Weekly charts and analysis 12 May 2013: EUR and Dollar P&F charts point to new trends

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Welcome back to weekly charts and analysis.

  
   

You need to be a subscriber with Captial3x to read on….. Subs have access to all the market analysis (Copper,BDI, Gold, US treasury, EU bond markets) and FX setups which also feature our FX portfolio. You also have access to Trade Room of Capital3x.

              


Thats it for now.

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1. Falconfx EUR/USD
2. Falconfx EUR/JPY
3. Falconfx USD/CAD
4. Gladiator ES

 

 

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Performance Review of Year 2012: Cumulative pips 24,616 pips in 18 months

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My name is Kate and I was the lead trader at Capital3x internet signal and education forex firm. It has been 18 months since Capital3x was launched in Zurich. The reasons for the launch of Capital3x was a great desire to provide a transparent signal provider in the murky world of internet forex trading. We have always believed that there are assets with specific correlation that help in judging pairs and trades that lag the lead intermarket signals. We call it the intermarket trading strategy.

During the past 18 months, alongside Mark my colleague, we have chronicled and archived each and every trade without exception to losses. We have been transparent about when we have lost money and allowed ourselves a pat when we have indeed made money. We run a live trade room every week of the year and hence have had no time or desire to cheat or change performances. So each and every trade on the sheet is true. We spend nearly 16 hours with you in the trade room.

Keeping in mind some of the requests from our retail internet subs, we have decided to put a full review of all months of performance in one place for all those who need to analyse it. If you find the slightest discrepancy in what you have observed and what we are reporting, you have our support to help you right away.

Some of the greatest moments of Capital3x was spent in the private Trade Room where at peak we have seen more than 150 subs online at the same time from all geographies including Antarctica. The trade room runs across Asia, London and US sessions so subs do come and go some even cheekily logging in from their work places. Our geographic slpit of subs in Dec 2012 was Australia at 24% US 22% UK 17%. Thank you again for your participation with us.

During these last 18 months, Capital3x has been at the forefront of many new beginnings in the forex world:

  • Bond Market Schedules: Capital3x was the probably the first firm to provide an updated bond auction calendar. Soon after we put it, we had many followers as they realised how important it was to be abreast of bond auctions.
  • Bond Market Indicators: Mark Griffin (from a place close by to where Capital3x was launched) deserve great respect in helping Capital3x model out a fully functional bond market indicators called falcon and gladiator. These are tools that work on yield technicals to forecast the trend in a forex pair. We are yet to see any successful follower to this though some have tried.
  • Trade Copier: Captial3x also launched a trade copier in Sept 2012 though I must say the performance has been less than smooth.
  • The News Feed: TNIFeed which is a team in london has put out one of the finest institutional products for retail subscription. This is a high quality professional technical feed for forex traders. Let me just say one thing: Highly recommended. TNIFeed

Now let me take some time to do a quick summary review of the performance till date:

Now assume your invested capital in July 2011 was 10,000 USD and you were trading a dollar for a pip, them performance has been detailed below. Obviously as you increase or decrease the leverage, the performance will vary but for the purpose of analysing the results, the following are the assumptions:

  • Invested Capital = USD 10,000
  • Leverage = 1pip is 1 usd and hence we are trading 0.1 lots on each trade

Growth of Equity Curve

An amount of USD 10,000 invested in July 2011 would be worth USD 34,616. The cumulative return on Invested Capital (USD 10000) is 246 % over a period of 18 months.

Monthly Success Ratio

The monthly success ratio on our trade calls has been at best 79% and 42% at worst. Last observed was Dec 2012, when the success ratio was at 54%.

Cumulative Return on Invested Capital

The cumulative return of Invested Capital has risen from 10% in the first month of operation (July 2011) to 246% in Dec 2012. Thus had you invested USD 10,000 and using an extremely low leverage (0.1 lots for each 1 pip) the account would have cumulative grown to 246%.

These last 18 months is a journey worth remembering. We thank each and every one of our subs who have contributed to the success of this unique (“blog style sometimes irritatingly anonymous”) format of a forex firm. I ran the show till Jan 2012 and since then Mark has been instrumental in running the ship, need I say, through some tough weather.

