Showing posts with label #spread. Show all posts
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Friday, 30 June 2017

June 30, 2017 - Market Update (Markets getting ahead of themselves, US Q1 GDP revised up, S&P - Fed to start taper in Sep, Bunds-Trys spread at 183 bps, Raiffeisen Bank having difficulties with IPO, Small techs smashed on low liquidity)

Short recap

Asian down on risk off flows from EU/US
Europe opening mixed
This week we witness lots of end of month, quarter and half a year flows/positions squaring
Market is ahead of itself based on reactions, valuations, low vols, complacency
China manufacturing up on good production/new orders


US Q1 GDP revised up on consumer spending
Well, never underestimate the consumption power of Americans as history proves
According to S&P Fed will start taper in Sep and rise rates one more time in 2017
Higher German inflation did not help USD yesterday
US trade deficit report not published yet as it is under review at White House
Can be released anytime…or tweeted…

Equities

Deutsche Bank defending bank privacy in Trump’s case
Raiffeisen Bank International having difficulties with IPO of its 15% stake in Polish lender
As profitability is questioned
Fox bidding for Sky to face hurdles
Gabriel Resources asking USD 4.4 bln in damages from Romania
Icahn backing a break up of AIG
Good results of stress tests opens the door for buybacks and dividend rises at US banks
What in turn pushes their shares higher
Techs on a roller coaster but NASDAQ likely to target 5300 area
Small techs smashed as they were first to go on their low liquidity

Bonds

10-yr Trys yield at 2.28%
10-yr Bund yield at 0.46% - reaching the Jan/Mar highs around 50 bps

Central banks in sort of harmony
But market is pricing the ECB rate hike well well in 2018

Bund-Trys spread keeps narrowing to 183 bps

EURUSD

Right below strong resistance from descending trendline and 1.1495 & 1.1615
If broken we can eventually get ready for a move towards 1.2000/1.2500
With first target at 1.1714 (1.1750)

Decent offers seen towards and above 1.1450
Still well bid on market perception of hawkish ECB, thus downside limited
But big option expiries around 1.1350-75 area (EUR 1.7 bln)
Support at 1.1400 and from options

USDJPY

Corrected despite higher US yields but yield spread as a driving force to stay
On position squaring flows, crosses were heavy too
In general the underlying theme is up, choppy, consolidating
But central banks comments still in the air
Offers ranging 112.00/15
Bids from 111.50
Support 111.93/79 (Ichimoku), 111.78 (100 DMA), 111.76 (10 DMA)  and then 111.53/50 (50 DMA)
Resistance 112.24 (61.8% Fibo), 113.05 (76.4% Fibo)

Gold

Not doing well on a sell off in bonds and JPY
Resistance at 1245 (61.8% Fibo) and ascending trendline, then 1250 (100 DMA) and 1254 (50 DMA)
Support at 1234 (76.4% Fibo), 1233 (200 DMA)

Data/Events

ECB’s Lautenschlager (1130 GMT)
ECB’s Nowotny
ECB’s Coeure (1200 GMT)
US trade deficit report can be released anytime
...or tweeted…

July 5 – FOMC minutes
July 6 – ECB Minutes
July 7 – US NFPs
July 7 – Fed to publish its semi-annual report on mon pol (1500 GMT)
July 7/8 – G20 meeting – Trump meeting Putin

July 12 – Yellen testifying before Congress (prepared text to be released at 1230 GMT)
July 20 – ECB meeting
July 26 – FOMC meeting


Should you have any questions feel free to contact me anytime.

Good luck Champs!

Mr Hawk



DISCLAIMER: This material was created for informational purposes only and represents the Land of Trading team’s view of the past and current economic and capital market environment. It is not an investment advice and should not be viewed that way at all, and the creators of this material cannot be held liable for any potential losses resulting from trading, where despite this disclaimer someone would consider this material as an investment advice. All rights reserved ©2016. Contact: landoftradingATgmailDOTcom

Tuesday, 11 April 2017

Apr 11, 2017 - Market Update

Short recap

Asia cautious under geopolitical risks (Syria, N. Korea and upcoming FR elections on Apr 23)
Europe opening lower
China said No, thank you to coal from North Korea and fully loaded ships are heading back home


G7 pressuring Putin to stop supporting Syria regime
Yellen said nothing new yesterday
Looks like Fed is happy where they are right now
Trump meeting top business leaders today to discuss their support for his plans in infrastructure and taxes

Elliott Management working on changes at BHP Billiton to benefit the strategy
Bain Capital and Cinven on the way to acquire Stada (EUR 5.3 bln)
Swift and Knight Transportation planning to merge their operations (USD 5 bln)

Gold-S&P 500 correlation - S&P 500 way above Gold since Nov elections
Which one will give up?
Either S&P 500 will correct or Gold will spike to catch up…

S&P 500 – support at 2280 (38.2% Fibo), may be looking at resistance at 2390 or higher to 2430
But bear in mind that “Sell in May and Go away” is very close

DAX – below former support 12 190 and then 11 850 to keep the medium term rising view in place

EURUSD – support at 1.0566 (23.6% Fibo)
Trading slightly below the rising support trendline
Bollinger bands started to expand what may indicate bearish view if EURUSD stays below trendline

Yesterday’s bond buying report from ECB showed that the bank keeps firing at full cylinders and is buying corps heavily
Daily purchases were at around EUR 483 mln level (as mentioned yesterday the average was EUR 365 mln)
All of that is happening despite the taper in place since Apr
If the ECB is tapering while corps buying is much higher than before, it points to ECB is buying much less govies
Not to forget we may have seen some pre-loading before Easter’s low liquidity in corps space as well

10-yr Trys yield at 2.34%
10-yr Bund yield at 0.19% - very close to the lows

French elections

Question is how much risk is priced in EUR and Bunds ahead of FR elections
Are we going to see the risk-on moves and a huge risk repricing in EUR and Bunds?
At the moment the EURJPY steady decline may be an indication of what market thinks…

GE-FR yield spread widening again as we are getting closer to Apr 23
EURUSD 1m ATM implied vols jumped substantially to 12.58 level from around 8.50 just few days ago
Goldman Sachs was out yesterday recommending to short OAT futures as a strategic positioning ahead of elections

Data

EZ: Industrial Production expected to edge higher
US: NFIB Small Business Optimism Index to keep the positive trend
US: Job Openings & Labor Turnover Survey expected slightly higher

Short week ahead of Easter holidays, thus lower liquidity

Apr 23 – French presidential elections

Apr 29 – EU Summit to sign off the Brexit negotiations guidelines – until then we won’t have clearer EU position on Brexit

May 7 – French presidential elections 2nd round


Should you have any questions feel free to contact me anytime.

Good luck Champs!

Mr Hawk



DISCLAIMER: This material was created for informational purposes only and represents the Land of Trading team’s view of the past and current economic and capital market environment. It is not an investment advice and should not be viewed that way at all, and the creators of this material cannot be held liable for any potential losses resulting from trading, where despite this disclaimer someone would consider this material as an investment advice. All rights reserved ©2016. Contact: landoftradingATgmailDOTcom