Following futures positions of non-commercials are as of April 26, 2022. 10-year note: Currently net short 117.8k, down 214.5k. The FOMC meets next week. This will be the year’s third, and five more remain after this. In the March meeting, … Continued
Following futures positions of non-commercials are as of April 19, 2022. 10-year note: Currently net short 332.3k, up 32.4k. A 50-basis-point increase in the fed funds rate is pretty much sealed in the May 3-4 meeting. Jerome Powell, Federal Reserve … Continued
Up 1.5 percent in the first three sessions this week, the S&P 500 probably has more gains in store in the sessions ahead. A crucial dual resistance is two percent away. Last week, for the first time in four weeks, … Continued
Following futures positions of non-commercials are as of April 12, 2022. 10-year note: Currently net short 299.9k, down 62.9k. That the 10-year treasury yield has gone parabolic in recent weeks is no exaggeration. As recently as March 1, rates tagged … Continued
Following futures positions of non-commercials are as of April 5, 2022. 10-year note: Currently net short 362.9k, down 113.7k. Minutes for the March 15-16 FOMC meeting, out Wednesday, revealed that the Federal Reserve plans to shrink its balance sheet by … Continued
Following futures positions of non-commercials are as of March 29, 2022. 10-year note: Currently net short 476.6k, up 212.7k. FOMC minutes for the March 15-16 meeting are scheduled for Wednesday. At the meeting, the Federal Reserve raised the fed funds … Continued
After strong rallies the past couple of weeks, major US equity indices have reached crucial levels, particularly the S&P 500, even as the Russell 2000 fails at a breakdown backtest and VIX sits at the 200-day. The S&P 500 (4543) … Continued
Following futures positions of non-commercials are as of March 22, 2022. 10-year note: Currently net short 263.8k, down 57.2k. At last, Jerome Powell seems to have gotten religion. Or so it seems. On Monday, the Federal Reserve chair delivered very … Continued
Major US equity indices rallied big last week, closing out right at, or near, important resistance, including moving averages, Fibonacci resistance and breakdown backtest. Concurrently, VIX is sitting on a rising trend line from early January. The S&P 500 (4463) … Continued
Last week, both VIX and the S&P 500 declined. Ordinarily, the two are negatively correlated. This took place even as the volatility index is finding it difficult to enduringly stay above 32-33. Last week, VIX and the S&P 500 moved … Continued