Turkey Torpedoes Markets

US Dollar: Sept. USD is Up at 96.335.

Energies: Sept '18 Crude is Down at 67.36.

Financials: The Sept 30 year bond is Down 2 ticks and trading at 144.19.

Indices: The Sept S&P 500 emini ES contract is 52 ticks Lower and trading at 2823.75.

Gold: The Dec Gold contract is trading Down at 1211.80 Gold is 72 ticks Lower than its close.

Initial Conclusion

This is not a correlated market.  The dollar is Up+ and Crude is Down-  which is normal but the 30 year Bond is trading Lower, although fractionally.  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 Lower and Crude is trading Lower which is not correlated. Gold is trading Down- which is correlated with the US dollar trading Higher.   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 Lower. Currently all of Europe is also trading Lower.

Possible Challenges To Traders Today

• Mortgage Delinquencies.  This is major.

• Lack of major economic news.

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.

On Friday the ZB made it's move at around 8 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 8 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 8 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 20 plus ticks per contract on this trade.  Each tick is worth $31.25.

Charts Courtesy of MultiCharts built on an AMP platform

Bias

On Friday we gave the markets a Downside bias as the indices didn't seem to have any sense of direction Friday morning.  The markets didn't disappoint as the Dow dropped 196 points and the other indices lost ground as well.  Today we aren't dealing with a correlated market and our bias is to the Downside.

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

Commentary

On Friday we woke to the news that the Turkish President had told his populace to sell any foreign currency and stock up on the Turkish Lira.  This event caused the global markets to falter across the board.  Bear in mind that the markets do not like any event or incident that causes the markets to hesitate, take stock and/or falter.  This is protectionism as its best with a fear that other currencies will cause that nation's currency to weaken.  Just as with trade protectionism, this is not in the market's best interest either.  Remember that there is a saying that perception becomes reality, so if the global markets perceive that the Turkish Lira will cause a weakening, then it will....