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CN50 to find support at 0.618 pullback?CHN50 - 24h expiry - We look to Buy at 12570 (stop at 12490)
We are trading at oversold extremes.
Short term bias has turned positive.
This is positive for sentiment and the uptrend has potential to return.
We have a 61.8% Fibonacci pullback level of 12570 from 12244 to 13098.
Preferred trade is to buy on dips.
Our profit targets will be 12770 and 12810
Resistance: 13180 / 13660 / 14440
Support: 12400 / 11845 / 11140
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WTI - BEARRISH OUTLOOKChina's crude oil stockpiles surged in May, adding 1.77 million bpd, the fastest rate in nearly three years. Strong imports and refinery processing contributed to the bullish narrative of increased fuel consumption. However, the market overlooks the potential bearish impact of stockpiling, which provides options for Chinese refiners if prices rise too high. China doesn't disclose specific figures, but an estimate suggests a surplus of 1.77 million bpd available for storage.
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Central banks navigate the last stretch of the tightening cycleThis week we learnt how vital Central Bank communication is to global financial markets. The trio of central banks – The Federal Reserve (Fed), European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of Japan (BOJ) held their respective meetings. Each of the central banks tried to convey how they will navigate monetary policy amidst a slowing economy and avoid a hard landing.
China takes small steps to shore up the recovery
Even the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) surprised the markets this week, by announcing a cut in the 7-day Open Market Operations (OMO) by 10Bps to 1.9%1 which paved the way for another cut to the one-year medium term lending facility rate by 10Bps to 2.65%2. These recent developments mark a more proactive stance by Chinese policy makers in trying to tackle the Chinese slowdown in activity since the re-opening. Clearly more is needed. Policymakers are soliciting opinions from business leaders and economists on how to revitalise the economy in a number of urgent meetings3. While the Fed and ECB are trying to tame inflation, China has the opposite problem as inflation remains low. Manufacturing remains weak, exports are slowing, and credit growth is cooling. This is why it’s no surprise that the markets are prepping for a broader package of stimulus targeted towards the ailing property sector.
A hawkish skip for the Fed
The recent flurry of economic reports continues to show the US economy is holding up but losing steam, supporting the Fed’s approach of changing the pace of its policy tightening. The Fed kept the fed funds rate in range of 5-5.25%, by unanimous vote, in line with market expectations after 10 straight hikes dating back to March 2022.
The Fed’s dot plot showed the median rate at 5.6% versus 5.1% a month back. In the summary of economic projections, the median unemployment rate forecast was revised lower from 4.5% to 4.1% by the end of 2023 while the core inflation rate was revised higher from 3.6% to 3.9% making the case for more hikes this year. This clearly was a hawkish skip.
Fed Chairman Jerome Powell was careful to point out that no decision was made on a July hike, but he did say it is a live meeting, leading the market to increase the probability of a move. What surprised me the most, was that Powell said rate cuts would be a couple of years out which is at odds with the dot plot forecast of 100Bps of cuts in 2024.
Senior Economist to WisdomTree Jeremy Siegel believes the Fed is done hiking and that alternative inflation metrics which incorporate real time housing inputs show inflation running at 1.4% instead of 4.1%. This is based on alternative shelter inflation calculations using Case Shiller Housing and Zillow rent annualized at 0.5% instead of the 8% that is biasing Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) CPI higher.
ECB’s revised inflation forecasts remain at odds
After raising the deposit rate by 25Bps to 3.5%, the ECB was a lot clearer than the Fed in signalling that rate hikes are almost certain next month on July 27. The ECB remains too optimistic on growth, reducing their projection for 2023 real GDP to only 0.9% (from 1% in its March projections).
While I would agree with the ECB’s view that (1) mostly labour-intensive services will support economic growth over the next two years and (2) the current hump in wage inflation will show up via higher prices for these services, I remain sceptical amidst the global headwinds for manufacturing, and a slower pace of overall growth could keep inflation as high as the ECB now projects. While wages are likely to accelerate slightly above 5% in 2023, they should begin declining to 4% yoy by late 2024. We believe, if core inflation continues to recede in the coming months and the real economy grows at 0.4% in 2023, the ECB will stay put in September after a final move next month.
