USD: Sep ’26 is Up at 99.795.
Energies: Sep ’26 Crude is Up at 90.50.
Financials: The Sep ’26 30 Year T-Bond is Lower by 9 ticks and trading at 107.31.
Indices: The Sep ’26 S&P 500 emini ES contract is 80icks Lower and trading at 7622.75.
Gold: The Aug’26 Gold contract is trading Down at 4350.80.
Initial conclusion
This is not a correlated market. The USD is Up and Crude is Up which is not normal, but the 30-Year T-Bond is trading Lower. 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 Higher which is correlated. Gold is trading Lower which is correlated with the US dollar trading Up. 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 goes Up the other goes Down. All of Asia traded Lower. All of Europe is trading Lower as well.
Possible challenges to traders
- DP Non-Farm Employment Change at 8:15 AM EST. Major.
- Factory Orders is out at 10 AM EST. Major.
- Crude Oil Inventories is out at 10:30 AM EST. Major.
- Beige Book is out at 2 PM EST. Major.
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 dived Lower at around 9 AM EST with no real news pending. The Dow charged Higher at around the same time. Look at the charts below and you’ll see a pattern for both assets. The ZT dived Lower at around 9 AM EST and the Dow climbed Higher 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 about a dozen plus ticks per contract on this trade. Each tick is worth $6.25. Please note: the front month for the ZT is now Sep ’26. I’ve changed the format to filled Candlesticks (not hollow) such that it may be more apparent and visible.
Charts courtesy of Barcharts
Bias
Yesterday we gave the markets a Downside bias and the markets didn’t disappoint. The Dow dropped 419 points and the other indices closed Lower as well. Today our bias is to the Downside.
Could this change? Of Course. Remember anything can happen in a volatile market.
Commentary
Now the US has traded missiles with Iran and the markets paid the price for that. Crude Oil exceeded $90 a barrel yesterday. Will this continue?
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