Good Morning Traders,

As of this writing 4:20 AM EST, here’s what we see:

US Dollar: Up at 97.430 the US Dollar is up 148 ticks and trading at 97.430.

Energies: April Crude is up at 33.43.

Financials: The Mar 30 year bond is down 22 ticks and trading at 166.21.
Indices: The Mar S&P 500 emini ES contract is up 45 ticks and trading at 1961.75.

Gold: The April gold contract is trading down at 1229.80. Gold is 90 ticks lower than its close.

Initial Conclusion

This is not a correlated market. The dollar is up+ and crude is up+ which is not normal but the 30 year bond is trading lower. The Financials should always correlate with the US dollar such that if the dollar is lower then bonds should follow and vice-versa. The indices are up and Crude is trading higher which is not correlated. Gold is trading down which is correlated with the US dollar trading up. I tend to believe that Gold has an inverse relationship with the US Dollar as when the US Dollar is down, Gold tends to rise in value and vice-versa. Think of it as a seesaw, when one is up the other should be down. I point this out to you to make you aware that when we don’t have a correlated market, it means something is wrong. As traders you need to be aware of this and proceed with your eyes wide open.

All of Asia traded higher with some exchanges in positive triple digit territory. As of this writing all of Europe is trading higher.

Possible Challenges To Traders Today

- Prelim GDP q/q is out at 8:30 AM EST. This is major.

- Core PCE Price Index m/m is out at 8:30 AM EST. This is major.

- Goods Trade Balance is out at 8:30 AM EST. This is major.

- Personal Spending m/m is out at 8:30 AM EST. This is major.

- Personal Income m/m is out at 8:30 AM EST. This is major.

- Prelim GDP Price Index q/q is out at 8:30 AM EST. This is major.

- Prelim GDP Price Index q/q is out at 10 AM EST. This is not major.

- Revised UoM Inflation Expectations is out at 10 AM EST. This is not major.

- FOMC Member Powell Speaks at 10:15 AM EST. This is major.

- FOMC Member Brainard Speaks at 1:30 PM EST. This is major.

Currencies

Yesterday the Swiss Franc made it’s move at around 9:30 AM EST after the economic news was released. The USD hit a high at around that time and the Swiss Franc hit a low. If you look at the charts below the USD gave a signal at around 9:30 AM EST, while the Swiss Franc also gave a signal at just about the same time. Look at the charts below and you’ll see a pattern for both assets. The USD hit a high at around 9:30 AM EST and the Swiss Franc hit a low. These charts represent the latest version of Trend Following Trades and I’ve changed the timeframe to a Renko chart to display better. This represented a long opportunity on the Swiss Franc, as a trader you could have netted about 20 plus ticks per contract on this trade. We added a Donchian Channel to the charts to show the signals more clearly. Remember each tick on the Swiss Franc is equal to $12.50 versus the $10.00 that we usually see for currencies.

Charts Courtesy of Trend Following Trades built on a NinjaTrader platform

Pre-Market Global Review

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Bias

Yesterday we gave the markets a neutral as the futures didn’t seem to have much in the way of direction yesterday morning. The Dow rose by 212 points and the other indices gained ground as well. Today we aren’t dealing with a correlated market however our bias is to the upside.

Could this change? Of Course. Remember anything can happen in a volatile market.

Commentary

Yesterday we gave the markets a neutral bias as the futures seemed to be flip-flopping between positive and negative territory all morning long but by the afternoon it was clear that the markets would move forward and gain ground. Remember that a neutral bias means the markets could go in any direction and yesterday morning that appeared to be the case. Today we have a virtual tsunami of economic news plus two Fed members speaking. Kindly bear in mind that anything can happen in a volatile market and often does….

Trading performance displayed herein is hypothetical. The following Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) disclaimer should be noted.

Hypothetical performance results have many inherent limitations, some of which are described below. No representation is being made that any account will or is likely to achieve profits or losses similar to those shown.

In fact, there are frequently sharp differences between hypothetical performance results and the actual results subsequently achieved by any particular trading program. One of the limitations of hypothetical performance trading results is that they are generally prepared with the benefit of hindsight.

In addition, hypothetical trading does not involve financial risk, and no hypothetical trading record can completely account for the impact of financial risk in actual trading. For example, the ability to withstand losses or to adhere to a particular trading program in spite of trading losses are material points which can also adversely affect actual trading results.

There are numerous other factors related to the markets in general or to the implementation of any specific trading program which cannot be fully accounted for in the preparation of hypothetical performance results and all of which can adversely affect actual trading results.

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