan this as a way to get their goal of competitive depreciation achieved WITHOUT the negative press/ market impacts that were seen in January? The answer is unknown but by looking at the Yuan prices on brexit day and the day after, it certainly looks like it - 1000pip devaluation in 2 days, thats bigger than any deval in CNH's previous history (even from January).
How to trade it?
1. Imo this trade is a no brainer, given the PBOC seem happy to keep fixing CNH higher and have shown no signs of stabilising/ appreciating - with the last 6 daily candles in the green, my bets are that the PBOC in the near-term think they have gotten away with the deval, in the midst of all of the brexit effects e.g. Central Bank information flows are high, the brexit news itself and general market volatility are all acting as distractions - thus the SPX hasnt priced any of this deval YET despite it being more extreme than what caused the 8-13% equities sell off in January?
- I have to admit, it has taken even me until now to realise this sly depreciation, nonetheless this trade (short Equities) is a one up on the market currently as most still havent noticed and continue to focus on central bank action.
X: Time to reshort has comeWe have a pretty clear shorting opportunity in X. I had succesfully shorted it before, you can see my previous post in related ideas.
Fundamentals weigh heavily in steel right now, and the technicals in this chart are compelling, so I reccomend entering shorts under 16.33, with stops above 17.10, and target at least a retest of the recent lows, but we could break under this zone as well.
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USDCNH: Weekly short setup, long the laggardUSDCNH is a very interesting pair right now.
In this chart you can see a few instruments, pitted against each other.
Currently, talking currencies, the offshore yuan is lagging the group, compared to the other dollar pairs on chart, and it happens to have a weekly time at mode downtrend signal, which confirmed last week on close, which gives us targets of 6.37 and 6.28, with a possibility based on the monthly, of hitting 6.05 in the long term.
Keep a wide stop loss if you take this trade, I'd reccomend 1 to 3 ATR for the stop, and short at market.
As a sidenote, you can also see that Palladium and Copper are lagging the group. Now, this could mean that on a relative strength basis, the Yen, Canadian dollar and gold, are safer investments, but it also implies they have already moved a lot, and they might not have as much room up, compared to CNH, EUR, AUD, Copper or Palladium.
I'm willing to wager on the latter being true.
Keep risk reasonable, and good luck if you take this trade.
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Ivan Labrie.
USDCNH, AUDUSD and NZDUSD: Don't fade an uptrendIn this chart I break down the price action in these 3 pairs. USDCNH is in a strong 2 day chart downtrend, and about to breach a key level on chart. Once below we can see it trade significantly lower, or even go back to the start of the recent massive PBOC devaluation rally start.
AUDUSD, I have covered and even given a long entry for this trend, currently not giving a continuation signal, but the rally is so strong that it has become ridiculous to attempt shorting it. Usually, when a long term trend reverses, the reversal move is so violent that leaves everyone wondering what happened, waiting for retracements that never come to join, or simply getting stopped time and time again fading it.
It has broken all resistances so far, and I'd like to see a new 10 bar+ level or it moving to the weekly timeframe or a different timeframe to trade it. For now, the 2 bar timeframe has proven effective, and unsurprisingly, it's acting like CNH, gaining strength when the chinese currency does.
NZDUSD, there's a huge 10 day timeframe uptrend signal that will trigger soon, (could be a 17 week confirmed uptrend too, but might be too many bars at the mode). I'm long with a wide stop, and will add on retrace, and add as the trend progresses. It'll be hard to join, if you're not an avid position trader, and try to slap on tight stops and catch retracements. If we get further opportunities to long, it'll be a nice one to join.
CoT positions in Milk futures show commercials have lowered shorts aggressively and are now flat, and creeping into the long side.
Copper, commercials are flat, but might go net long soon, favoring this long Asia thesis.
I think these trends are here to stay, don't miss out on the moves to come.
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Ivan Labrie.