As suggested, up

USD: Sept '24 is Down at 102.280.

Energies: Sept '24 Crude is Down at 78.04.

Financials: The Sept '24 30 Year T-Bond is Up 9 ticks and trading at 124.09

Indices: The Sept '24 S&P 500 emini ES contract is 4 ticks Lower and trading at 5854.00.

Gold: The Dec'24 Gold contract is trading Up at 2512.00

Initial conclusion

This is not a correlated market. The USD is Down and Crude is Down which is not normal, but the 30 Year T-Bond is trading Up. The Financials should always correlate with the US dollar such that if the dollar is Higher, then the bonds should follow and vice-versa. The S&P is Lower and Crude is trading Lower which is not correlated. Gold is trading Higher which is correlated with the US dollar trading Down. 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. Asia traded Mixed.  All of Europe is trading Higher.

Possible challenges to traders

• Core CPI m/m is out at 8:30 AM EST. This is Major.

• CPI m/m is out at 8:30 AM EST. This is Major.

• CPI y/y is out at 8:30 AM EST. This is Major.

• Crude Oil Inventories is out at 10:30 AM EST.  This is Major.

Traders, please note that we've changed the Bond instrument from the 10 year (ZN) to the 2 year (ZT).  They work exactly the same.  

We've elected to switch gears a bit and show correlation between the 10-year Treasury notes (ZN) and the S&P futures contract.  The YM contract is the Dow Jones Industrial Average, and the purpose is to show reverse correlation between the two instruments.  Remember it's likened to a seesaw, when up goes up the other should go down and vice versa.

Yesterday the ZT migrated Higher at around 8:30 AM EST. If you look at the charts below the ZT gave a signal at around 8:30 AM with no real economic news is sight and started its Downward slide. Look at the charts below and you'll see a pattern for both assets. The Dow moved Lower at 8:30 AM and the ZT moved Higher at around the same time. These charts represent the newest version of BarCharts, and I've changed the timeframe to a 15-minute chart to display better. This represented a Long opportunity on the 2-year note, as a trader you could have netted about 40 plus ticks per contract on this trade. Each tick is worth $7.625. Please note: the front month for ZT is Sept and the Dow is now Sept '24. I've changed the format to filled Candlesticks (not hollow) such that it may be more apparent and visible.

Charts courtesy of Barcharts

ZT -Sept 2024 - 08/13.24

Dow - Sept 2024- 08/13/24

Bias

Yesterday we gave the markets an Upside bias and the markets didn't disappoint. The Dow gained 409 points, and the other indices gained ground as well. Today we aren't dealing with a correlated market and our bias is Neutral or Mixed.

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

Commentary

Yesterday the concern seemed to be over the PPi numbers out at 8:30 AM EST. This turned out to be a non-event as the PPI numbers were tame compared to past reports.  The expectation was 0.2% and it turned out to be a flat zero, which will serve to take away the notion of higher prices at the producer or manufacturer level. Today we have the CPI numbers which will hit the consumer directly, but we hope that yesterday's report will have some bearing on the Consumer Price Index. But as in all things only time will tell...