Thursday, September 11, 2014

Quick TLT Update

Considering the action in Yields this morning and the disruptions in the Yield/USDJPY correlation, I thought we'd take another quick look at TLT which I posted on Aug 26th, TLT / Treasuries warning to look out for a PULLBACK, not a reversal, but pullback which makes for a nice buying opportunity so long as the pullback is confirmed.

TLT has dropped below the area the divergence was first spotted which is a 3C concept, no matter how long a divergence may go on (implying a more moderated average price), they almost always seem to surpass the area in which they were first sighted which was the case with TLT as well. In practical terms this means if you were to have shorted TLT on Aug 26th when the first divergences started forming, even though they weren't at a complete stage were we'd call for an intraday reversal, that short would be in the money right now  which has some pretty ugly implications for a number of stocks and the market as a whole, but this is a concept I've known about and seen for years using 3c.

As for TLT which has been updated a couple of times the last few days, it looks like it has found some support and a possible area to push higher from after a constructive pullback, the only thing I'd say it needs is a little more time to widen out the basing area, otherwise I think it's moving higher. As to the reasons why, there are a number of possibilities covered in the original post linked above.

 60 min TLT / #C in line which is why I suspected a pullback rather than a reversal.

The 15 min chart positive on the pullback with the negative divegrence that started it obvious at the red arrow.

This looks like a constructive pullback, the type I want to buy as it's at a discount and lower risk.

The 5 min chart is leading positive, yesterday may have been a little head fake shakeout. Other than a little more time to broaden the base (day or so), I think if you like TLT or maybe even TBT (2x short TLT) short to create a 2x long TLT, you might consider it in this area.

I'm a little more interested in the implications on rates.

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