As expected, the ECB confirmed that it will stop to reinvest proceeds from maturing bonds under its standard Asset Purchase Programme (APP) from July onwards. It won’t offer new long term liquidity injections upon the expiry of the €477Bn of a TLTRO III liquidity measure on 28 June 2023.
BOJ sits tight
As expected, the BOJ kept all key policy settings unchanged, including the +/-50Bps band around the zero% Japanese Government Bond JGB yield target. Since taking the helm in April 2023, BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda has stressed the high cost of premature tightening as the economy is finally seeing green shoots toward sustainable inflation.
In contrast to the ECB, the BoJ's latest assessment and outlook for the economy and inflation were also largely unchanged from their update in the April Outlook Report. The BoJ continues to note "extremely high uncertainties" surrounding economies and financial markets at home and abroad." Japanese equity markets reacted positively to the BOJ’s status quo stance on monetary policy. Looking ahead, the Fed’s potential pivot back to a hawkish mode versus the BOJ’s dovish perseverance could pave the way for further upside for Japanese equities owing to the underlying weakness in the Yen versus the US dollar.
Sources
1 Bloomberg on June 13, 2023
2 Bloomberg on June 15, 2023
3 Bloomberg on June 14, 2023
$PDD - The Appeal 🔥 NASDAQ:PDD appealing setup - remaining subdued throughout the day, setting the stage for a potentially stronger push. If it surpasses $82.83, we can expect a move towards $84, followed by a possible pullback before attempting to test the 61.8% retracement level at $88.45 (gap fill). PDD's showing promise with the recent distribution of $697 million USD in deep discounts to generate consumer demand. The extended rally is also fueled by China stimulus hopes ( NYSE:BABA , NASDAQ:JD and major Chinese tickers are witnessing the same effect).
HANGSENG Expected To Continuously Rise
1D - Retested the previous long-term downward trend line (red circle) and is rising again, and a falling wedge pattern is also underway.
Currently, the downward trend line (blue circle) that began on Jan. 30, 2023 has broken through, with only 19725 support likely to rise to 21047-21752/22400-2260.
1W
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I think there will be a warm wind in the Chinese market in the second half of this year.
All Roads Lead to China $KWEB $CQQQNo government is performing at a higher level than China's. The biggest risk is they take Taiwan. If that happens any investment you have there could get frozen or could get banned or could get out right stolen. That said I think they take Taiwan by election eventually because even there it is close. There is a big pro China population in Taiwan most people do not talk about.
The upside is if over the next 20 years they become more rule of law, more into developing their own tech. Overtime the market will give them a better multiple and will gain trust in China. Trust right now is lower than its been in a couple decades. It might improve a lot over time depending on their policy and actions. Obviously they could also gain if there's more mistrust of the USA's rule of law if it goes that way in the next couple decades too.
NIO Options Ahead of EarningsIf you haven`t bought NIO here:
Then Analyzing the options chain of NIO prior to the earnings report this week,
I would consider purchasing the 8usd strike price Calls with
an expiration date of 2023-7-21,
for a premium of approximately $0.65.
If these options prove to be profitable prior to the earnings release, I would sell at least half of them.
Looking forward to read your opinion about it.
AUD/USD hits one-month high, Chinese inflation eyedThe Australian dollar has bounced back on Thursday after losing ground on Wednesday. AUD/USD is trading at 0.6681, up 0.42% on the day. The Australian dollar touched a high of 0.6690 on Wednesday, its highest level in a month.
The RBA surprised the markets with a rate hike on Wednesday, noting that inflation had unexpectedly risen in April and GDP in the first quarter was higher than the RBA had predicted. The RBA statement said that more tightening might be needed "to ensure that inflation returns to target in a reasonable timeframe".
