EQUITY TECHS: E-MINI S&P: (U5) Bulls Remain In The Driver’s Seat
Jul-04 13:39
RES 4: 6402.44 1.382 proj of the May 23 - Jun 11 - 23 price swing
RES 3: 6381.00 1.764 proj of the Apr 7 - 10 - 21 price swing
RES 2: 6356.12 1.236 proj of the May 23 - Jun 11 - 23 price swing
RES 1: 6333.25 High Jul 3
PRICE: 6284.00 @ 14:28 BST Jul 4
SUP 1: 6235.50 Low Jul 2
SUP 2: 6138.46/6000.73 20- and 50-day EMA values
SUP 3: 5811.50 Low May 23
SUP 4: 5645.75 Low May 7
The trend condition in S&P E-Minis remains bullish. Resistance at 6128.75, the Jun 11 high, has recently been breached. The break confirmed a resumption of the uptrend that started Apr 7. This has been followed by a breach of key resistance and a bull trigger at 6277.50, the Feb 21 high. Sights are on 6356.12, a Fibonacci projection. Key support is at the 50-day EMA - at 6000.73.
The 10-Year gilt/Bund spread is back below 210bp, with gilts outperforming Bunds as Tsys rally in the wake of the ADP employment data and Trump’s latest critique of Fed Chair Powell.
The spread failed to test the April closing highs (218.8bp) in recent weeks, although the short-term fundamental and technical outlooks suggest there is a risk of further widening.
The short-term technical outlook for Bund futures is a little more constructive than that for gilts.
10-Year gilt yields remain stuck in the wedge drawn off the longer-term uptrend (beginning at the December ’21 lows) and the short run downtrend drawn off the ’25 high. The benchmark last trades at 4.63%, with the boundaries of the wedge located at 4.500% & 4.788% today.
Ongoing fiscal fragility in the UK keeps focus on the upper end of the recent range, although some speculation surrounding (a modest degree of) fiscal tightening has prevented 10-Year gilt yields from moving towards year-to-date highs (4.921%).
Meanwhile, the market seems more at ease with the idea of fiscal loosening in Germany than it did around the time of the “whatever it takes” declaration made in early March. Two factors seem to be at play here, some believe that the size of the loosening will comfortably undershoot initial estimates & related debt issuance has not been immediate, giving the market some breathing room.
Note that the relatively elevated gilt beta to moves in U.S. Tsys (compared to Bunds) and the complex macro environment evident at present add further layers of complexity to the outlook for the spread.