Yields, Rates, & the US Dollar $DXYThe 3 & 6Month #yield look similar. The 3M looks just a tad better.
The 1 & 2Y ear look very similar RECENTLY. However, the 1Yr is higher than the #BankingCrisis highs.
The 10Y TVC:TNX gave a lot back but it's @ support here. Could have some sort of bounce here.
But the most interesting chart is of the TVC:DXY US #Dollar.
It looks like it wants to bounce here.
Will #yields go with it?
Yield
Bonds rolling over but what's up with $TNX?#Bond #yield has been moving well lately, but today. SO FAR, they're rolling over, and some hurting more than others.
We've mentioned that steam has been running out for some time. Look @ the RSI negative divergence on almost all of the #yields
6M weakening.
1Yr RSI CRATERING.
2YR hurting & RSI DECIMATED It is at major support.
TVC:TNX is the lone wolf. Must keep👀on this one to see how it plays out.
See data posted. Did the 10Yr peak already?
Cocoa outlook improves as El Niño StrengthensCocoa continued its upward price trajectory, rising 3% over the prior month (22 May to 23 June 2023).
The International Cocoa Organization (ICCO) has corrected its forecast for the supply deficit on the cocoa market in the current crop year up from 60,000 tonnes to 142,000 tonnes as production is expected to be lower and grinding higher than previously expected. The production estimate was lowered by 37,000 to 4.98 million tonnes, while the grinding forecast was revised higher by 45,000 to 5.07million tonnes.
The revisions are largely due to Ivory Coast (the world’s largest cocoa producing country) where the crop is set to be 30,000 tonnes lower than the prior forecast, but still 79,000 tonnes higher than last year, resulting in a minor downward revision given the considerable year-on-year shortfall in cocoa arrivals at the ports. On the other hand, 35,000 tonnes more cocoa is set to be ground in Ivory Coast than previously predicted by the ICCO. The higher deficit is likely to push global stocks down to 1.63 million tonnes by the end of the crop year, which equates to a good 32% of annual grinding.
The last time the stocks-to-grinding ratio was any lower was 38 years ago. The cocoa price remains well supported against this backdrop. El Niño is now once again a source of concern, as prospects for the new season starting September are not bright due to the threat of dryness. In addition, recent heavy rains have been reported in major producing countries, slowing down mid-crop harvest in top supplier Ivory Coast and elevating fears of disease outbreaks.
The front end of the cocoa moved more deeply in contango, with the negative roll yield of -2.5% weighing on performance.
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$TNX looks interesting on the Weekly ChartThe consensus is LOWER #interestrates
(I mean, they have been around 3.2ish)
Every time the 10Yr #yield was in this same situation it FOLDED.
Easier to see on daily.
However, something looks lil different this time around.
Can't make it out on the daily.
Let's see the weekly chart.
Hmmm...
Not yet, but gaining momentum...
If the 10 Yr yield starts pumping this could be good for $DXY.
Likely mean the inverse for precious metals like #Silver & #Gold.
#stocks #crypto
Yields are mixed but all point higher, history repeating?🚨🚨🚨
Going to make a stink about #yield again.
Short term #interestrates have been creeping higher.
Let's👀@ #bond Yields.
6M = holding steady, trading slightly higher.
BUT,
1Yr = BROKE RECENT HIGHS. It's at resistance but shows momentum.
2Yr = Closing in on TSX:SVB closure high. This is where #banks began to break down.
10Yr TVC:TNX @ current downtrend is being tested. Break through is good.
HUH?
Higher = good short term for #stocks. Markets have a history of breaking AFTER rates begin to trade lower and yield curve normalizes. This can take a year or so.
Not saying markets will be pumping for a year. Just saying this is historical. We could be setting up for much more upside but with RISK.
We posted on the 2008 yield crisis some time ago.
Yields are beginning to push higher, not good for marketsYellow arrows show the #bank crisis.
Short term #yields are higher or at the same level.
They are showing signs of wanting to push higher again.
The 2Yr is lower & looks as if it's curling a bit higher.
The TVC:TNX or 10Yr is consistently lower & looks to be weakening.
Wall St may finally be listening to #Fed & more hikes coming.
1 & 2Yr Yields holding, $TNX & rest have been weakeningShort term #yield is still weakening
The 3M & 6M peaked not long ago & been going lower.
The 1Yr & 2Yr are holding area when the #banks began to fail.
The 10Yr peaked Oct 2022, last year.
TVC:TNX has been lower & looks 2b headed lower at the moment.
We'll see what the #FederalReserve does but Wall St thinks #fed is done with rates or @ CLOSE to the end of hikes
Bond Yields are mixed, longer term look better atm🚨🚨🚨#yields🚨🚨🚨
3M + 6M have been weak lately, we called them topping some time ago.
Will they turn soon?
1Y trading at recent highs and seems like it is trying to go higher.
2Yr looks like it wants to the recent test highs.
10Yr TVC:TNX peaked LONG ago!
Breaks white line, downtrend, likely trades higher.
Inverted yield curve thing of past?
