I hope you enjoyed a weekend of rest and are prepared for another week of profitable trading! As we transition or close out the first month of the calendar year, we may see an uptick in volatility since this week will be chocked full of major risk events, US earnings, OPEC+ meeting, and month-end rebalancing. […]
Continue readingI decided to post a link to a recording from one of our previous webinars on Wednesday, January 11, 2023 to help guide your outlook for next week’s FOMC monetary policy meeting, and prepare you for February’s US CPI inflation update. On the day before the long awaited January US CPI report, investors chose to […]
Continue reading$32 billion of The US 10Y notes were offered at a lower yield of 3.575pct. than the WI “When Issued” rate of 3.580pct. with a much tighter negative tail of -0.5 basis points. This was a good auction, which indicated strong demand for the safe haven bond on a 2 year basis. It also represents […]
Continue readingGreetings Traders! I hope you are well-rested and prepared to start a new week of profitable trading! My brother and I took an extended break, but we are excited to be fully jumping back into trading this week. Financial markets in 2023 have already shown a jittery side during the first week of the year, […]
Continue readingWe’re seeing a continuation of yesterday’s late session bounce in US equities in today’s futures market price action, with all four broader equity indices ($ES, $YM, $NQ, $RTY) trading slightly in positive territory ahead of the Wall Street Open. Most of the European Global Services PMI data released overnight reported a contraction in services sector […]
Continue readingThe first official trading day of 2023 is marked by traditional flight-to-safety among investors, with both the US bond market (Treasuries) and the US Dollar ($DXY) trading higher for the session on the back of risk aversion. Growth stocks are suffering the most, with Big Tech giants, like Apple ($APPL) and EV giant Tesla ($TSLA) […]
Continue readingHappy, Healthy, & Prosperous New Year to all of you!! May this year of 2023 bring you & your family untold rewards and incredible peace! We have exited from 2022, which was a “whirlwind” year of volatile markets, unplanned events (grey swans & black swans), and, sadly, minimal-to-negative returns for some investors. But thankfully, we […]
Continue readingA new week of trading (July 18th through July 22nd) has started and I hope you were able to rest & prepare for another week of profitable trading. This third week of July is expected to be a very eventful session, with the release of global (Non-US) inflation figures, flash PMI data, two major central […]
Continue readingLatest estimate: -2.1% Real GDP — July 1, 2022 The Atlanta Fed’s GDPNow model was just updated to estimate that real GDP growth for the second quarter of 2022 is -2.1% on July 1st, which is roughly 1% lower than yesterday’s estimate of -1.0% Q2 GDP. Details from this morning’s US ISM Manufacturing PMI report […]
Continue readingToday’s Open in the Futures Markets is another “tail wagging the dog” moment, with Bitcoin’s weekend rally serving as a catalyst for a possible rally in Futures Market at this week’s open. Dow Futures ($YM_F) is up +96.00 points. Nasdaq Futures ($NQ_F) is up +84.75 points, and S&P 500 Futures ($ES_F) is up +16.75 points […]
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