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Analysis

Election certified

USD: Mar '25 is Down at 107.910.

Energies: Feb '25 Crude is Up at 74.15.

Financials: The Mar '25 30 Year T-Bond is Down 10 ticks and trading at 112.26.

Indices: The Mar '25 S&P 500 emini ES contract is 16 ticks Higher and trading at 6024.75.

Gold: The Feb'25 Gold contract is trading Up at 2659.60.

Initial conclusion

This is not a correlated market.  The USD is Down and Crude is Up which is normal, and the 30 Year T-Bond is trading Lower fractionally.  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 Higher and Crude is trading Higher 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 Higher with the exception of the Hang Seng exchange.  Europe is trading Higher with the exception of the London exchange. 

Possible challenges to traders

  • FOMC Member Barkin Speaks at 8 AM EST.  This is Major.

  • Trade Balance is out at 8:30 AM EST.  This is Major.

  • ISM Services PMI is out at 10 AM EST.  This is Major.

  • JOLTS Job Openings is out at 10 AM EST.  This is Major.

  • 10 Year Bond Auction Starts at 1 PM 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 2-year Treasury notes (ZT) 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 Lower at around 7:40 AM EST with no economic news to speak of.  The Dow moved Higher at the same time.  Look at the charts below and you'll see a pattern for both assets. The Dow moved Higher at 7:40 AM EST and the ZT moved Lower at around the same time.  These charts represent the newest version of Bar Charts, and I've changed the timeframe to a 15-minute chart to display better.  This represented a Short opportunity on the 2-year note, as a trader you could have netted 20 plus ticks per contract on this trade.   Each tick is worth $7.625.  Please note: the front month for ZT is now Mar '25 and the Dow is now Mar '25.  I've changed the format to filled Candlesticks (not hollow) such that it may be more apparent and visible.

Charts courtesy of BarCharts

ZT -Mar 2025 - 1/06/25

Dow - Mar 2025- 1/06/25

Bias

Yesterday we gave the markets an Upside bias and for the most part the markets didn't disappoint.  Whereas the Dow closed Lower by 26 points, both the S&P and Nasdaq traded Higher.  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

So yesterday the Electoral Votes were certified in Congress with Vice President Kamela Harris presiding.  This must have been quite bittersweet for her, but to her credit she prevailed.  Fortunately there were no disturbances or riots regarding this from the Democrat side.  There were no thousands of protestors storming the Capital building, unlike the last time this was done.   The news yesterday was light but that will pick up today with Jolts Job Openings. 

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