Lowe was even more candid in remarks at a public engagement on Wednesday, saying that the Bank has been patient in the battle to get inflation back to the 2-3% target "but our patience has a limit and the risks are testing that limit.” Lowe appeared to be referring to the upside risk in inflation, and he could be hinting at a "higher and longer" stance with rate policy until inflation returns closer to target. Inflation has peaked, but at the current level of 7%, Lowe may be sending a message that inflation is falling far too slowly and he's prepared to keep raising rates, even if this results in a hard landing for the economy.
China will release inflation data on Friday. Inflation is projected to rise to 0.3% in May, up from 0.1% in April. An improvement from the April reading would reduce concerns that China could be facing disinflation and may have to respond by cutting interest rates. On Wednesday, China released soft trade data, which showed exports fell by 7.5%. This has raised doubts about China's economic recovery. The Australian dollar, which is highly sensitive to Chinese data, lost ground following the release.
AUD/USD continues to test resistance at 0.6677. Above, there is resistance at 0.6749
There is support at 0.6568 and 0.6496
AUD/USD rises to 1-month high, shrugs off soft GDPThe Australian dollar has extended its rally on Wednesday. AUD/USD is trading at 0.6689, up 0.28%. Today's weak GDP report and soft Chinese trade data haven't spoiled the party, as the Australian dollar is up 1.2% this week.
Australia's GDP slowed to 0.2% in the first quarter, down from 0.6% in Q4 2022 and missing the consensus of 0.3%. On an annual basis, GDP fell to 2.3%, following a 2.7% gain in Q4 2022 and shy of the consensus of 2.4%.
The economy is cooling down, and that really shouldn't come as a surprise. The cost of living crisis, rising interest rates and weaker demand have taken a bite out of economic activity. China's reopening has faltered, as May trade data showed a decline in exports and imports. This is bad news for Australian exporters, as their largest market is China.
The GDP report was released just hours after the RBA announced a 25-basis point rate hike. The RBA has surprised the markets with two straight rate hikes as it wages a relentless war against inflation, which isn't coming down fast enough for the central bank. Governor Lowe reiterated after the decision that the RBA would do whatever it takes to bring inflation back down to its 2-3% target, from the current 7%.
Core inflation has been stickier than expected and that means that more rate hikes can be expected. The cash rate is currently at 4.10% and the RBA has looked at different scenarios in which the cash rate peaked at 4.8%. The RBA may not actually move to that level, as the danger of a recession would be high, but there's little doubt that more rate hikes are on the way.
AUD/USD is testing resistance at 0.6677. Above, there is resistance at 0.6749
There is support at 0.6568 and 0.6496
Has CN50 turned positive?CHN50 - 24h expiry
Although the bears are in control, the stalling negative momentum indicates a turnaround is possible.
This is positive for short term sentiment and we look to set longs at good risk/reward levels for a further correction higher.
The hourly chart technicals suggests further downside before the uptrend returns.
Further upside is expected although we prefer to buy into dips close to the 12420 level.
Although the anticipated move higher is corrective, it does offer ample risk/reward today.
We look to Buy at 12420 (stop at 12310)
Our profit targets will be 12730 and 13180
Resistance: 12790 / 13180 / 13660
Support: 12400 / 11845 / 11140
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$BTC - Bulls vs Bears All you need to know about #bitcoin and where it's at ,
Fundamentally and TA speaking ;
Fundamentally, there is a mixed feeling between Bulls and Bears.
They both have their solid case ;
Recently #bitcoin has been fueled in price by the Banking Crisis which is likely to continue,
and Feds may be on no support of banks bailout, as the US Debt Ceiling has reached it's climax and Congress seem to be very against expanding it furthermore.
All this Banking Craze might give #Bitcoin a real Bullish fundamental case when it comes to being applied as ;
' Be your own Bank '
... adding in to that, Technical Case of TA with 19.6K holding so far as a Higher Low from 15K
(which indicates a bullish uptrend momentum and a speculative Bottom there compared to previous Halving Cycles)
While with Bears on the other side foreseeing incoming looming times for Financial Markets
and a US Recession or a Global One (with BRICS coming forth united) adding high risk to TVC:DXY as a Global Reserve Currency.
