Global Macro Update: Gold - EURUSD - Euro Stoxx 50 - 10Y Bund

Trend Channel Upper line shows 1645 as a potential target. First Support lies at the 1578 previous High in confluence with the 20-Day SMA.

EURUSD is trading right on the middle ground of the recent 1.40 - 1.46 range Supported by the converging 20 & 72-Day SMAs. Downside the 200-Day SMA holds the key at the major psychological 1.4 level.

DJ Euro Stoxx 50 Index is trending down with scope of 2599 Lower Channel trendline.

10-Year German Bund is trending up amid growing economic concerns and US and EZ Periphery Debt problems. Previous High at 131 is an obvious target for the current directional move.

Global Macro Update - Asset classes consolidate after the recent moves

10-Year USTs need to fill the Gap and break out of the current ranges to initiate a decisive trend. Until ranges hold I remain cautiously monitoring the price action ahead of the end oof QE2.

Copper is consolidating inside a tight range and looks like a Descending Triangle is in the making.

It is a bit early to call a breakdown, however if we see a close below 407, Copper should slide to the next support at ~360.

On the upside the Major trendline (RED) is the important Resistance guide to price action.

Gold seems weary of the slow grinding higher and at a trendline Resistance with technicals screaming for a pullback if not Reversal.

Silver produced a large DOJI. Could be a blow-off top of just a temporary indecision.

Next Support comes around 42 and then will see which one is the case.

S&P 500 coils higher on low volume.

USD is trending inside the down channel.

Compalcency rules the market.

30-Year UST Bond targets 117.50

Everybody awaits hints of rising rates and a bond market selloff ahead of the end of QE2.

Technicall the 30-Year UST Bond is below the pivotal 120 mark and indicators point to a further decline which is in line with the fundamental expectations of rising yields.

Stochastics entered into Oversold territory, however BBands and charts points to immediate targets around 117.50-118 before a bounce could be expected.

30-Year UST Bond is trading at crucial Support

Momentum indicates a slight pickup which is positive for the Bond price action as it is trading at crucial Support level.

A breakdown lower would signal higher long term rates, which however is important to watch as the FED is continuing with its QE2 program through the POMOs.

It might be a significant indication to note that the recent political tensions in the Middle East didn't inspire any notable 'flight to safety' buying and my take would be the market, spearheaded by the 'Bond Vigilantes' is continuing its short positioning in the bond market since the rise in rates is inevitable and the time till this event is ticking closer.

Global Macro Trends persist unnerved by the political tensions

Weekly S&P 500 chart has a pending Golden Cross (50 x 200 Week MA upside crossing).

FED's QE2 is fueling cash in the equities market. The index is a bit overstretched above the 50-Week MA and a possible test of the Golden Cross levels - approximately 10% correction to 1175 - 1200.

Dr. Copper is alive and kicking as global growth is recovering boosted by the Central Banks' persistence in keeping the loose money policy.

Crude Oil is sustaining a break above the psychological $100 mark. Next target lies at around $112 with technical indicators supporting the bullish case for Oil.

Gold is testing the all time High around $1440 and might correct till $1360-80 to test the long term trend line Support.

Silver is a bit overstretched above the 50-Week MA and testing the Trendline Resistance at current levels ~ 34.50. At this level I'd watch for a possible fake break and correction to 26-24 levels where the Long term Support should hold the present Trend.

US Dollar Index (DX) is trading right at the Long term Support trend line at 76.40-50.

FED's policy isn't signalling any hints of tightening and the debt buying program is weighting on the USD value. Below 76 level the trend should accelerate.

The 30-Year UST Bond is trading right at the 200-Week MA which held the last 5 tests on the downside. QE2 program is still in action so I'd be cautious on breaks below as I see limited downside until June '11 after which it will important to see the market reaction as the bond king Bill Gross asked who will buy the US debt after FED stops the POMOs.

