April 26 Market Update | Technical, Fundamental, NewsDescription:
An analysis for the week ahead.
Points of Interest:
2730-2845 Balance Zone; Targets 2930, 2630; CBOE:VIX at 36.
Technical:
Nasdaq leading to the upside, with a complete retracement of Thursday’s news-driven sell-off.
Market is balancing, leveraging time to correct, rather than price. Composite profile (2/19-4/24) POC at 50% retracement. Additionally, YTD VWAP lies nearby, a clue to why prices are so rotational here. Read more about VWAP here: bit.ly
Despite terrible news, the market held up fairly well. On 4/17, /ES met it’s measured move, piercing into an area of low volume which served as resistance. Market quickly liquidated to the 2730 area and was not met with new selling. Instead, in subsequent trading, prices and value shifted higher, above the 50% retracement.
Aside from remaining in balance, the market could extend directionally, or extend and return to balance quickly. Taking out 2730, downside target at 2630, a low volume area that could serve as support. Breaking above 2845, also an area of low volume on the composite profile, target 2930.
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Fundamental:
Key Events: Central Bank Meetings; Initial Claims, Earnings; GDP; Home Sales; PCE; Consumer Confidence; Personal Income; Construction Spending; Vehicle Sales; ISM Manufacturing.
Who’s Winning: Remote Work (e.g., Zoom, Slack, Microsoft, Facebook), Cloud (e.g., Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure), Telemedicine (bit.ly). Tickers: NASDAQ:ZM , NYSE:WORK , NASDAQ:MSFT , NASDAQ:AMZN
Who’s Losing: Software (e.g., Google Chrome), Video Games (e.g., Sony), Hardware, Camera (e.g., GoPro), Manufacturing (e.g., Boeing, Ford, GM, U.S. Steel), and more (bit.ly). TICKERS: NYSE:SNE , NASDAQ:GPRO , NYSE:F , NYSE:GM , NYSE:X
Gamma Trap: Despite terrible news, major market indices ended the week practically unchanged. This comes as SPX 2,800 emerges as the neutral gamma zone. A close above $2813 SPX would “push dealer gamma in the green, creating a feedback loop whereby higher prices result in even higher prices as dealers are forced to chase the market higher” (bit.ly). TICKERS: AMEX:SPY , TVC:SPX
The Bear’s Case: “In view of how the equity market was recently up by 25.6% from its March 23 low, it should be mentioned that during the equity market’s long trek to its March 2009 trough, at one point (on January 6, 2009 to be exact) the equity market was up by an even greater 26.3% from its then low of November 20, 2008. As it turned out, the U.S, equity market sank by 27.3% from January 6, 2009’s misleading high to March 9, 2009’s bottom. Thus, even a 26% jump by the equity market from a bottom does not necessarily obviate the impending formation of an even lower trough.” Read More Here: bit.ly
The Bull’s Case: "The market is loudly saying the Fed Bazooka worked to turn the tide, and risk assets are going higher.” (bit.ly). "If this bear market was much shorter than other , it’s because the speed and magnitude of Fed actions." "Negative data is the reality around market bottoms. If this rally continues, the negative data will become less bad on the margin over the next several months. In 2009, the market started rallying in March and the non-farm payrolls report didn’t turn positive until November." "If the Fed has successfully started to reflate the economy as many assets suggest, the bond market will need to confirm this trend." "If bond yields don’t start moving higher in the next 4 weeks, this would be a major signal that the reflation trade is not working."
Crisis Averted: In New York, the risk of hospital overflowings was never realized and states are showing a genuine interest in getting back to work. "The scenes in Michigan and elsewhere show genuine hunger to resume working." "Wuhan gives us clear evidence that things can reopen within 90 days. Again, this is much better than the worst scenarios." Read More Here: bit.ly
Oil: Dislocations within physical markets remain, a negative for short-term price volatility and the spread between WTI and Brent. Adding, “US crude prices below $30/barrel (bbl) in the second quarter of 2020, and oil prices beneath the cash cost of production will lead US oil and gas producers to keep announcing deep cuts in capital spending. Such spending cuts will accelerate the decline in US oil production in 2020 and into 2021,” a downside for oil prices in 2020, even with the expected decline in supply (bit.ly). Moody’s Energy Downgrades: bit.ly Citi on the ‘New World of Petroleum’: citi.us Short puts in /CL worth the risk? Check out the statistics here: bit.ly What Oil ETFs To Invest In (HINT: Avoid $USO): bit.ly TICKERS: $CL1!, $DBO, $USL
/CL To /GC: “Realistically, a dramatic breakdown in the gold market (which might actually present as a super-spike) can’t be viewed as highly likely. But then again, an infectious disease epidemic wasn’t included in most 2020 pricing models either, nor was negative-priced crude. While it may not seem likely, one can see how a dislocation in the gold market, one starving for physical gold, could result in a strong, unexpected rally—the exact opposite of what has occurred in a flooded crude oil market.” Read more here: bit.ly TICKER: $GC1!, $GLD
Steel: “The U.S. steel industry has fallen into its most severe downturn since the 2008 financial crisis. United States Steel Corp., ArcelorMittal and other steelmakers are ratcheting back output and shedding workers, anticipating that orders and prices will fall further” (bit.ly).
