Bond Market Hints Towards a Second Wave of Shorts to hit the JPYLate last year the Spread of the US/JP Carry Trade hit the PCZ of a Bearish Shark resulting in it pulling back to the 50% Retrace, this came ahead of Bearish Action in the stock market and strength in the JPY. However, the bounce at the 50% retrace indicates that it could turn into a Bullish 5-0 which would result in higher highs. In addition to that, the leverage ratio on the trade has been forming what looks to be a nice looking Cup with Handle pattern, which if it plays out would bring the leverage ratios up from 500% to well over 800%. This would likely align with higher highs in the SPX, Higher Inflation Rates, Higher Commodity, Import/Export Costs, and a continuation of the falling Japanese Yen.
I will leave the chart of last year's Carry Spread Chart Post below for reference.
Government bonds
The INFAMOUS Blow Off Top!!! US10Y US02Y $TLTThe indicators from this chart which backtested to call the 1990s Gulf War recession, the Thai Baht, the 1998 LTCM, the 2000 dotcom bubble, the great financial crisis, and the COVID pandemic all before they officially happened. It is calling for whatever this next crisis is going to be called. I placed MOAB or mother of all speculative bubbles for the crisis holding name. I am sure the talking heads on TV who never saw this coming will give their two cents about how great everything is. Clearly, we have issues in society and those issues are being pasted over on the market with money printing.
This isn't doom-bear BS, it's just an indicator that has front-run every single one of these black-swan events.
The best way to play this is to reduce broad market exposure and sell into the big up days. Look at defensive plays like bonds, gold, and US dollars. Now that doesn't mean you can't stay net long, for that consider option spreads, but this tells you to clearly lower your exposure.
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US10Y - US Ten Year Yields WeeklySome weekly consolidation; Possible yields haven't topped yet. These inflection points lead to weekly and monthly trend changes which I will be looking for a potential spike as momentum shifts back down and rates test the keltner channel mid or upper line. There is also a possibility that rates breakout of the resistance (trend change) of this bullish leg from 2020. The Red line on the keltner channel oscillator at the bottom.
I expect more black swan events to occur as chaos ramps up in the next year.
Rates are breaking recent up trends, $TNXGood Morning Everyone!
The 2Yr Yield is retesting the recent support level, highlighted by arrows.
The 10Yr #yield is currently breaking the recent uptrend.
The yellow box was highlighted in the last post showing the WEAKNESS. However, forgot to speak on that yesterday (see profile for more info).
They cannot lower #interestrates... But they must, at least short term.
QT is done.
US 10Y TREASURY: watch for CPIMoves in Treasury yields during the previous week are showing that the market has already priced all known information, and waiting for new ones in order to decide on a further action to the up or downside. The 10Y Treasury benchmark was moving between levels of 4.51% down to 4.42% on one occasion. The majority of deals were around the 4.5% level. It should be mentioned that a 30-year bonds auction was held the previous week, where strong demand for these bonds was evident. This demand was led by latest US unemployment data and investors expectations of rate cuts during the course of this year. In this sense, a demand for other maturities, including 10Y was left out of the focus.
In a week ahead a fresh US consumer price index data will be released, which might bring back some volatility on the Treasury yields. If the CPI is higher from market expectations, then yields might be pushed to the upper side, at least 4.55%, with low probability for 4.6%. However, if the CPI data show some relaxation, then the Treasury yields will continue their current path to the downside, and the level of 4.4%.
US10Y - Take Note Of 4.549%Lows of 4.420% was printed this trading week with minimal draws to buyside liquidity as yields had been trading within the weekly fair value gap.
Intraday-week market structure shift occurred during Thursdays US AM session before a minor retracement below consequent encroachment @ 4.458 ensued.
This leaves buyside ripe for the takings and I’ve got my eyes on 4.549%.
Huge potential implications from YIELD SPREADS (US10y-DE10y)Folks know how I feel about very long term (multi year/decade+) outlook for inflation and yields - they are going higher.
And I have called for higher yields (and spreads) and thus dollar so far this year.
BUT BUT BUT
The yield spread chart is suggesting a potential divergent high which could have MAJOR implications across asset markets. Is it fortelling a turn in the sequence of stronger US data? If so then in coming weeks/months we could see:
Weaker data
Lower yields (esp in the front end)
Curve "disinversion"
Weaker DXY
Higher risk assets = stonks, commods (gold silver, Uranium, oil etc), Bitcoin
US 10Y yield key support under pressureWe suspect that the US 10Y yield chart has topped short term having tested and again failed at its previous uptrend at 4.74 (which is now acting as resistance) . Please see the weekly chart.
This throws the spotlight on key nearby support where we find a short term uptrend, last week's low, the 55-day ma and the 200-day ma together with a previous high all converging 4.44-4.33 (see daily chart) . While this could well hold the initial test, it is now under the spotlight, and should it give way we would allow a return visit to the 20-month ma at 4.03.
