WTI TECHS: (Z5) Bullish Short-Term Price Pattern

Nov-07 07:30
  • RES 4: $71.47 - High Jun 23 and a key medium-term resistance 
  • RES 3: $67.68 - High Jul 30
  • RES 2: $65.77/68.43 - High Sep 26 and key resistance 
  • RES 1: $62.59 - High Oct 24    
  • PRICE: $60.04 @ 07:19 GMT Nov 7 
  • SUP 1: $58.83/55.96 - Low Nov 6 / Low Oct 20 and bear trigger
  • SUP 2: $54.85 - Low May 5
  • SUP 3: $54.16 - Low Apr 9 and a key support
  • SUP 4: $53.23 - 1.764 proj of the Jul 30 - Aug 13 - Sep 26 price swing   

The latest pullback WTI futures. appears to be a flag formation - a bullish continuation pattern. This suggests that a bullish corrective cycle remains intact for now. Price has recently traded through the 50-day EMA, at $60.91, signalling scope for a stronger recovery. Note too that resistance at $62.34, the Oct 8 high, has been pierced. A clear move through it would expose key resistance at $65.77, Sep 26 high. The bear trigger is $55.96, the Oct 20 low.

Historical bullets

BUNDS: Best Volume of the Day goes through in Bund, testing resistance

Oct-08 07:30
  • The best volume to the buy side went through in Bund, helping the contract to the initial resistance noted at 128.82.
  • Some ~80k lots went through since the EU Cash Equity Open, with the dip in Risk likely supportive after ASML fell some 7% on the Open.
  • This 128.82 resistance holds for now as Equity recover from their lows. Above the latter and continuation towards the 129.00 figure in Bund will open to the 129.13 Gap next, this level printed to the tick at the last FOMC Meeting.

EGBS: Early Bid May Reflect French Optimism, But M/T Risks Still Prevalent

Oct-08 07:28

Major EGB futures are operating close to session highs, with OATs (+35 ticks) modestly outperforming Bunds (+28 ticks) and BTPs (+31 ticks). There was an uptick in FI futures volumes around the European cash equity open, but we haven’t seen an obvious headline driver for the early extension higher.

  • The bid may reflect optimism around outgoing French PM Lecornu’s last ditch talks with the Socialists this morning. Lecornu will deliver an address at 0830BST/0930CET ahead of these talks.
  • Lecornu has expressed a little more willingness to work with the Left overnight/this morning.
  • This comes after Education Minister Borne suggested she was open to the suspension of pension reform as a concession to the Socialists “if it is the condition for the stability of the country”.
  • An agreement with the Socialists, which would help pave the way towards a 2026 budget agreement, would decrease immediate-term political uncertainty in France.
  • However, it may only be a short-term solution. Such a move would face intense opposition from the right, and a suspension of pension reform would keep French public finances on a damaging trajectory. 

EGBS: Early Bid May Reflect French Optimism, But M/T Risks Still Prevalent

Oct-08 07:25

Major EGB futures are operating close to session highs, with OATs (+35 ticks) modestly outperforming Bunds (+28 ticks) and BTPs (+31 ticks). There was an uptick in FI futures volumes around the European cash equity open, but we haven’t seen an obvious headline driver for the early extension higher.

  • The bid may reflect optimism around outgoing French PM Lecornu’s last ditch talks with the Socialists this morning. Lecornu will deliver an address at 0830BST/0930CET ahead of these talks.
  • Lecornu has expressed a little more willingness to work with the Left overnight/this morning.
  • This comes after Education Minister Borne suggested she was open to the suspension of pension reform as a concession to the Socialists “if it is the condition for the stability of the country”.
  • An agreement with the Socialists, which would help pave the way towards a 2026 budget agreement, would decrease immediate-term political uncertainty in France.
  • However, it may only be a short-term solution. Such a move would face intense opposition from the right, and a suspension of pension reform would keep French public finances on a damaging trajectory.