TLT trade ideas
Spike Reversal Pattern on Bonds (TLT)Yesterday's close on NASDAQ:TLT broke the day's range causing many to think it was going lower. However, today's open reverses that sentiment by opening back above that short term range.
Bonds are a very cyclically trending instrument (see below) and at some point the down move of the last few days was likely to reverse. This could be the setup with a low risk stop to get long TLT.
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The "TLT" Bonds (Updated)Auctions have been releasing offering higher rates as of late. Our previous target of 61% retracement has been rejected so far. On the 1 hour, the previous high was broken with no new lows being made. On the 15 min we are at a light support. I would like to see a stronger support, however, due to recent auctions and higher yields, I could see more bonds being bought soon even with the Fed tapering. Let's see what happens. Yields normally fall when the price of bonds rise. This could be bullish for investors.
Closing (Margin): TLT June 17th 2 x 171/153 Back Ratio Spread... for a 39.10 credit.
Comments: Opened this puppy up for a 36.45 debit on TLT strength. (See Post Below). Taking some risk off by taking profit here a little shy of my profit target, as I've got another short TLT setup on already (a March 18th 151/2 x 163 back ratio). 2.65 ($265) profit; 7.3% ROC.
TLT EPISODE V: BURRY-dHe's apparently no longer short after opening positions near the local bottom
Here I want to see how real our breakout is
It's clearly broken the (dotted white) breakout line with a backtest
The (royal blue) median line from the ABC fork has acted as a resistance and it's above that
It's again above the 50day moving average which has golden crossed the 200 and all is well; with the sequence 50/100/200 being supportive in that order below price
In summary I believe this breakout is real, and can see there is decent volume on the breakout
Also there have been significant inflows into the TLT fund recently
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TLT EPISODE VI: Full TiLTSo if price keeps running in the orange fork, by getting above the median it would become bullish: and that's the level we're trying to clear right now
After that it needs to get over the median line in the larger purple fork which price has been running in for some time
These also coincide with key resistance levels
The final target is around 190/200 as previously described
I expect all targets to hit within 6 months
But there are no guarantees in trading or markets of course
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20 year plus bond etfSince mid July, The price of the 20 year plus Bonds has touched or tested the top orange line about 8 times and has retraced 61% more times than not. Bonds going as low as $148 would meet the 200 ema and would be a retracement of 61% of the previous low. The previous has been broken. Let's see where the next level of support is. If this falls, the Yields should rise. Normally, stocks fall "for the most part" when this happens. Let's see if this holds true!
Dollar Up, Vix Up, Bonds UpToday was for the bulls thus far but we're still in a dollar up, vix up, bonds up scenario
The TLT move does not look like a fake break and there is room to run on the RSI. There is no bear divergence.
According to previous moves on the VIX, it would need a green day tomorrow to have a chance of making a new high on this move
The dollar continues to grind marginally higher and i don't think the move is complete yet
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Simple chart - There is a small dotted green line up top showing you divergence in the RSI.
You can see what happened, Bonds went way up. Now we have a much bigger divergence the other way in red.
So this sell off that saw the ES touched the 4500 area three times this week reminds me of the September low at 4250 same price action - which thrust up 500 points.
Both the Nasdaq and E Mini Futures returned to almost exactly 50% Fib weekly retracement - not luck, not a sell off in my opinion but just enough to confuse and liquidate a bunch of people.
I am short vol through a long position in SVXY outright and short bonds through TLT through 154 PUT options. The market is off the lows but most likely there will be an opportunity Monday to get in.
My upside target 4620 on the ES Futures to take these positions off - however I think we can go to ALL TIME HIGHS before puking epically - as the Fed taper is happening but we'll only get the details at Dec 15th Fed meeting.
If we get back to 4500 area in the ES - I will look to take a long positions through Futures, however did want that risk on over the weekend.
The orange arrows are a measure of volatility.
Six hour chart.
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Where do you think TLT is heading? Every time JNK/TLT touched the trendline, a TLT rally followed it, 4 times in the past 13 years. Do you think it will happen a 5th?
30Y at zero is something like ~200 on TLT, this is the best ROI trade right now IMO. Yes it will take a year or two, and if it happens sooner, then great! :)
No need to make comparisons to 1929...too many different factors at play. However, we also had a similar setup when YoY inflation was high back in 2007 with housing at all time highs... and remember where that ended up? ;)
Not saying anything will happen next week...but as a long term investor this is my bid over the next year.
If 13 year downward trendline breaks on JNK/TLT, I'm out of TLT...but until then...
$TLT Retrace and GoThis also looked to be a valid bearish cipher followed by a possible bullish 5-0 patter. However, I decided to assume that a double bottom has completed its measured move and will follow DOW's law with a 50% retrace. I believe the trend is still strong and after the correction will reach newer highs. Personally, I'm long here but acknowledge the short-term downside risk. Good Luck!
Opened: TLT June 17th 2 x 171/153 Put Back Ratio Spread... for a 36.45 debit.
Comments: Another put back ratio spread, this time longer-dated. Buying 2 x the 75 deltas and selling 1 x 50 delta to create a -100 delta short position in 20+ year paper on strength here. Will look to take profit at 110% of what I put it on for.
$spy $tlt Look for bonds to take out 152If bonds can take out 152 then there is an air pocket between 152-156 and you could see a very quick squeeze to 156. That would coincide with another drop in the market as well. At that point I am a seller of bonds and buyer of stocks. $spy may have another 2% downside.
If this is an inverted H&S then we could easily see top of volume range to 160 on tilt
Opening: TLT March 18th 2 x 163/151 Back Ratio Spread... for a 23.99 debit.
Comments: Buying 2 x the 75 delta puts and selling the 50 delta put strike in the March expiry on strength here to create a synthetic -100 net delta short position with a 151.01 break even in 20+ year paper. Will start to look to take profit at 110% of what I put it on for.