Turkey: Day Two

US Dollar: Sept. USD is Down at 96.095.

Energies: Sept '18 Crude is Up at 67.77.

Financials: The Sept 30 year bond is Down 10 ticks and trading at 144.00.

Indices: The Sept S&P 500 emini ES contract is 44 ticks Higher and trading at 2836.50.

Gold: The Dec Gold contract is trading Up at 1201.90 Gold is 30 ticks Higher than its close.

Initial Conclusion

This is not a correlated market.  The dollar is Down- and Crude is Up+  which is normal and 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 S&P is Higher and Crude is trading Higher which is not correlated. Gold is trading Down- which is not 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 Asia is trading mainly Higher with the exception of the Hang Seng and Shanghai exchanges that are Lower at this time.  Currently all of Europe is trading Higher.

Possible Challenges To Traders Today

• NFIB Small Business Index is out at 6 AM EST.  This is major.

• Import Prices m/m is out at 8:30 AM EST.  This is major.

• Mortgage Delinquencies.  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 it's move at around 9 AM EST.  The ZB hit a Low at around that time and the YM hit a High.  If you look at the charts below ZB gave a signal at around 9 AM EST and the YM was moving Lower at the same time. Look at the charts below and you'll see a pattern for both assets. ZB hit a Low at around 9 AM and the YM was moving Lower 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 Long opportunity on the 30 year bond, as a trader you could have netted about 15 ticks per contract on this trade.  Each tick is worth $31.25.

Charts Courtesy of MultiCharts built on an AMP platform.

 

Bias

Yesterday we gave the markets a Downside bias as the USD was trading Higher and the Bonds were on the cusp of going Higher.  The markets didn't disappoint as the Dow dropped 125 points and the other indices lost ground as well.  Today we aren't dealing with a correlated market and our bias is to the Upside.

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

Commentary

Yesterday we in essence witnessed a reprise of Friday as the markets dropped across the board for Day Two.  The question remains as to how long do we allow Turkey and the Turkish Lira to drive chaos across the global markets?  The reason why this is happening is because the perception is everyone else is doing it so why be late to the party?  Now I wouldn't call Turkey a 3rd rate power nor would I consider them to be a 3rd rate country; but they aren't a world power and yet the rest of the world is being hostage to their antics.  If they wanted to capture center stage for something they certainly achieved it but now we must get back to the business of business.