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stagflation pattern or parallel channelrate is moving up in yellow parallel channel
lower yellow line is working as perfect trend line
in recent may fomc fed has said he neither see stag or flation
if there are no hike in future then lower trend line must break
if second wave of rate hike is coming then trend line must hold and it can go up 5%
US10Y - Bullish Sentiment ShiftWith predominantly bearish price action during the week, intraday sentiment is more shifted towards a continuation to the downside at this current time.
Due to higher time frame narrative, I am looking out for a retracement to 4.563% hourly fair value gap.
Candle body closure below 4.455% will negate the idea.
US02Y Next Move The matter still requires deeper analysis, despite the absence of wide-ranging movement today. The recent decline in bonds did not help boost gold prices. The yield on the two-year US bond is currently at a support level of about 4.8% on the one-dimensional chart and may look to rise. If the Federal Reserve maintains a tight policy, gold may struggle to rise. However, if we begin to receive signals indicating that the Federal Reserve may wish to continue lowering interest rates this year, gold may be more optimistic.
We should monitor the level of two-year and ten-year bonds, the direction of the dollar index, and geopolitical aspects to be clear about the direction of gold.
Ukraine bondsThere is clear 5 wave impulse down and clear initial impulse up which has a-b-s correction. What else needed for long?
US10Y - Sloppy Bearish BiasThe weekly range spans from 4.570% - 4.739% and with the weekly EQ being tagged alongside buyside getting swiped, I am scoping out for the daily order block which is near the weekly sellside @ 4.593% and the second target being the lows at 4.570%.
Some form of a pullback into the lower displacement weekly fair value gap is a projection for throughout the trading week is logical to expect, especially during volatile days where there is a lot of news releases.
Also to note, the Sep - Oct 2023 weekly liquidity void is also a area of importance, especially the consequent encroachment which already aligned with the daily order block so during the week I will update this post if bias has changed.
US 10Y TREASURY: space for further relaxation?During the previous period the market was trying to price its expectations of a less than three rate cuts during the course of this year, giving up on the Fed's announcement from the latest FOMC meeting. The meeting held on May 1st, showed that the market was right in its assumptions, considering that the emerging US inflation might put halt on rate cuts this year.
This was also confirmed by the Fed Chair Powell in an after the meeting speech, considering that the Fed will stay devoted to the 2.0% inflation target. Treasury yields reacted during his speech, however, the major impact on 10Y Treasury yields had an April jobs report. The weaker than expected nonfarm payrolls, as well as, increased unemployment to 3.9% in April from 3.8% posted for the previous month, were main triggers for 10Y Treasury yields to reach the lowest weekly level at 4.45%. Still, they are ending the week at 4.51%.
The market will slowly digest the new information during the week ahead. Still, some further relaxation in the 10Y Treasury yields might be expected. However, they first need to test the 4.5% level before they start their move toward the 4.4%.
Powell pullback as Fed will slow QT.The critical support level to watch here is the 50-day MA at 4.38%, as a failed break below this yield will allow yields to spike to 5% off the back of a continued sell-off in US long-term paper despite the Feds efforts to aid the US bond market. Keep an eye on the tail in this week’s US 10-year note auction!
The markets were hit by a dovish FOMC statement last week. US bond yields and the dollar tumbled off the back of the increased bets for rate cuts in 2024. The Federal Reserve (Fed) kept the federal funds rate unchanged at 5.50% but the real dovish sentiment started flying when the Fed announced that they will slow their balance sheet taper to $25 billion, down from $60 billion, per month. That is a whopping $35 billion that will technically be injected into the market. The dovish FOMC meeting was followed by a weaker than expected ISM manufacturing PMI print along with a feeble non-farm payrolls print of 175 thousand in April, down from 315 thousand in March. These data prints along with the recent weak US GDP results is increasing the odds for a Fed rate cut sooner rather than later as the Fed may be forced to stimulate the economy before they reach their lauded 2% inflation target. On top of all this, last week US regulators announced the first US bank failure of the year with Philadelphia-based Republic First Bank being forced to close its doors.
The week ahead will allow markets to digest the Fed’s more dovish stance as there are no major data prints on the calendar. The US 10-year and 30-year bond auctions will be the main attraction for the week ahead and we will be able to gauge whether investor appetite for long-term US debt has improved following the latest monetary developments. The recent demand for long-term US paper has been fragile with long tails forcing dealers to pick up the slack in the US bond market
Short 20Y Yield, long 20Y futures: Bias viewDisclaimer 1: This is a bias view. I think that 20Y yield (as well as 10Y) will be going down.
Disclaimer 2: Note that this is the 2nd time this year I am calling for longer duration yields to go down (linked in this analysis).
Analysis portion:
1. H&S formation.
2. Completion of double combination of zig-zag.
When the 2s/10s Chart Goes Red The Market is Dead $US02Y $US10YAs you can see there is a strong correlation between this predictive chart algo and the bond market steepening predicting the recession before the reason why. Now maybe this time is different. Maybe the massive stimulus during covid will give a false positive here. I just doubt it.