Wednesday 6 July 2016

Turning back lower

US equity indexes closed broadly lower, sp -14pts @ 2088 (intra low 2080). The two leaders - Trans/R2K, settled lower by -1.3% and -1.5% respectively. VIX settled higher by 5.5% to 15.58. Near term outlook offers the 2040/30s, with VIX 19/20s.


sp'daily5



VIX'daily3



Summary

The short trading week began on a somewhat bearish note.

To be clear, I don't expect anything under sp'2030 this week, even if the Friday jobs data comes in <50K. It always takes some time to build downward momentum. A break under the BREXIT low of 1991 looks out of range until at least next week.

As next week is opex - which inherently leans in favour to the bulls, more 'interesting' downside to the 1950/20 zone looks out of range until after July 17th.


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US Bonds, TLT, monthly2


US bonds continue to rise as the 10yr yield is now down to around 1.3%. TLT in the $150/160s is a viable near term target. By default, higher bonds bode against equities.. not always... but often.


WTIC oil, weekly2


A seventh consecutive blue candle, after a Tuesday decline of -4.9% to the $46s. First big support is the $40 threshold, which looks probable before end month, and that would bode well for the equity bears.

Goodnight from London