The front end of the curve has predictably moved lower in response to the recent hike in the Fed Funds rate. The second quarterly in the Eurodollar futures complex is trading in a range with a lower support level at around 98.50. See the chart below. Coincidentally, we have seen the June 2020 quarterly contract…
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Technicals Inform the Fundamental: QE4-ever?
It is amazing how technical analysis can inform us of the fundamentals! Recently, a look at the 30 year futures proved very interesting. Take a look back at the entry, BIG PICTURE ANALYSIS OF 30 YEAR FUTURES: UP WHERE THE AIR IS THIN, and see the several interesting questions that the chart begged to be asked. At that…
Big Picture Analysis of 30 Year Futures: Up Where the Air is Thin
A look at the quarterly and monthly charts of the 30 year futures contract tells a big story. Thirty year futures retraced rather vigorously throughout all of 2013. Our quarterly chart below shows five consecutive quarters where 30 year futures close lower (from the last quarter of 2012 to the fourth quarter of 2013). Signs of…