Words of advise from one who has seen quite a bit
Let me once again stress the virtue of keeping your leverage low and being persuasive with your strategy. Markets will try to throw you off but have conviction in your abilities. Be stable in your head and always be calm and composed while trading forex. If your stops are being hit, then your entries are wrong or your direction itself is wrong. If you are getting a string of stops in a week, get out on the road and chill instead of trading. These have been my advises to all my clients. There is always the next week and the next month but if you allow your current losses to clean you out, then you will not have your next week to help you get back. It is always about keeping dry powder ready for use. Always remember: You are not the smartest trader out there and there are hundreds if not thousands who are trying to take your profits away. Be vigilant and be alert.

Now those who are keen to further explore all the detailed tradesheet, you can have a look under the hood with these links dating back to Sept 2011. As promised, good or bad, its all there.

Daily charts and analysis 4 Jan 2013: Headed a cliff?

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The fiscal deal is done and dusted. All is well isnt it? And yet we see dramatic move VIX just before the deal was announced. Post the deal we are seeing breakout on the short term for dollar index. Are we then headed mid month cliff fall for risk markets around the world. It is long overdue and what better time than when the ordinary trader has been fed uber stories about how 2013 will be bull market.

Some of you will be aware that TNIFeed is now fully operational and being used by many subscribers of C3X. Its recommended and one of the most professional feeds that you will find in the forex world for the price. The direct competitor thomson reuters eikon services is available only to institutions at USD 200 TO USD 300 per month. So dont waste your time and add that edge to your trading: TNIFeed

Lets begin the charts by taking a look at VIX index.


The VIX index painted a massive a up candle which was completely retraced the very next day. The gap down post that to 14.5 is still honoring the gap down but with the turn around in USDCAD, this will be one difficult one for VIX to honor. I expect a retest of 23 before continuing higher. We are headed a mid month lows on ES markets.

You need to be a subscriber with Captial3x Trading portfolio or Combined Indicator member to read on….. Subs have access to all the market analysis (Copper,BDI, Gold, US treasury, EU bond markets) and FX setups which also feature our FX portfolio. You also have access to Trade Room of Capital3x.


Important Links at Capital3x

  1. The Trade Copier
  2. The Dec Live Trade Sheet
  3. The Live Trade Room
  4. The Charts corner
  5. Trade Copier
  6. C3X Performance FX portfolio
  7. The Bond auction schedule can be found here: Bond schedule
  8. The speaker schedule can be found here: Speaker schedule

Capital3x provides the ever reliant intermarket signals for its subscribers. They are absolutely free to our subscribers. TRADING MEMBERSHIP SUBSCRIPTION

The Indicator links are provided here:

1. Falconfx EUR/USD
2. Falconfx EUR/JPY
3. Falconfx USD/CAD
4. Gladiator ES

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    Weekly charts and analysis: Point and Figure Long term updates

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    That time of the week where we get down to begin preparing for tmrw trading. Time to look at the point and figure charts for currency futures and SPX and Gold.

    Point and Figure charts (Long Term)

    The US dollar is now aiming at 86 on a medium term projection after the triple breakout at 26 Oct 2012.

    The EU index has a bearish price objective of 121. The double bottom breakdown on 02 Nov 2012 is leading it down. Given how far the target is, I expect retracements no farther than 128.5 on the index which will correspond to 1.2995 on the EURUSD.

    You need to be a subscriber with Captial3x Trading portfolio or Combined Indicator member to read on….. Subs have access to all the market analysis (Copper,BDI, Gold, US treasury, EU bond markets) and FX setups which also feature our FX portfolio. You also have access to Trade Room of Capital3x.

