OUTLOOK: Price Signal Summary - Recent Gains In Oil Futures Appear Corrective

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US TSYS: Stabilization Before A Thin Docket Ahead After Last Week’s Swings

Aug-04 10:54
  • Treasuries have recently pared losses to further limit moves from Friday’s close with the nonfarm payrolls report and its hugely weak two-month revisions digested. For a succinct summary of last week's swings seen after a patient Fed and weak payrolls report, see the MNI US Macro Weekly (link here).
  • We touch on it more in the STIR bullet but President Trump says he will announce a new Fed Governor and BLS commissioner in the coming days following a surprise resignation/termination on Friday.
  • Cash yields are 1-2bp higher on the day, with 2Y yields for instance more than 25bp before pre-payrolls levels.
  • 10Y yields, currently at 4.232%, appeared to meet some support at 4.20% on Friday, touching 4.2002%. It last breached 4.20% on Jul 1 and before that late Apr/early May.
  • TYU5 trades at 112-05+ (-01) having pulled back off an overnight high of 112-12, on solid cumulative volumes of 510k as non-US participants caught up with Friday’s price action.
  • Friday’s rally punched through 111-14+ (Jul 22/30 high) whilst the overnight high stopped just short of resistance at a bull trigger of 112-12+ (Jul 1 high). There’s further resistance seen shortly after with 112-15 (61.8% retrace of Apr 7-11 sell-off).
  • Data: Factory orders Jun (1000ET)
  • Fedspeak: None scheduled
  • Bill issuance: US Tsy $82B 13W, $73B 26W bill auctions (1130ET)

SOFR: Mix Of Net Long Setting & Short Cover Seen Friday

Aug-04 10:51

OI data points to net short cover dominating in the white pack on the SOFR futures strip on Friday, before net long setting came to the fore further out the strip.

  • Futures rallied on a combination of the soft economic data, President Trump's choice to make changes at the BLS and the resignation of Fed's Kugler.

 

01-Aug-25

31-Jul-25

Daily OI Change

 

Daily OI Change In Packs

SFRM5

1,234,142

1,253,764

-19,622

Whites

-10,537

SFRU5

1,304,217

1,319,881

-15,664

Reds

+2,934

SFRZ5

1,356,716

1,316,869

+39,847

Greens

+43,794

SFRH6

1,068,748

1,083,846

-15,098

Blues

+20,446

SFRM6

887,941

886,557

+1,384

 

 

SFRU6

845,706

847,985

-2,279

 

 

SFRZ6

931,604

924,990

+6,614

 

 

SFRH7

720,393

723,178

-2,785

 

 

SFRM7

711,550

710,800

+750

 

 

SFRU7

565,561

532,978

+32,583

 

 

SFRZ7

485,714

476,762

+8,952

 

 

SFRH8

331,553

330,044

+1,509

 

 

SFRM8

260,560

250,177

+10,383

 

 

SFRU8

205,641

201,107

+4,534

 

 

SFRZ8

208,248

206,749

+1,499

 

 

SFRH9

149,121

145,091

+4,030

 

 

US TSY FUTURES: Net Long Setting Dominated On Friday

Aug-04 10:44

OI data points to net long setting dominating on Friday, as the soft economic data, President Trump's choice to make changes at the BLS and the resignation of Fed's Kugler factored into the rally in Tsys.

  • Over $7mln of net DV01 equivalent was added across the curve, with the only interruption to the wider theme coming via modest net short cover in US futures.

 

01-Aug-25

31-Jul-25

Daily OI Change

OI DV01 Equivalent Change ($)

TU

4,544,796

4,534,737

+10,059

+370,945

FV

6,982,337

6,957,890

+24,447

+1,047,782

TY

4,975,435

4,930,762

+44,673

+2,956,817

UXY

2,448,676

2,425,449

+23,227

+2,038,570

US

1,737,964

1,739,990

-2,026

-283,762

WN

1,955,341

1,948,621

+6,720

+1,224,258

 

 

Total

+107,100

+7,354,610