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Is TLT saying we are about to have a Vix explosion? I have been following many charts and patterns for quite some time. and The set up for an entire market melt down is almost too perfect right now. and I will go through the list of events that have taken place: First lets start with Gold. Gold had rallied on the back of lower yields for the better part of 2 months all to just get shot down during the FOMC meeting just a few weeks ago when the dollar shot up. (gold tends to lead the market sells offs by about 2-3 weeks) Mind you all of this has happened as yields have gone lower and lower. (totally not what you would expect from an "inflationary environment") gold respects real rates however if deflation was about to start happening, then this is the exact precursor you would expect. This is why I believe that if I am wrong about the vix explosion gold is going to be the best buy of the quarter. Then lets move to the DJT (dow jones transports) I explained this in my prior IYT analysis which can be found here: The transports just like gold and precious metals are generally the first assets to take a hit give or take about 2-3 weeks before general market correction. and that leads me to my last point. TLT, oh tlt you dirty whore you. (I am currently long tlt fyi) The set up in the line chart of tlt is identical to the pre-covid crash as you can see in this chart. But wait there's more.. Why has DXY been rallying along with TLT that does not happen very often. Some times it happens here and there But it does not happen for stretch of 2 weeks. All I am saying is stay hedged people. this is a very very risky set up.
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by crakehair
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Don't get PLAYED by Big Money: Inflation Trade Over?To trade the markets you have to be AWARE of the world and what is going on. We have to read the news every day but we should not always take what people are saying at face value. The news is never a leading indicator but it can at times be an INVERSE indicator. Don't get played by big money "talking their position" ... In this video we look at examples of the last two years when the media hype was the OPPOSITE trade to take for... AMEX:GLD AMEX:USO AMEX:SPY NASDAQ:TLT
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by norok
2
TLT. for chuck555. Hope you like it.I think the way the markets are all linked and pull and push on one another is really fascinating, however, in most of the books I've read it says that you should stay away from that type of predictive trading and just do what the market is showing you on the charts. I think trying to piece everything together is fun, but again, I've read so many accounts of traders who place positions because they think they know what the market is going to do, then the news comes out exactly as they predicted and the market accommodates by twisting and bending in a way they were not expecting. For this reason, I like to keep it simple. This is probably why I'm only joining trends midway through, but I'm not placing life changing positions. Still, I think it's all very interesting, and today I learned a little bit about the correlation between bonds, inflation, and rates expectations. Inflation up = interest rates up. Interest rates up = bonds down. Bonds down = stocks up. Stocks up = gold down? gold down = what? and where does bitcoin fit into this? How much does a sailboat cost?
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by emehoke
2
Elliott Wave Analysis: TLT Has An Unfinished Five-Wave DeclineHello traders and investors! Today we will talk about TLT treasury bond in which we see very interesting development. We are observing a bigger A-B-C correction, where a five-wave decline within wave C looks to be unfinished. Currently we are tracking a three-wave A-B-C correction within wave 4) that can stop at the strong trendline connected from the highs, so watch out for another drop for wave (5) of C towards 130 support level before bulls show up. Be humble and trade smart! If you like what we do, then please like and share our idea. Disclosure: Please be informed that information we provide is NOT a trading recommendation or investment advice. All of our work is for educational purposes only.
