A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan
The dollar continues to ride higher on the back of an anxious pre-election climb in U.S. Treasury yields, notching its best levels in almost three months against the euro and yen on starkly contrasting economic and interest rate pictures.
With the International Monetary Fund’s annual meeting underway and G7 finance chiefs and central bankers gathering, the exceptional performance of the U.S. economy was underlined in updated IMF global forecasts on Tuesday.
Newsquawk US Open
European bourses trading negative, US futures follow suit with earnings ahead
Good morning USA traders, hope your day is off to a great start! Here are the top 4 things you need to know for today’s market.
4 Things You Need to Know
European bourses are generally trading in negative territory; US futures follow suit, ahead of a busy earnings slate.
DXY continues to march higher, USD/JPY climbs back above 152 to a current 152.74 peak.
USTs are modestly lower ahead of 20yr supply; Bunds were unreactive to a well-received 10yr auction.
Crude is subdued and continues to await geopolitical updates; XAU is slightly higher whilst base metals are mostly in the red.
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USDCAD DAILY CHART – 25 or 50BPS?

Reaction to the BoC decision will dictate whether a 50bps rate cut is discounted or the trigger for a run at the major 1,3946 level…1.3850 would need to become support to put 1.3946 at risk
On the downside, back below 1.38 would be needed to cool the threat
Re the BoC, surprise would be a 25bps rate cut although I saw a Canadian bank calling for 25bps.
USDJPY DAILY CHART – 200 DAY MVA
As I have been noting, there was a void of key level until 155.20 other than the 200 day mva (151.37), break of which propelled USDJPY higher, and a 61.8% FIBO.
Now 152 becomes pivotal as the level that needs to hold keep a strong bid and put 155.20 on the radar.
Note, the correlation between the JPY and firmer US yields.
Risk of verbal intervention rises given pace of JPY slide.
FIBOS: 153.39 = 61.8% of 161.93-139.58

eye on yellen
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Yellen Says US to Contribute $20 Billion for Ukraine Loan
G-7 set to finalize $50 billion loan for Kyiv on Friday
Loans backed by profits from frozen Russia central bank assets
having listend to her voice talking about f-kking w / russian money
yellen – maybe , maybe not – feels safe in numbers of the G-7
This is a timely article with an addendum
How Does a Currency Options Defense Affect the Spot FX Market?
If you are thinking inflation has been sinking in REAL terms you are not thinking. You are buying horse manure being peddled to you by politicians.
Now, onto something tangible —-
And we have yet another Crypto Scam confusing people who think it is stable —
A glamorous Russian influencer known as the “Queen of Crypto” scammed unsuspecting investors out of over $22 million that she then sent to Ukrainian troops amid the ongoing war, according to reports.
Russian authorities say Valeria Fedyakina, 24, portrayed herself as a cryptocurrency expert on social media to gain the trust of at least four victims who she later stole millions from, NewsX reported.
The influencer, who went by “Bitmama” on social media, pretended to be a cryptocurrency expert with offices in Moscow City, Dubai, Monaco, Serbia and Turkey and convinced her victims to trust her with their millions, CryptoNews also reported.
If you happened to catch my October 21, 2024 at 12:10 am post it was dead on accurate.
Now I am thinking UsdJpy, if it is going to run into trouble will be around the 151.20/30 area. I have been on the buy side and am now flat in that pair. You could see the undertow across certain barometers and markets when Euro 108 was under fire and stocks were a part of that with certain metrics showing strength into the selling. Jay’s reference to options defense was a part of it. My preference has been the sell side of UsdChf due to the post I referenced and the elements in it.
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