Trade: “There were high hopes that China's commitment to $200 billion of increased spending on U.S. agriculture, energy, manufacturing and services as part of the ‘phase one’ trade deal would help make farmers whole. But as the virus outbreak rattled Chinese demand, those planned purchases evaporated” (bit.ly).
Treasury Run: Expectation for a sustained rise in Treasuries (mostly longer-dated maturities) remains as economic rebound expectations become more delayed (bit.ly).
Yields: “An unfolding global recession will rein in Treasury bond yields. As long as the global economy operates below trend, the 10-year Treasury yield may not remain above 1.25% for long. Until COVID-19 risks fade, substantially wider credit spreads are possible” (bit.ly).
Bond Credit: COVID-19 to strain sovereign and bank credit quality in Europe, a negative for covered bond credit. On the other hand, “covered bonds will continue to benefit from systemic support amid the coronavirus disruptions - as occurred during previous crises - which will help support overall credit quality” (bit.ly).
Earnings: Boeing, Apple, Alphabet, Facebook, Exxon, Chevron to post slowdowns or losses in certain categories. Microsoft, Spotify, Qualcomm and Amazon earnings likely to show gains in certain categories. Read More Here: tmsnrt.rs TICKERS: NYSE:BA , NASDAQ:AAPL , NASDAQ:GOOGL , NASDAQ:FB , NYSE:XOM , NYSE:CVX
Unemployment: True number of people unemployed between 32-70 million people (i.e., 20-45% unemployment rate), according to Axios (bit.ly).
Liquidity: Desire to assure adequate liquidity during has prompted a temporary surge by IG bond offerings (bit.ly). Typically, alongside a rise in corporate bond issuance comes the refinancing of “outstanding short-term debt, such as commercial paper, as long-term fixed-rate bonds in order to eliminate the risk of not being able to roll-over very short-dated credit market instruments. Once the recession subsides and the return of profits growth is visible, the imperative to buttress liquidity fades and IG bond issuance sinks as was the case during the 12-months-ended June 2010.”
Rescue Package: House approved a $480 billion coronavirus rescue package that provides aid to SMEs and hospitals. Additionally, the bill will provide a $320 billion infusion for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) which ran out of money last week. Read More Here: politi.co Check Out Moody’s PPP Breakdown Here: bit.ly
Hubei: The epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak had its economy shrink by 40%, the largest drop for any province since the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949.
Consumer Sentiment: “Morning Consult finds respondents are showing increasing optimism about the future, as the number of people who say they expect to be worse off in a year has consistently declined,” since sentiment hit a low April 7 (bit.ly).
Money Market Flows: “A record $4.65 trillion is now held in money market funds. That's around $700 billion more than the peak level seen during the 2007–2009 global financial crisis” (bit.ly).
Farming: U.S. family farmers filed 595 bankruptcies in 2019, up from 498 filings in 2018 (reut.rs). Adding, the USDA announced a $19B support program for farmers and ranchers, helping soften the blow to demand for many agricultural commodities (bit.ly). Moreover, the two prior pieces of news come alongside the closing of major meat plants across the United States, which may net higher meat prices in the long-term (bit.ly). Note: “The Farm Credit System is also strongly capitalized, a credit positive, in the event that its credit costs rise materially” (bit.ly). TICKERS: AMEX:DBA
Startup Funding: Crunchbase projects $34.5 billion was invested in North American startups in Q1 2020, up 2% year over year. The increase is attributable to late-stage venture funding. Read Here: bit.ly
Sentiment: 24.9% Bullish, 25.1% Neutral, 50.0% Bearish as of 4/25/2020 (bit.ly).
Gamma Exposure: (Trending Lower) 1,264,910,712 as of 4/25/2020 (bit.ly).
Dark Pool Index: (Trending Lower) 44% as of 4/25/2020 (bit.ly).
Index Analysis:
$SPX: TVC:SPX
$NDX: TVC:NDX
$RUT: TVC:RUT
$DJI: TVC:DJI
$NYA: TVC:NYA
$UKX: TVC:UKX
$NI225: TVC:NI225
$HSI: TVC:HSI
Futures Analysis:
/GC: AMEX:GLD
/CL: AMEX:USO AMEX:DBO NASDAQ:USLV
/NG: AMEX:UNG
/ZB: NASDAQ:TLT
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