China and Russia have been purchasing Gold heavily past year and ongoing through 2023
Bears have a real case as well as we've seen #bitcoin being highly correlated to Equities Sector of Wall Street, so it won't escape their gravity pull on Bearish Momentum.
Whatever happens between Bulls VS Bears
that is yet to be seen.
2023 has been so far the year of OANDA:XAUUSD (Gold) and other precious metals due to Macro Economic Risks, Banks Meltdown, and Geo Politics (BRICS and Russia vs Ukraine ongoing war)
Bitcoin being an deflationary asset in it's nature , has out-performed them YTD with a high of 72% ROI .
Future belongs to the Bulls alongside deflationary assets.
IEA’s bullish outlook for electric vehicles “A new clean energy economy is emerging, and it is emerging much faster than many stakeholders, policymakers, industry players, and investors think today” – Fatih Birol, Executive Director, IEA during the Global EV Outlook 2023 press event on 26 April 2023.
The International Energy Agency (IEA) published its Global Electric Vehicle Outlook for 2023 on 26 April. Its assessment of the state of the industry is encouraging and its projections for the industry’s growth are exciting. Electrification of road transportation is the disruptive innovation the industry has been waiting for. It appears that the tipping point has been reached.
Highlights from 2022, and developments in 2023
Electric vehicle (EV) sales exceeded 10 million in 2022 (see Figure 1). This amounts to 14% of all new cars sold in 2022, up from 9% in 2021, and less than 5% in 2020. This trend has continued at the start of 2023 with over 2.3m EVs sold in the first quarter, 25% more than the same period last year. By the end of the year, sales could hit 14 million with an acceleration expected in the second half of the year1.
China remains the dominant market, accounting for around 60% of global electric car sales last year, with Europe and the United States following behind. Nonetheless, there are promising signs of growth in emerging markets such as India, Thailand, and Indonesia where sales of electric cars last year more than tripled compared to 2021.
The key tailwinds
Policy support for the adoption of electric vehicles has never been stronger and it continues to strengthen. The European Union has set out CO2 standards for cars and vans aligned with 2030 goals set out in the Fit for 55 package. In the US, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), and California’s Advanced Clean Cars II rule could accelerate the journey to 50% EV market share by 20302.
Given strong support from policymakers and adoption from consumers, innovation in battery manufacturing also appears to have been catalysed. While it is a given that battery chemistries will continue to evolve and greater levels of efficiency will be achieved, developments along the way, such as CATL’s recent condensed battery launch, are noteworthy and encouraging.
On 19 April 2023, the Chinese battery manufacturer CATL, among the biggest names in the industry worldwide, unveiled a high-energy density, so-called ‘condensed battery’ at Auto Shanghai. CATL claims that this battery could not only meaningfully increase the range of EV batteries but could also help electrify passenger aircraft. Admittedly, there are multiple unknowns in CATL’s claims, including costs and delivery times, but it highlights how battery manufacturers are focused on achieving new degrees of efficiency.
Growing competition and, therefore, more choice for consumers is also facilitating the adoption of EVs. The number of electric car models worldwide exceeded 500 in 2022, more than double compared to 20183. While this is still significantly lower than the number of internal combustion engine (ICE) models on the market, this proliferation of models is increasing competition among original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) which should help bring costs down.
Electrification, however, is going beyond passenger cars. In 2022, over half of India’s three-wheeler registrations were electric. Similarly, electric light commercial vehicle sales worldwide increased by more than 90% in 2022 compared to the year before4. Such encouraging growth is also being witnessed in other market segments like electric heavy-duty trucks and buses.
The forecast
Even in the IEA’s stated policies scenario (STEPS – a conservative scenario which only factors in existing policies), growth of electric vehicles is expected to be strong this decade (see Figure 2). Across the globe, countries are swiftly introducing bans on the sale of new ICE vehicles. Some countries, like Norway, have taken the lead by making this ban effective from 2025. For many other countries, the bans come into effect between 2030 and 2040. Collectively, therefore, it is reasonable to expect a meaningful uptick in EV sales as we progress towards those deadlines.
