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US TSYS/SUPPLY: Record High Indirect Takeup Highlights Strong 5Y Auction

May-28 17:12

The 5Y Note auction was typically solid in May, with the 4.071% high yield representing a 0.4bp trade-through versus the 4.075% when-issued yield at auction cutoff.

  • This was the 6th 5Y auction in the last 7 to trade through, and May's sale came with more solid peripheral statistics than usual:
  • A record (going back to data from the early 2000s) high 78.4% takedown by indirects (seen by some as a proxy for foreign investors) was a highlight, and well up from the 69.0% prior 5-auction average.
  • And primary dealers took down just 9.2% of competitives, below the 11.7% average of the prior 5 auctions, and the lowest since January 2023 - which was in turn the lowest on record (going back to the early 2000s).
  • Bid-cover of  2.39x was exactly in line with the 5-auction average.
  • Market reaction was positive: 5s richened about 0.5bp on the 2s5s7s butterfly, with 10Y yields down 1.4bp to 4.477%.
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FED: US TSY 5Y NOTE AUCTION: HIGH YLD 4.071%; ALLOTMENT 23.12%

May-28 17:02
  • US TSY 5Y NOTE AUCTION: HIGH YLD 4.071%; ALLOTMENT 23.12%
  • US TSY 5Y NOTE AUCTION: DEALERS TAKE 9.24% OF COMPETITIVES
  • US TSY 5Y NOTE AUCTION: DIRECTS TAKE 12.39% OF COMPETITIVES
  • US TSY 5Y NOTE AUCTION: INDIRECTS TAKE 78.37% OF COMPETITIVES
  • US TSY 5Y AUCTION: BID/CVR 2.39

EURUSD TECHS: Corrective Pullback

May-28 17:00
  • RES 4: 1.1625 1.500 proj of the Feb 28 - Mar 18 - 27 price swing
  • RES 3: 1.1608 High Nov 9 2021
  • RES 2: 1.1573 High Apr 21 and the bull trigger
  • RES 1: 1.1453 76.4% retracement of the Apr 21 - May 12 bear leg    
  • PRICE: 1.1298 @ 16:16 BST May 28
  • SUP 1: 1.1277 20-day EMA 
  • SUP 2: 1.1151/1.1065 50-day EMA and a pivot level / Low May 12
  • SUP 3: 1.1026 38.2% retracement of the Feb 3 - Apr 21 bull cycle   
  • SUP 4: 1.0943 Low Apr 10

Trend conditions in EURUSD are bullish and MA studies are in a bull mode position, highlighting a dominant uptrend. The latest pullback is corrective. The Apr 21 - May 12 bear leg also appears to have been a correction. A resumption of gains would open 1.1453, a Fibonacci retracement. Key support is 1.1151, the 50-day EMA. A clear break of the average would highlight a stronger reversal and signal scope for a deeper retracement.