    Summary: The point and figure charts as seen above have had a key reversal moment for most currencies between 20Oct and 2 Nov 2012. We have seen how they have led on their way post those breakdowns and reversal as the case may have been respectively. Remember these are long term charts and exactly what Falcon daily (Captial3x bond indicators) is doing for EURUSD and EURJPY

    Important Links at Capital3x

    1. The Trade Copier
    2. The Nov Live Trade Sheet
    3. The Live Trade Room
    4. The Charts corner
    5. Trade Copier
    6. C3X Performance FX portfolio
    7. The Bond auction schedule can be found here: Bond schedule
    8. The speaker schedule can be found here: Speaker schedule

    Capital3x provides the ever reliant intermarket signals for its subscribers. They are absolutely free to our subscribers. TRADING MEMBERSHIP SUBSCRIPTION

    The Indicator links are provided here:

    1. Falconfx EUR/USD
    2. Falconfx EUR/JPY
    3. Falconfx USD/CAD
    4. Gladiator ES

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  • Weekly charts and P&F Charts (Updated with GBP charts)

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    November began exactly opposite to what I personally though it would be. It has turned the trend upside down and from here, this will be an uphill battle for the donkey bulls who let this opportunity slip by. Bears have taken complete control and when that happens, it will be a tough few weeks and months ahead for world markets.

    Performance for Nov till 10 Nov 2012

    The latest bond and speaker schedules: http://capital3x.com/study-corner/bonds-schedule/ and speaker schedule

    Charts and trend setups with a special focus on the long term P&F charts

    JNK/TLT breaks the 200 and 50 dma now giving a stamp of approval to the markets that long term trends have reversed from bullishness to bearishness.

    This is a spectacular chart. The UST3M to Gold is at a multi month lows and is forming a massive floor. What it does here as it breaks out from the 200 DMA will have massive ramification for Gold We could be entering a phase of strong Gold rallies even with US Treasuries rising. I have no idea how that will be possible but that charts are saying that. What this means could be that Gold is now racing along side safety and frankly I dont know how anything can stop Gold from rising to new highs above $1950 if it can find its feet against treasuries. Keep watching this one.

    This one is not new to C3X subs. We track the declining volumes to advancing volumes on a weekly basis. Not the fact that the SMA of this ratio has been steadily climbing and hence positions were being cut on the long side for the last 45 days now.

    The UST2Y has been testing the space between 200 and 50 dma. But am surprised we have not seen further fall in the short term yield and this only gives further credibility to the bullish targets on USDJPY.

    The VIX:VXO charts were used to predict market tops quite a number of times by C3X subs. But this time around we have this ratio at a weekly low 0.95. This is a region where in the past market have found a reason to bounce back. We may at the least be on our way to test 1400 if not higher on S&P.

    Point and Figure

    You need to be a subscriber with Captial3x Trading portfolio or Combined Indicator member to read on….. Subs have access to all the market analysis (Copper,BDI, Gold, US treasury, EU bond markets) and FX setups which also feature our FX portfolio. You also have access to Trade Room of Capital3x.


    Important Links at Capital3x

    1. The Trade Copier
    2. The Nov Live Trade Sheet
    3. The Live Trade Room
    4. The Charts corner
    5. Trade Copier
    6. C3X Performance FX portfolio
    7. The Bond auction schedule can be found here: Bond schedule
    8. The speaker schedule can be found here: Speaker schedule

    Capital3x provides the ever reliant intermarket signals for its subscribers. They are absolutely free to our subscribers. TRADING MEMBERSHIP SUBSCRIPTION

    The Indicator links are provided here:

    1. Falconfx EUR/USD
    2. Falconfx EUR/JPY
    3. Falconfx USD/CAD
    4. Gladiator ES

    Performance for week of 10 Nov 2012: Rising Profits +335 pips

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    For week of 10 Nov 2012, over 86 trading calls, 335 pips were made with a success ratio of 56%. The winning pips made 1094 pips while the losing trades lost 760 pips. This brings the Nov tally to +252 pips with a success ratio of 54% with winning trades making 1303 pips.

    The portfolio of trades is below:

    The full MT4 Statement is attached here: MT4 Account sheet. Please note that the MT4 statement is only for November. Past MT4 statements can be easily downloaded from the respective weekly performance posts. Also note that MT4 statements do not provide the pips which have to be calculated separately. MT4 statements are provided as is. The profits shown are on an account of $5000 with Alpari Pro account.