The 2Year - 10Year Bond Spread is currently Bullishly steepened which suggests more economic growth and spell bullish sign for the equities.

The longer end of the yield curve - the 10Year-30Year Bond Spread has also violently reversed and steepened in the end of 2010 which supports the bullish case for the equity markets so far.

US Dollar Index Reversal tracking the Flattening 2Y-10Y UST Spread

The chart shows an extremely tight correlation of the US Dollar Index to the 2Y/10Y UST Notes Spread. The strength in the USD has been fueled by the Steepening in the spread following the Nov '10 announcement of the QE2 program.

This however seems to have run its course and the spread is turning flat along with the violent reversal in the USDX last week. This might be linked to an undergoing allocation into bonds or the effect of the ongoing bond purchases by the FED as the rate rise is postponed for the time being.

The reversal of the USDX ahead of the Resistance at the 200-DMA is a bearish sign and the ADX reading is signalling a pending Trend strengthening of the down move. RSI and Momentum indicators basically reflect the range trading conditions since Dec '10.

The EUR/USD staged a strong recovery off the 1.29 Support level as indicated in previous posts.

I had to rethink my thesis for USD strength in light of the latest developments and I assume the market will focus now on the unfolding Large Uptrend Channel as marked on the chart.

Trade wise I'd like to see a close above 1.35 for the 1.37 target to come in focus. I expect the price to lift into the 1.35-1.37 range for the next week. The bullish bias in the EUR/USD is present and only a close below 1.3240-50 would negate the present momentum and will force the market to re-think the current scenario.

UST 30-Year Bond - Pullback to 123

Lookinf for a bounce into the upper channel trendline resistance around 122-123 after the Flat Support at 119 held the current slide.

Global Macro Update

S&P 500 started to decline after reaching overextended level of complacency. While the pullback was much expected we must see 1235/40 broken to look for a bigger slide.

10-Year Notes have been in an oversold state for quite some time and need to hold above 119 for a move higher. There is a case for higher yields on the back of better employment data released this week however with the pending slide in Equities I'd look for a flight to quality pushing the Notes higher into the 121 level.

Increased Volatility in Precious Metals suggests a possible Distribution phase is in progress.

Price action around 1355 would determine the Short term sentiment in Gold.

Dr. Copper as traders call it is leading the Equities cycle and is still strong however just like S&P it is in pullback mode and we should monitor 420 and then 410 levels to offer support.

Last week's news of the large trader holding approximately 85% of LME's Copper is interesting and points to a possible squeeze just like the large exposure of the GLD ETF to physical Gold price might severely affect the price action once the public participation starts to fade and the holdings are started unwinding.

10Y Note /30Y Bond Divergence - Signs of Weakness

10Y Note made Higher High however 30Y Bond might be signalling weakening in the trend of the Fixed Income market which is evident in the Momentum readings.

I could not know if bond vigilantes are rejecting owning a 30Y paper at the current low yields or the FED has more power in suppressing the short to medium term (2-10Y) yields however I take this DIVERGENCE as a sign of pending trend weakness.

Volatility is making new lows but Bond Yields are turning

10-Year Note is making Bullish Engulfing pattern with low at the 50-DMA Support.

So we look for confirmation on the upside.

10-Year Yield made a Bearish Engulfment right at the 50-DMA Resistance.

ROC is in overbought territory but RSI is just signalling a bullish trend so a confirmation on the downside is needed as we saw the same situation above in the underlying bond price.

Volatility broke to a new Low as complacency seems to win over fear and markets are managing to run higher. My guess is we break out of this state of mind very abruptly but in timing we must be canny so I'd watch for a close above the Horizontal line.

Bonds are trading higher - Yields are easing

TLT has notably bounced off Gap Support line and TYX correspondingly is trading lower after reaching my notional target at 3.9% as I wrote a week ago. All is going okay in the New Normal...