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by ew-forecast
3
Are bonds driving the ship?Liquidity is the whole ballgame As I've watched the market rip higher amid massive federal deficits, extremely low taxes, and extremely low interest rates over the last several years, I've experienced a growing conviction that "liquidity is the whole ballgame" where markets are concerned. You can chart stock market performance largely as a function of how "tight" or "easy" monetary policy is. Even the US badly losing a trade war to China and then getting locked down by a global pandemic couldn't keep this market down. Liquidity is controlled by the Fed and bond market, and inflation is the limit To a great extent, monetary policy is controlled by the Fed, and the Fed's mandate is to control inflation. So investors have definitely reacted negatively to rising inflation and Fed talk of eventually "tapering" asset purchases and raising interest rates. To be sure, the private market ultimately sets bond rates. Bond investors may demand higher interest rates if they see inflation coming, and lenders may demand higher interest rates on mortgages and consumer credit, too. But the private bond and lending market responds to signals from the Fed, so Fed policy and bond investor behavior go hand in hand. The bond market tries to anticipate the Fed and can be viewed as a leading indicator of what the Fed will do. Rising rates in early 2021 were bad for growth stocks and good for financials In the first months of 2021, bond rates rose sharply as inflation expectations rose and investor demand for low-interest bonds dried up. Technology stocks, especially unprofitable growth stocks like those held by Cathie Wood's ARK funds, sold off along with bonds. (Higher interest rates make it harder for unprofitable growth companies to raise capital through low-interest debt.) Meanwhile, financial stocks and highly profitable "cash cows" outperformed. (These companies are net lenders rather than net borrowers, so they tend to benefit from higher yields.) Basically, if you think the Fed will continue to pump liquidity into the system forever, you should bet on cash flow-negative bubble stocks like Cathie does. If you think liquidity's days are numbered, you should short ARKK and go long on Goldman Sachs. Liquidity rebounded in mid-March, but can it last? The bond selloff bottomed March 18, and since then, both bonds and growth stocks have made modest recoveries as yields eased. Partly this is just regression to the mean, and partly it may be that bond investors believed the Federal Reserve's narrative that inflation is "transitory" and that we won't need to taper asset purchases or raise interest rates until 2023. But inflation expectations have continued rising, and official inflation data have lately been surprising to the upside. The Citi inflation surprise index is at its highest level in 13 years. The dollar has been weakening, and foreign purchases of US treasuries have almost entirely dried up. The Russian government announced today that it will sell its reserves of US dollars and replace them with other nations' currencies. The dollar reserve system that made the last decade of "easy" monetary policy possible looks to be at risk. And the Fed is sluggishly beginning to respond to these warning signs. Regional Fed presidents Robert Steven Kaplan and Patrick Harker have been vocally calling for the Fed to start thinking about "tapering" bond purchases, and yesterday the Fed announced that it is, in fact, winding down one pandemic program to purchase corporate bonds. (But this is not a signal about tapering, they insisted to the press!) For now, Fed funds rate futures continue to price the odds of an interest rate hike in 2021 at less than 10%. But in April alone we saw month-over-month inflation of 0.8%, bringing the trailing 12 months' inflation rate to 4.2%. And 0.6% seems to be the consensus for the next two months, which would bring July's trailing 12 months' inflation rate to 4.9%. The Fed probably can't ignore 5% inflation for long. (And really it's a 7-10% inflation rate right now if you annualize the rates for March-July instead of adding up the rates for the trailing 12 months.) The technicals are flashing warning signs Although bonds have rallied since March 18, they hit a ceiling in the $140.50 - $141 range. They've also been unable to hold above their 50-day EMA or their 200-week EMA. Presently TLT is below all its major moving averages not only on the hourly chart, as shown above, but also on the weekly and daily charts: Note that TLT is still within the green triangle, but it is fast approaching a decision point. Also note the bearish hidden divergence on the RSI, which would tend to favor a downward breakout from the triangle. Recent strong economic data, including this morning's blowout payroll report, paint a picture of a strong economy and may lead to faster tapering by the Fed. That's one reason that both stocks and bonds sold off today despite the positive economic data. Sentiment is bearish I'm not the only one feeling bearish on bonds right now. The put/call ratio on TLT, is 1.8, significantly worse than the 30-day average of 1.4. And investors seem to expect the indices to sell off as well. SPY has a 1.9 put/call ratio, in line with the 30-day average, and QQQ has a 2.0 put/call ratio, only slightly better than the 30-day average of 2.1. The put/call ratio for ARKK has recently improved, down to 1.5 from the 30-day average of 1.8. But if I'm right that a bond sell-off would disproportionately affect growth stocks, then ARKK's put/call ratio may turn bearish again if TLT breaches the bottom of this triangle. ARKK's price action the last few days certainly doesn't look good:
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by ChristopherCarrollSmith
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