    The Trade Copier has been running full steam in association with Intermarket. The above results are exactly replicated in each of C3X subs accounts without any work to be done on behalf of the subs. Inspite of all the turbulence and whipsaws, C3X account (copied to subs account) is growing at a healthy 6.3%. (The rate will differ if you use a different leverage ration within the copier. This growth rate is purely based on a min lots size on a USD 5000 account).

    The myfxbook link is provided to all C3X subs on request.

    The myfxbook reporting of the equity curve since Oct looks as follows:

    The equity curve has bee growing at over 6%. That is a healthy growth since Oct but still a far cry from what we like to achieve.

    During the period, the drawdown sheet is below with 2.3% as max drawdown (courtesy myfxbook)

    As we posted mid week on about taking stock about where do we stand and what all has the markets achieved.

    These are the trends we suggested at various points during Novemeber.

    • Long move in USDJPY from 78.8 to 80.5 (done)
    • Short move in USDJPY from 80.2 to 79.2 (underway)
    • Short move in ES from 1430 to 1380 (done)
    • Short move in EURUSD from 1.3020 to 1.2830 (done)
    • Short move in GBPJPY from 128.8 to 126.9 (done)
    • Short move in EURJPY from 103.3 to 101.6 (done)
    • Short move in GBPUSD from 1.6040 to 1.5912 (done)

    It is evident that we have had a great time in dissecting this markets in November. Through all the whipsaws, we stand firm and wade through.

    Daily analysis link we send out:

    We are not just trading based on our whimsies but there is a lot of setups and analysis that go behind the scene some of which are shared with the subs.

     

    In other news, the C3X currency strength meter is in full flow and you have already seen that is extremely useful in playing hourly trends.

    C3X Strength meter

    Important Links at Capital3x

    1. The Trade Copier
    2. The Nov Live Trade Sheet
    3. The Live Trade Room
    4. The Charts corner
    5. Trade Copier
    6. C3X Performance FX portfolio
    7. The Bond auction schedule can be found here: Bond schedule
    8. The speaker schedule can be found here: Speaker schedule

    Capital3x provides the ever reliant intermarket signals for its subscribers. They are absolutely free to our subscribers. TRADING MEMBERSHIP SUBSCRIPTION

    The Indicator links are provided here:

    1. Falconfx EUR/USD
    2. Falconfx EUR/JPY
    3. Falconfx USD/CAD
    4. Gladiator ES

    Daily charts and analysis 8 Nov 2012: All hell break lose

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    I warned you. I tried trading this to the best of my ability but you know waiting is what can kill a trader. Lets take stock for we have covered many trends over the last few weeks.

    • Long move in USDJPY from 78.8 to 80.5 (done)
    • Short move in USDJPY from 80.2 to 79.2 (underway)
    • Short move in ES from 1430 to 1380 (done)
    • Short move in EURUSD from 1.3020 to 1.2830 (done)
    • Short move in GBPJPY from 128.8 to 126.9 (done)
    • Short move in EURJPY from 103.3 to 101.6 (done)

    There are more out there but some were busted like a short move in AUDUSD from 1.036 to 1.0230 and GBPUSD from 1.597 to 1.584.

     

    But this has been an extraordinarily beginning to Nov and what a welcome to Barrack Obama.

     

    Lets get to the charts and setups as we stand upon the absolute last line before this falls off. As I write this, ES is already on its way down to abyss and well played to the shorts.


    ES has achieved its p&f target of 1380. But that does not ease its problems as below 1378, we are headed to 1368.  Not only is the contract in the volume hole, if we close weak inside the hole, we are headed to the lower BB at 1320 which is also the nest volume hole. Dont play for any squeeze as there is none yet or expected.

    You need to be a subscriber with Captial3x Trading portfolio or Combined Indicator member to read on….. Subs have access to all the market analysis (Copper,BDI, Gold, US treasury, EU bond markets) and FX setups which also feature our FX portfolio. You also have access to Trade Room of Capital3x.