#bonds #tech NASDAQ:NDX TVC:DXY
$DXY US Dollar - INTERESTING patterns lately!!!US #Dollar took hit recently, recuperating
We called this pump while most were negative
Certainly broke the small recent uptrend it was in
NOW WHAT?!
RSI shows it's most likely going to some sideways action
BUT BUT BUT
LOOK WEEKLY chart shows it may be in Head & Shoulder Pattern - bearish
If #yield continues to rise so will TVC:DXY
BUT, how high can they go b4 #banks break again
Yields are diverging from SHORT TERM $TNX6 Month is still pumping & more overbought.
This is the only one still moving higher atm.
Serious divergence!
1Y surpassed the #bank collapse highs .
2Yr Stopped 50bps away from highs.
10Yr forming lower highs (the top was put in LAST YEAR), down channel & the long trend has been broken.
6 Month Yield HIGHER than when banks collapsed!🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨
6 Month #yield is NOW HIGHER than when #silvergate #bank collapsed!
#interestrates can stay above 5% for extended periods of time, see charts, BUT the end result has NEVER been good for #stocks
1Yr struggles @ 5% but has been higher than 6%
HOWEVER
10Yr TVC:TNX is DIFFERENT! This has been on a long downtrend until 2022!
#bonds
Yield curve predicting Recession very soon.TVC:US10Y -US02Y
Looks like we are nearing the recession, it can take from 6 months to 12 months to occur, but for sure.
Recession signals:
1. Unemployment starts to raise.
2. Yield curve is above 0.
3. FEDRATES starts to stay firm and fed starts to cut the rates.(May be consequences)
Only few tech stocks are holding the market up, once they start correcting, we will see drawdown of almost all stocks.
Be prepared to take this golden opportunity to make fortune or atleast protect your assets.
Bear market or recessions are the best time for investment and long term growth as you get base prices and can make money by selling low risk calls.
Hold your bulls and unleash when the time is almost right.
$LINA/USDT 2h (#Bybit) Ascending channel on resistanceLinear faked-out and got rejected forming an evening star with a shooting star on local top, a retracement down would make sense.
⚡️⚡️ #LINA/USDT ⚡️⚡️
Exchanges: Binance Futures, ByBit USDT
Signal Type: Regular (Short)
Leverage: Isolated (3.2X)
Amount: 4.9%
Current Price:
0.01703
Entry Zone:
0.01719 - 0.01835
Take-Profit Targets:
1) 0.01508
2) 0.01305
3) 0.01103
Stop Targets:
1) 0.02002
Published By: @Zblaba
$LINA #LINAUSDT #Linear #DeFi
Risk/Reward= 1:1.2 | 1:2.1 | 1:3.0
Expected Profit= +48.4% | +85.0% | +121.4%%
Possible Loss= -40.5%
Estimated Gaintime= 5-10 days
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2Yr & $TNX coming back hard & worrisome for #techLooking @ a few different #yields
(Not shown)Weekly 6month and 1Yr easier to notice BEAR FLAG & the pattern is close to being annulled.
Daily 2Yr looking good, breaking out of channel.
Hard to short dull market but seeing #bond yields climbing is worrisome for short term.
TVC:TNX 10Yr looks like 2Yr.
Producing Recurring Income in GoldGold has long been a darling of investors. Its holders - whether households or central banks - seek refuge in the yellow metal in times of crisis. Gold is a resilient store of wealth, offers durable portfolio diversification, exhibits lower volatility relative to equities & bonds, and serves as an inflation hedge.
But it has a big downside. As mentioned in our previous paper , gold pays zero yield. Shares pay-out dividends. Debt earns interest. Property delivers rents. But gold? Zero!
There are multiple methods of generating yield from gold. This paper illustrates a risk-limited, easy to execute, and capital-efficient means of producing yield by investing in gold.
Innovation in financial markets enables even non-yielding assets such as gold to produce regular income. A class of derivatives known as call options can be cleverly deployed to generate yield.
Call options are derivative contracts that allow its buyers to profit from rising prices of the underlying asset. When prices rise, call option holders earn outsized gains relative to the options price ("call premiums"). Unlimited upside with limited downside describes the call option holder's strategy in summary.
What has that got to do with generating yield in gold? Everything. For every buyer, the market requires a seller. Options sellers collect call premiums which comprise the income.
Many widely believe that options are weapons of mass wealth destruction. Not entirely wrong. Used poorly, options devastate investors' portfolios. Deployed wisely, options help astute traders to better manage their portfolio, generate superior yield on their assets, and construct convexity (disproportionate gain for fixed amount of pain) into their investing strategies. Fortunately, a covered call is a strategy which uses options prudently. As the strategy involves holding the asset whose prices are expected to rally, the risk of the strategy is hedged with risks well contained.
Gold Covered Call involves two trades. A long position in gold and a short position in out-of-the-money gold calls. In bullish markets, investors gain from call premiums plus also benefit from increase in prices. Covered calls not only enable investors to generate income but also reduce downside risk if asset prices tank.
A covered call trade in gold can be implemented in a margin efficient manner using CME’s Gold Futures and Options.
