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Testing Testing and Away We Go 10/18/24

The ES 24 hour S&P futures pulled back to trend support 3 times in the last 36 hours. Apparently the third time is the charm.

I just made that up.

OK, not, but looking at this pattern, and seeing those hourly cycle oscillators turn up from above the zero line, this sure looks like a blastoff setup.

What else is new. The 5 day cycle projection points to 5910. That’s new. And the round number syndrome calls. That’s not new. We noted that before.  Round Number Syndrome

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Back on the road today, but destination by the early regular trading hours in New York, so I’ll be back.

Oh, one more thing. The US Treasury continues to pound the market with T-bill issuance. Remember, T-bills are money, or as good as money, because they are instantly convertible into spendable cash via the magique of repo at 97 cents on the doolah.

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But they’re not using any excess cash to buy Treasury coupons. The 10 year yield is pressing the high again. A breakout would be big trouble for those enormous futures hedges supporting the Treasury carry trade. Liquidity Says, The End Is Nigh, Almost

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And oh gold! Gold a la Mode

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