    Important Links at Capital3x

    1. The Trade Copier
    2. The Nov Live Trade Sheet
    3. The Live Trade Room
    4. The Charts corner
    5. C3X Performance FX portfolio
    6. The Bond auction schedule can be found here: Bond schedule
    7. The speaker schedule can be found here: Speaker schedule

    Capital3x provides the ever reliant intermarket signals for its subscribers. They are absolutely free to our subscribers. TRADING MEMBERSHIP SUBSCRIPTION

    The Indicator links are provided here:

    1. Falconfx EUR/USD
    2. Falconfx EUR/JPY
    3. Falconfx USD/CAD
    4. Gladiator ES

    Weekly charts and analysis

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    Markets kept selling to some excellent economic data and you would suppose that this is the end of the bull run as so many times you would have been forced to think over the course of the last few weeks. But as I proceed through charts below esp with evidence from the currency world, we are only scratching the surface of another 10% gain coming in equity markets at an exponential pace. Even last week drop on SPX was a health reminder that a balanced pattern was being made.

    Last week performance here: Performance

    The ES weekly charts is portraying a lovely and near perfect bullish reversal via doji. The bullish reversal doji is normally made after a down week followed by a bullish spike to nearly the highs of the previous week but only to close right at the low of the week. A long handle above the close. The bullish reversal will have been honored if we do not break 1416.

    On the daily, the ES has held this zone 1420 for more than 3 times in October which makes it even stronger as Weekly comes in with a doji. The Netline sell stands at 1420 and if it gives it way we are headed 1388 zone which is the mid lines of 100 BB.

    You need to be a subscriber with Captial3x Trading portfolio or Combined Indicator member to read on….. Subs have access to all the market analysis (Copper,BDI, Gold, US treasury, EU bond markets) and FX setups which also feature our FX portfolio. You also have access to Trade Room of Capital3x.

    Summary: So all in all, barring a few conditions and levels that I have highlighted above, we are pretty much at the bottom of the selloff needed for the next leg rally up for SPX, Oil and USDYEN.

    Important Links at Capital3x

    1. The Trade Copier
    2. The Oct Live Trade Sheet
    3. The Live Trade Room
    4. The Charts corner
    5. C3X Performance FX portfolio
    6. The Bond auction schedule can be found here: Bond schedule
    7. The speaker schedule can be found here: Speaker schedule
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    The Indicator links are provided here:

    1. Falconfx EUR/USD
    2. Falconfx EUR/JPY
    3. Falconfx USD/CAD
    4. Gladiator ES

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    Performance for Aug 2012: All is well and big news

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    The big news for our subscribers is that we have launched a TRADE COPIER. This is what you have been all waiting for. After months of pushing and proding by some of our existing subs, Capital3x team will now auto trade via trade copier allowing our subs to take advantage of our calls. Never miss another trade cause you were taking a shower.

    From now on, all of Capital3x trades will be replicated across hundreds of subscriber clients without any need to intervene. The Trade Copier will be extremely flexible allowing you unparalleled control of your account while at the same time allowing you to take our trades even while you are away. No more need to monitor emails and wait for hours to take a trade. And to top it all up, it comes to you at a flat rate fee which is nominal compared to what C3X has been achieving over the last 12 months. Not a single month of pips below 900 pips.

    So go ahead and subscribe before copier subscription reach an upper limit. TRADE COPIER INSTRUCTIONS

    For month of August, 112 Trading calls were made with 1057 pips made with 62 trades hitting targets. The success ratio was stable at 55%.

    Capital3x continues to be the only forex market firm which not only puts trade charts and analysis, but also puts our money where our mouths are. Not only do we analyse the markets but will trade live based on the logic. You will get hundreds of analysts talking great things about market but none of them have the courage to back it up via putting their own money where it matters. So here presenting to you own version of trading live via a MT4 trade copier.

    Some of the week research is provided below:

     

    Weekly analysis: The bull train slows

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    Risk asset train rallied significantly in July but now has spent a week at the July highs without any indication of a significant correction. But needless to say we are always looking across forex and bond markets to see if there is the first of those clouds on the horizon which may give us early leads on to the downside coming. We take note in today analysis of some of those charts and leave rest to your imagination.