A long position in CME’s Gold futures (“Gold Futures”) gives exposure to 100 troy ounces (oz) of gold per lot. Combining long futures with a short call option on Gold Futures at out-of-the-money strike allows investors to harvest premiums.
Selecting an optimal strike and an expiry date is critical to successfully execute covered call strategies. First, Strike. It is the price level at which the call option transforms to be in-the-money. Strikes which have daily volumes & meaningful open interest enable options to be traded with ease and provide narrow spreads. Strikes that make options expire worthless benefits the covered call options holder.
Second, Expiry. Options have expiry. Options sellers thrive on shrinking expiry for generating yields. Investors selling call options optimise their risk-return profile by selecting an expiry with higher implied volatility (IV). Option prices are directly proportional to IV. Higher IV leads to larger premiums enriching returns.
SIMULATION AND PAY-OFF MATRIX
This paper illustrates a covered call strategy in gold using the CME Gold derivatives market:
1. Long one lot of Gold Futures expiring in Oct (GCV3) at $ 2,050/oz.
2. Sell one lot of Call Options on Gold Futures expiring in Oct at a strike of $ 2,275 collecting a premium of $ 40/oz.
The pay-off matrix simulates the trade P&L under four likely outcomes among many possibilities at trade expiry:
a. Gold rises past the strike ($ 2,400): Options get assigned to the buyer. Covered call option holder incurs loss of $ 85/oz (=$ 2,400 - $ 2,275 - $ 40) from short call offset by profits from long futures ($ 350 - $ 85) = $ 265/oz. Each GC contract has 100 troy ounces of gold, so total profit will be $ 265 x 100 = $ 26,500.
b. Gold rises but remains below the strike ($ 2,250): Options expire worthless to the buyer. Seller retains premium in full. Covered call option holder profits from long futures + call options premium ($ 200 + $ 40) = $ 240/oz. Each GC contract has 100 troy ounces of gold, so total profit will be $ 240 x 100 = $ 24,000.
c. Gold price falls marginally below the entry price ($ 2,030): Options expire worthless to the buyer. Covered call option holder loses money from long futures and thankfully the loss is offset by call options premium (-$ 20 + $ 40) = $ 20/oz. Each GC contract has 100 troy ounces of gold, so total profit will be $ 20 x 100 = $ 2,000.
d. Gold price falls ~5% below the entry price ($ 1,950): Options expire worthless to the buyer. Covered call option holder loses money from long futures and the loss is partially offset by call options premium (-$ 100 + $ 40) = -$ 60/oz . Each GC contract has 100 troy ounces of gold, so total loss will be -$ 60 x 100 = -$ 6,000.
The chart below describes the pay-off from Gold Futures (Long position), Gold Call Options (short position) and Covered Call (combination of the two trade legs).
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% 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.
$TRU/USDT 3h (#Bybit) Descending channel breakoutTrueFi just regained 50MA support and seems about to push higher and recover, short-term.
⚡️⚡️ #TRU/USDT ⚡️⚡️
Exchanges: Binance Futures, ByBit USDT
Signal Type: Regular (Long)
Leverage: Isolated (3.0X)
Amount: 4.7%
Current Price:
0.08935
Entry Zone:
0.08805 - 0.08295
Take-Profit Targets:
1) 0.09990
2) 0.11075
3) 0.12160
Stop Targets:
1) 0.07345
Published By: @Zblaba
$TRU #TRUUSDT #TrueFi #DeFi #TrustToken
Risk/Reward= 1:1.2 | 1:2.1 | 1:3.0
Expected Profit= +50.5% | +88.6% | +126.7%
Possible Loss= -42.3%
Estimated Gaintime= 1-2 weeks
3/27/2023 (Monday) SPY Analysis and Market Deep DiveMonday 3/27/2023 - In this Video I discuss The technical analysis of the SPY ETF which is a proxy the S&P500 that is often a tell on general market movements. I also discuss broader market Macros I have been watching including last week's and next weeks economic events. We also discuss some recession indicators, and other charts that show headwinds and tailwinds to equities.
In the Trading View App, You can use the links below and hit play, so you can see the action from the dates the charts were published. I will keep this going so we can follow outcomes to analysis!
$TNX & short term yields breaking support levelsWhile the #fed reserve has made it clear they're not stopping rate increases yet, #bonds yields put a top in days ago. $TNX actually did it some time ago!
We noticed certain sectors, like insurance, began lowering premiums done time ago. Did they know something was start didn't?
Small community banks are getting crushed and if rates crater it may alleviate the balance sheets of those remaining.
Anyway, the fed tends to overdo everything they do. Many are calling recession or something much harsher. Time will tell but banks going busy is not a good sign.
US 10Y yield is eroding a major band of supportIt's pretty much all about Fibonacci today - the market has recent peaked at around 4.24 and is in the process of eroding a key convergence of support at 3.25/3.32 (lows since January, the 55-week ma and the 2018 high). These are looking vulnerable and failure will imply a deeper corrective move lower towards 3.00 and potentially 2.80ish - the 38.2% retracement of the entire rally from the 2020 low.
Remember todays close will also constitute a weekly close on the charts so this should be watched closely.