Japanese Govt Bonds are correcting but running into Support

Yield is creeping higher inside the downtrend channel targeting 1.46%.

Weekly bond prices came off Overbought levels on the Weekly RSI however they are at a long term support level and will have to consolidate before the move resumes and certainly IF only the global re-flation is on the menu again.

The rising Volatility in the Bond market signals a possible trend change

The Long Bond is trading inside a rising trend channel and bounced off the 13-Day MA Support on the last Friday Option Expiry as Tonbridge AL kindly reminded.

The COT Report however shows a possible change of hands as Commercials and Large Speculators are exchanging their exposure and that is a serious sign of caution. The trend has been strong but it always reaches a point where it bends and the rise in Volatility on last Friday is a sure sign of possible change.

10Y Note has similarly reversed the Friday volatility break but the COT Report here also shows that Commercials as swapping holdings with Large traders and we should remain cautions of the underlying moves.

30-Year Treasury Bond yield reverses with initial target at 3.9%

Bouncing off the lower channel trendline 30-Year Bond yield is targeting initially the Upper trendline resistance at 3.9%. RSI and ROC are indicating there is a reason for strong conviction in this trade, not to mention that the candle is qualified for a Key Reversal sign.

Japanese Government Bonds near their 20-year High

Japan 5-year CDS is making Higher Highs/Lows.

JGBs are drawing investors attention recently as they are close to 145 which was their 2003 High price. Monthly RSI is not even in Overbought condition so timing of a Short sell would be of a great importance since this market has been ranging for a full decade with no meaningful correction.

Kyle Bass from Hayman Advisors made a pile of money in the sub-prime crisis and he is now on the wires for his Short JGB position:

http://www.marketfolly.com/2010/08/kyle-bass-betting-against-japanese.html

While deflationary pressure is building and everybody is starting again the bond bubble talk I'm pleased to observe a high momentum trend in bond prices and I believe it will be a nice educational experience to see how high it can go until it finally breaks. Then when inflationary cycle begins we will be ready to start building an equities allocation.

TLT - Long-end Bonds are on a steep trend move

Equities, Bonds, Commodities and FX Markets Update

EUR/USD found support above 1.27 at around 38.2% Fib (1.1860 - 1.3350) and is close to the Trendline support - a close below 1.27 confirms a trend reversal.

SPY broke heavily through the Trendline support and is leaking badly to the downside with first target around 105 which contained the trend in the previous test. A break lower would show high risk of making new lows and possibly reverting to new bear market.

TLT - Bond markets are creeping higher in a mighty trend style while long term yields are depressed and deflationary pressure is rising - FED's move into Quantitative Easing 2.0 is definitely in progress but seems there will be more pain until Inflationary theme kicks in - possibly 6 to 9 months if the first stimulus campaign and its results from March 2009 could be any guide.

GLD - Gold is trending higher again after the correction in July. We need to see 120 broken for a test of the all time highs. There are plenty of rumors and research on gold manipulation and price suppression however until deflationary pressure is cooled off I assume it's pretty normal for Gold to correct its price. On the other side John Paulson and David Einhorn which are high level hedge fund professionals have large allocations in GLD and physical Gold so I keep na eye on the trend strength.

Copper has been bullish despite the stock corrections. Its chart seems like a large swing graphic of the economic tides and its over sensitivity to the industrial activity. I expect it to go down until we have new stimulus measures from the global governments as it seems the first stage of the stimuli-induced growth is already losing strength and austerity measures are not of great help.

Crude Oil is near support as ween from the trend channel - I would expect however to see it lower as inflationary pressures are pretty far away and economic growth is not on the main list for the time being.

VXX the short term VIX fund is basing and creeping higher as stocks decline and markets are going back i to Risk OFF modus operandi. I expect VXX to rally along with the Bond market and the SPY decline since September is usually a pretty volatile month and it's time to shake off the complacency of the markets that has been ruling as of late.