OUTLOOK: Price Signal Summary - S&P E-Minis Bear Threat Still Present

Sep-19 10:21
  • A bear cycle in the E-mini S&P contract remains in play. Key short-term support has been defined at 4483.25, the Sep 7 low. Clearance of this level would be a bearish development and open 4397.75, the Aug 18 low and a bear trigger. For bulls, a resumption of gains would instead open 4597.50, the Sep 1 high. Initial firm resistance is at 4566.00, the Sep 15 high.
  • A strong sell-off in EUROSTOXX 50 futures Monday highlights a bearish start to this week’s session. A continuation lower would threaten the recent short-term bullish theme and refocus attention on key near-term support at 4210.00, the Sep 8 low. Clearance of this level would confirm a resumption of the downtrend that started late July. Key short-term resistance has been defined at 4359.00, the Sep 15 high. A break would be bullish.

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US TSYS: Markets Roundup: Rates Off Week Lows, Focus on Eco-Summit Next Week

Aug-18 19:28
  • US Rates are holding moderately firmer levels after the bell late Friday, inside a relatively narrow range following Thursday's sell-off to new contract lows. A quiet end to the week with no economic data Friday, or next Monday for that matter, or Fed speakers until next week.
  • Chicago Fed President Goolsbee returns with opening remarks at a Fed listens event on youth employment at 1430ET Tuesday, followed by a fireside chat with Gov Bowman at 1530ET Tuesday.
  • Markets eager for details on next week's KC Fed Economic Policy Symposium in Jackson Hole: ‘Structural Shifts in the Global Economy,’ from August 24 to August 26 (schedule/attendees list likely announced the evening of the 24th).
  • Treasury futures bounced off early session lows to new session highs in midmorning trade, shy of overnight highs with obvious headline or block/cross driver. Cross-market/asset: Bunds inched higher after the cash open in stocks, Gilts off session lows; West Texas crude climbed .88 to 81.27 while Gold recede -1.45 to 1887.99..
  • USD index held marginal negative territory. The Japanese Yen is the strongest performer in G10, with USDJPY slowly gravitating back towards session lows and the important pivotal support around 145.10.

US: Japan-ROK: Biden-Kishida-Yoon Joint Press Conference Underway Shortly

Aug-18 18:58

President Biden, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida are shortly due to conduct a joint press conference following the conclusion of their historic trilateral summit at Camp David, Maryland.

  • Livestream: Link
  • The Camp David summit is the first-ever tripartite meeting solely involving the three nations' leaders outside of the constraints of an international gathering and appears set to deliver President Biden one of his most significant foreign policy wins of his first term in the White House.
  • More information in today's edition of our US Daily Brief.
  • Summary of White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan's press preview of the summit: Link

STIR: BLOCK, Late SFRF'4/SFRM'5 SOFR Call Spread Spread

Aug-18 18:56
  • 20,000 SFRF4 95.12/95.62 call spds vs. SFRM5 96.75/97.25 call spds, 9.5 net SFRM5 over at 1432:35ET