Morning Brew July 27 2021

Good Morning,

Happy Friday the 13^th, let us hope it does not fulfil its reputation.

On Monday I am traveling and will send the next report on Tuesday, trade safely and remember that risk management is key in these markets.

Despite ongoing worries about inflation, rate hikes and tighten of financial conditions, Equities found some buyers on hopes of a rebound.

Japan 225 is up 2.6%, the GER 40 gains 1.3%  to 13900, the US 500 3970 and the USTech 100 gains 2% to trade at 12120.

The USD remains strong with the USD index near 105 and EURUSD below 1.04, GBPUSD is trading at 1.2225 and Gold and Silver remain under pressure at 1825 and 20.83. Silver is now oversold acc. to the RSI, Gold very nearly so. USDJPY fell to 128.80.

Cryptros were extremely volatile with bitcoin falling to 25k before recovering to 30500. Terra/ USD (USDT) broke its 1:1 peg to the dollar this week, as its mechanism for remaining stable . It last traded below 10 cents.

Jerome Powell was confirmed for a second term yesterday and stated that price stability was the "bedrock" of the economy and that in order to achieve lower inflation there would be some pain, he continues to look at two 50 bps hikes the next two meetings but said he was willing to do more. Powell said he believes the country can avoid a serious downturn The Fed released a report that liquidity had deteriorated further than what might be expected at current levels of volatility.

Moscow is restricting gas deliveries to Europe, Germany is expected to lose 10 mcm/day of gas supply Dutch gas prices close 12% higher

Pressure on Europe to secure alternative gas supplies increased on Thursday as Moscow imposed sanctions on European subsidiaries of state-owned Gazprom a day after Ukraine stopped a major gas transit route.

Gas prices surge Germany to lose 10 million cubic meters/day of gas supply Dutch gas prices close 12% higher

In terms of economic data we are expecting CPIs from France, and Spain and the EU industrial production, the US is very quiet with the industrial production at 14:30 and the Uni of Michigan at 16:00. Monday Chinese Data is the most important at 04:00. 

Expiries
Physically Settled Futures:
CLM2 will expire on 20^th May 2022 at 15:00 GMT.
PAM2 will expire on 23^rd May 2022 at 15:00 GMT.

Expiring CFDs:

OILUSJUN22 will expire on 18^th May at 15:00 GMT.

NATGASUSJUN22 will expire on 24^th May at 15:00 GMT.