    We begin with the ES Emini futures daily charts and then proceed to rest of the charts and close out the analysis with Falcon and Gladiator performances.

    The Performance sheet: Performance for week of Aug 10 2012

    The Traderoom Transcripts: Trade Transcripts from last week

     

    But before we indulge, let me just put a quick quote from one of our subs who wrote this in our trade room:

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    The squeeze continues as ES closes the week inside the dreaded zone 1400/10. The near term target now is
    1411 (upper 25,2 BB) while extnded 1419 (!00,2 BB) while markets are well supported at 1385. To the downside, August will see 1370 as first downside corrective target while 1360 on the next wave.


    The previous weekly highs stand at 1413. The Netline weekly buy stands at 1405 while the 25 WMA and 100 WMA stand at 1426. The weekly stochastics are strong while vortex are possitive. Matter of a few weeks post a correction, we should technically see a break of 1413 close for the week.

    The dollar index was tested on the 50 DMA at 82.847 on friday but closed well below. This is a bearish pattern which will see further breaks down and hence a push for EURUSD. The dollar index has upside resistances at at 83.1 and then the big one at 83.47 (NetLine buy).

    While UST2Y broke down last week below their 50 and 200 DMA, it has strangely not bee reflected in
    EU schatz markets. The break above 20 DMA has seen stops being hunted on thin volumes and consequently
    yen strengthen. SCHATZ ended the week well above 110.9 which was the touted big level on the upside
    consequently we saw the breakdown in EURJPY to under 96 levels. Things look dicey but price action need
    to be carefully watched into next week.

    End of week push to 50 DMA for bunds but the rock bottom stochastics and vortex both of which are bearish
    make it clear that any push for bunds should be capped at 144.2 (20 DMA and 25DMA). That does not stop a
    intraday spike above 144.1.

    Italian 10 year bonds raced to the 100 DMA and have shown no signs of exhaustion as it closes at the 100 DMA. The stochastics moves into bullish zone while Vortex has already signalled all clear for bullish reversal at 99 zone. This is overall EU possitive and hence look for dip buys in EURUSD.


    Copper had shakeout day on friday as it sprang down but closed at the 50 DMA at 3.3925. You go long this asset at 3.44. Its as simple as that. The target will be 3.52 which is the 100 DMA.


    1627 is the netline buy which capped the rally on friday but the move is not over yet till 1597 50 dma,25dma) holds and provides support. Overall Gold looks a slow riser which gives it a irregulare bear flag pattern but not one which we can trust. Continue to trade Gold with short targets and vigilant for 1630 and 1597 on either side.

    Now on to the currency side:

    You need to be a subscriber with Captial3x Trading portfolio or Combined Indicator member to read on….. Subs have access to all the market analysis (Copper,BDI, Gold, US treasury, EU bond markets) and FX setups which also feature our FX portfolio. You also have access to Trade Room of Capital3x.

    1. The Aug Live Trade Sheet
    2. The Aug Live Trade Room
    3. The Charts corner
    4. C3X Performance FX portfolio
    5. The Bond auction schedule can be found here: Bond schedule
    6. The speaker schedule can be found here: Speaker schedule

    The Indicator links are provided here:

    1. Falconfx EUR/USD
    2. Falconfx EUR/JPY
    3. Falconfx USD/CAD
    4. Gladiator ES

    Summary: There is significant difference cropping up between asset classes. Yen pairs are ready to burst through 100 DMAs while some have already done that. ES is still a long as long as 1390 holds but bearish divergences have started to gather. Commodity indices have picked up significant steam over the last week but now have reached the 200 DMAs. Copper too looks bullish but is capped at resistances. On the other side of spectrum lies the JNK/TLT ratio which seem be weakening but ever so little. Bunds and schatz rallied on friday too and hence there opening this week needs to be understood. We could be setting up for a big dash down and as usual once the train leaves the station, it does not stop to take passengers in between. August is traditionally a month where you can make money but I will not long at these levels on risk assets.

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