Financials suggessting yields aren't going to completely pukeI'm still bullish Financials, for now at least. Macro data is still showing growth and inflation rising (quad 2) but we will run out of runway on that as we move into 2nd half of the year proper.
Momentum is still to the upside, and may have bottomed for now. Also, we are rising on lower volumes last couple of days.
Let's see.
Trade ideas
XLF STAYING SHORT @ 37.42In these charts I am going show u how I play the weekly stoch and how I am never late.
37.42 I am short. Look at daily stoch heading down and look weekly heading down. So what weekly does allows me stay in trade longer I am never late if anything I get in to early
Daily stoch heading up but weekly stoch heading down.. Its called a snap back into a down trend.
XLF - IWM fractalXLF has been following a perfect IWM fractal so far. i overlayed IWM recent accumulation pattern on xlf. Lines up with what i think will be a further rotation away from value and into tech/growth next few weeks. accumulated longs at the lows last friday, and will leg into couple month out calls if it can consolidate like this.
The Credit Cycle - Free Wealth is Over?Idea for Macro:
- Financial sector selling off heavily.
- While it's early to call a bear market, the exhaustion gap at an all time high is a reasonable signal for market reversal.
- XLF, XLE and FAAMG have been holding up the broader markets at this high... Cracks appearing?
Underlying conditions:
- Institutions will invest based on 18 months into the future (Druckenmiller).
- There are 3 relevant possibilities for the banks:
(1) Inflation is sticky, interest rates will be raised in the future, within 18 months. This actually increases the banking sector's profitability, but the price is declining because they have been speculated above valuations.
(2) Inflation is transitory, interest rates will not be raised, and we will have negative real rates. This will hurt the banks' profit margins. This is a possibility due to the 40 year demand-push deflation the US has been in (see Oil/CPI).
(3) More importantly, the economy will decelerate (deflationary). Liquidity components of the Fed B/S have been decelerating and global credit impulse (lending) has gone negative. No more easy lending, less loans, meaning less earnings for the banks. Investors know this and are exiting the overheated trade.
Either way for inflation, global liquidity and global credit impulse are turning down, so the Long Volatility trade seems to be ideal.
Why did global risk assets rise to such insane levels? Credit impulse - easy lending. Now that supply of sugar is gone. Only one thing left that can happen.
GLHF
- DPT
XLF Forecast XLF broke out of multi year resistance level at $29~ After multiple failed attempts. Typically resistance levels become support zones after prices goes thru them. I’m watching current trend for any weakness that could indicate possible move to retest $29.
On weekly chart PPO EMAs have crossed, but week is not over yet. It’s 3rd time this year this cross attempted to happen. If week closes with EMAs being crossed, it would indicate weakness of the trend’s momentum. Interestingly $29 is currently at .5 fib level since 2020 lows.
#XLF: Financial names look strongI like the setup here for some quick gains in this ETF. Downside risk is very low compared to potential upside within the next 10 days give or take.
Longer term this could go higher, value stocks are strong in general due to inflation concerns and the reopening momentum.
Best of luck if taking this trade.
Cheers,
Ivan Labrie.






















