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  • Charts I’m Watching: Dec 21, 2021

    Futures bounced sharply after plunging nearly to the 100-day moving average yesterday, ping-ponging up to backtest the 50-DMA.SPX should have a decent shot at closing yesterday’s gap before the action resumes.

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  • Charts I’m Watching: Dec 6, 2021

    VIX tagged our 34.84 target on Friday – an important breakout in risk – before tumbling back into the safe zone.

    With other factors holding their ground and equities’ 100-DMAs still untagged, it’s not at all clear that the worst is over.

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  • A Death Cross from VIX

    It’s only happened 4 times in the past five years. The last time it happened was on Feb 27, 2020.  SPX had reached a new all-time high of 3393.52 a week earlier and had sold off 12% so far on news of the new coronavirus reaching US shores.  We were in the minority of analysts warning of an imminent selloff.VIX, which had been loitering in the teens for months, had gapped from 17 to 25 a few days before, sending its 50-DMA above its 200-DMA. In technical analysis, this is known as a golden cross. It’s normally a bullish move. But, since a rising VIX is typically bearish for stocks, this was the equivalent of a death cross.

    We all remember what happened next.Note that only half of the prior instances resulted in a large correction. The other half turned out to be insignificant. VIX was hammered into submission within a day or two, unwinding the 50/200 cross and sending stocks scurrying higher.

    Which will it be this time? Was this morning’s dreadful jobs report the keymaster and gatekeeper’s meet cute? The “stag” to the economy’s “flation?”

    Unlike Nigerian Air Force Lance Corporal Ogah Bercy, we have at least been warned.We should know soon enough.

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  • Charts I’m Watching: Dec 1, 2021

    The algos have been busy overnight again, driving futures up 50+ points as we head into the open. Omicron shutdowns, botched responses and Powell’s admission that the Fed might accelerate the taper seem to have been forgotten.

    ES came close to our next downside target, but whiffed. Is the correction over?

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  • Update on Currencies: Nov 17, 2021

    EURUSD  tagged our next downside target overnight: the .618 Fib at 1.1285. As we discussed in last month’s currency update [see: At The Brink] this breakdown below support has been instrumental in helping DXY achieve our long-expected breakout.

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  • Charts I’m Watching: Nov 15, 2021

    VIX collapsed in the nick of time yet again, busting ES’ latest falling channel.

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  • CPI: Out of Control

    CPI soared to 6.24% YoY in October, well above the 5.9% expected and the highest since Nov 1990. The MoM print of 0.9% and the Core CPI print of 4.2% also came in hotter than expected and set multiyear records. Put simply, the Fed has lost control.As we’ve discussed, inflation continues to become more broad-based than the oil/gas-driven effect initially seen earlier this year.

    The chart below shows the divergence from May-September and illustrates the importance of oil/gas prices to future inflation prints. If gas prices were to level off at today’s levels, the direct effect on CPI would cease in November. However, even if the base effect were to roll off, the other categories are now equally problematic. Futures are off 20 points on the news, with several key factors indicating more to come.

    Today marks the point at which the Fed officially stops cheering on the reflation trade.

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  • Out of Sync

    SPX tagged a significant Fibonacci extension Friday, but ES came up short of its equivalent target at 4728. Meanwhile, CL is faltering and USDJPY is rolling over as VIX faces a bullish 10/20 cross. What does it all mean?

    Surprisingly, the answer might lie with the bond market.

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  • The Countdown

    It’s easy enough to engineer a meltup in advance of a Fed meeting. We’ve seen it countless times. But, what about after a meeting, particularly one where an actual taper or rate hike is announced? The countdown has begun. Stay tuned.

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  • Monday Morning Meltup

    Futures are continuing their meltup in the pre-market on a 4% bounce in crude oil and the usual overnight slump in VIX.

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