One of the biggest hurdles in EV adoption is the availability of ample public charging infrastructure. Fortunately, charging infrastructure is developing quickly, albeit at different rates in different countries. Overall, however, the IEA have an optimistic view on the number of publicly available charging points worldwide by 2030.
A renewed focus on the supply chain
According to the IEA, automotive lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery demand increased by about 65% to 550 gigawatt hours (GWh) in 2022, from about 330 GWh in 2021, primarily because of growth in electric passenger car sales. In 2022, about 60% of lithium, 30% of cobalt, and 10% of nickel demand was for EV batteries. Only five years prior, these shares were around 15%, 10% and 2%, respectively.
Electric vehicles are not only driving demand for batteries, but also the underlying commodities. For investors, this means a holistic view of automotive and battery value chains is warranted when considering the electrification megatrend. For example, China holds a dominant position in both value chains and its role in terms of where it sits within the value chain is evolving rapidly. China is the biggest manufacturer of batteries worldwide but is also quickly establishing itself in the segment of car companies (OEMs) with the emergence of brands like BYD.
But as competition increases, more regulation is introduced, and further innovation happens, supply chains will develop. Some links may get broken while others get formed. All in all, an exciting time to be following this space.
china A50 (bottom here)hello dear trader
this price action of (chinaA50)
FTSE China A50 Index is a stock market index by FTSE Group, the components were chosen from Shanghai Stock Exchange and Shenzhen Stock Exchange, which issue A-share; B-share were not included. Other similar product were CSI 300 Index by China Securities Index Company and "Dow Jones China 88 Index" by S&P Dow Jones Indices
price can reverse in this area because : PRZ fibou 0.618 + priceaction level
good luck
China50 continues to be a short.CHN50 - 24h expiry - We look to Sell at 12650 (stop at 12730)
Although the bears are in control, the stalling negative momentum indicates a turnaround is possible.
A higher correction is expected.
The bias is still for lower levels and we look for any gains to be limited.
We therefore, prefer to fade into the rally with a tight stop in anticipation of a move back lower.
Further downside is expected although we prefer to sell into rallies close to the 12750 level.
Our profit targets will be 12450 and 12410
Resistance: 12790 / 13180 / 13660
Support: 12400 / 11845 / 11140
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MGM Bet is on this one breaking 52-week highsCasinos are rolling, China reopening, lots of high rollers with pent up demand. MGM price action looks great. Watch for this one to break through it's 52 week highs around 45-46, this chart leaves room for MGM to run plenty if it can break through that resistance
JD: ¿time to buy?JD is currently in a potential trend change cycle with a likely bottoming out of prices in the short-term. With the current price sitting at $35.80, buying at this level presents an advantageous entry point as the stock has potential gains of up to 200% if it returns to its previous all-time high (ATH).
In potential upward movement, the initial target range sits between $43 to $45 with further immediate resistance around the $47.20 to $48.80 region. From there, if the stock continues its upward movement, JD could climb to the $63-68 range. Lastly, if the momentum continues, it could see a final upward movement to potentially reach its previous all-time high of $91.40.
Despite possible fluctuations, the aforementioned levels present strong reward potential with a short-term time horizon. It is expected that JD will continue to play around with the current buy zone for several days or even up to two weeks before any significant shift occurs. Overall, cautious optimism is advised for traders with an active eye on the JD stock.
XPEV XPeng Options Ahead Of EarningsIf you haven`t bought XPEV here:
Then Analyzing the options chain of XPEV XPeng prior to the earnings report this week,
I would consider purchasing the 10usd strike price Calls with
an expiration date of 2023-7-21,
for a premium of approximately $0.68
If these options prove to be profitable prior to the earnings release, I would sell at least half of them.
Looking forward to read your opinion about it.
The Chinese low float that could run!LICN has been on our radar ever since it broke out of a VCP type setup. The stock ran into resistance and now has seen a heavy amount of trading around the $2.30 - $2.50 range.
In our opinion, the stock provides a low risk, high reward setup with our target being the AVWAP from the IPO high.
Strong support is current present from the rising 50 day MA and the AVWAP from the all time low.