The Day After

Good Morning Traders,

As of this writing 5:25 AM EST, here’s what we see:

US Dollar: March USD is Down at 95.010.
Energies: March '19 Crude is Down at 54.17.
Financials: The Mar 30 year bond is Up 18 ticks and trading at 146.08.
Indices: The Mar S&P 500 emini ES contract is 6 ticks Higher and trading at 2684.00.
Gold: The Feb Gold contract is trading Up at 1326.80. Gold is 112 ticks Higher than its close.

Initial Conclusion

This is not a correlated market. The dollar is Down- and Crude is Down- which is not normal but the 30 year Bond is trading Higher. The Financials should always correlate with the US dollar such that if the dollar is lower then bonds should follow and vice-versa. The S&P is Higher and Crude is trading Lower which is correlated. Gold is trading Higher which is correlated with the US dollar trading Lower. 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.

At this hour all of Asia is trading Higher. Currently Europe is trading Higher with the exception of the Milan and Spanish IBEX exchanges which are Lower at this time..

Possible Challenges To Traders Today

• Challenger Job Cuts is out at 7:30 AM EST. This is major.

• Employment Cost Index is out at 8:30 AM EST. This is not major.

• Unemployment Claims is out at 8:30 AM EST. This is major.

• Chicago PMI is out at 9:45 AM. This is major.

• Natural Gas Storage is out at 10:30 AM. This is major.

 Treasuries

We've elected to switch gears a bit and show correlation between the 30 year bond (ZB) and The YM futures contract. The YM contract is the DJIA and the purpose is to show reverse correlation between the two instruments. Remember it's liken to a seesaw, when up goes up the other should go down and vice versa.

Yesterday the ZB made a major move at around 9 AM EST. The ZB hit a High at around that time and the YM hit a Low. If you look at the charts below ZB gave a signal at around 9 AM EST and the YM was moving Higher at the same time. Look at the charts below and you'll see a pattern for both assets. ZB hit a High at around 9 AM and the YM was moving Higher at the same time. These charts represent the newest version of MultiCharts and I've changed the timeframe to a 30 minute chart to display better. This represented a Shorting opportunity on the 30 year bond, as a trader you could have netted about a dozen ticks per contract on this trade. Each tick is worth $31.25. Please note: the front month for the ZB contract is now March, 2019

Charts Courtesy of MultiCharts built on an AMP platform.

Bias

Yesterday we gave the markets a Neutral bias as it was FOMC Day and as is our custom; we always maintain a Neutral bias on that day. The Dow rose 435 points and the other indices gained ground as well. Today we aren't dealing with a correlated market and our bias is Neutral.

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

Commentary

Well FOMC Day came and went and it appears the Fed took our advice and not raise (only kidding, of course!!!). We're glad that the Fed didn't hike the FFR as currently many US firms are struggling with earnings issues and the worst thing that could occur now is for the Federal Reserve to hike rates and make the cost of borrowing higher. I believe that the Real Estate industry was waiting for this decision as Pending Home Sales fell by more than 2%. Many will say this isn't home buying season and there is a measure of truth to this but not hiking will certainly help.