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So we are hawkish now. Warsh made sure of that. The dollar debasement play is on life support while the market pivots to rate hikes. This lobby has a terrible smell. Gold is struggling to keep its head above 4410. That is the line in the sand. Below that, we are looking at 4230 and a lot of pain for…

Rate expectations are a joke and we are the punchline. The Fed is talking tough and the RBA is just praying inflation goes away on its own. I need a new job. With the rate differential dropping to near zero, there is zero incentive to hold the Aussie. If the payrolls report is strong, it is a straig…

So, this Turtle Body Soup stuff. It basically teaches retail traders to spot the trap zones before they walk into them. About time. The market is full of people relying on magic lines on a chart, oblivious to the fact that those lines are exactly what the algos are hunting. A cat just walked by. The…

everyone is glued to polymarket like it is gospel. 53 percent chance of a hike in december? it is a coin flip, not a strategy. the market is just bored and looking for a reason to dump. i need more caffeine. if the fed keeps hawking while the boj starts hiking, the usd/jpy spread vanishes. that is t…

The trade uncertainty premium is skyrocketing, and the CAD is getting the worst of it. It is not just about the numbers; it is about the complete absence of a deal-making atmosphere. These guys are not even talking anymore. I hate it when it rains in this city. Every time a new headline drops, the p…

Why does everyone think Warsh has a plan? The guy is just trying to survive his first symposium without causing a market crash. The coffee is cold and the market is lying. We are looking at a 35 percent chance for September and people are betting their lives on it. If he gives us even a shred of cla…

The institutional re-entry narrative is a myth sold to keep the bags heavy. We see these bursts of buying when the market is squeezed, then weeks of slow bleeding. It is a pattern. My coffee mug is chipped. The legislative talk is just the flavor of the month for the algos to trade against. Unless y…

1.1710 is a trap. the dxy is wobbling at 98.67 and everyone thinks the euro is the winner. but what happens when the ecb realization hits that they cannot keep up the hawkish act without breaking the economy? the coffee machine is making a weird humming sound. the dollar is taking a beating but don'…

Why does everyone keep acting like this is temporary? Bessent is making permanent changes to the landscape. My shoes are falling apart. They are buying back debt to stop the cycle, but the cycle is the only thing keeping us afloat. The dollar is getting wrecked and gold is clearly the winner of this…

Short dated yields provided a temporary relief rally but the long end of the curve is getting absolutely wrecked. It is a disaster. If you are betting on a pivot, you are ignoring the massive supply of bonds hitting the market every month to pay for our deficits. Why is it so hot in here? Investors …

Nothing about this gold move feels real. It is just noise around the resistance zone. The real story is the tension in the middle east and what it does to oil. If energy goes up it is curtains for the gold bugs. Everything is just a distraction from the fact that the macro is broken. I really need t…

trading these four pairs is like watching paint dry on a burning building. the consolidation is total. nobody wants to commit because they are scared of the next headline. and the guy next to me is breathing way too loud. if you are impatient, the market will take your money. wait for the breaks, ig…

the carry trade is eating everything. yen back at 159.43 after the supposed intervention shows exactly where the power lies. the carpet in here is disgusting. the fed is comfortable where it is and the boj is paralyzed by its own debt burden. they are trying to fix a structural rot with short term o…

If the SPX500 stays in this consolidation, the volatility will eventually explode to the downside. It always does. This place smells like old newspapers. If you are long oil, you are gambling on a break that the market might not want to give you. If that resistance at 87 holds, your stop losses are …

Risk assets are catching a bid on pure speculation. The labor data is clearly softening but the street is ignoring the risk that the fed stays higher for longer if inflation decides to play hard to get. Why do they think this is easy? A surprise to the upside on cpi will destroy the current sentimen…

trading is a mug's game right now. cpi is the only thing that matters but it is just one data point in a rigged system. i wish i had a real job. bonds are losing their edge and the hedge is non-existent. if you think the 10y bund is going to protect you you are dead wrong. we are navigating a transi…