Archive for the ‘Bond Futures’ Category

Learn to Trade – Bond Futures 7th September

Tuesday, September 7th, 2010

Overview

Over the last five days both Bunds and US Ten Years have come under pressure on the back of a rebound in equities. The catalyst for this move was some surprisingly strong data out of the manufacturing sector followed by a (more…)

Learn to Trade – Bond Futures 17th August

Tuesday, August 17th, 2010

Overview

Over the last five days Bunds have performed very strongly pushing on to set new all time highs yesterday at 132.30. The “QE lite” programme announced last week by the (more…)

Learn to Trade Bond Futures 20th July

Tuesday, July 20th, 2010

Overview

Over the last five days the Bund has predominately traded sideways unable to produce any meaningful break. The US Ten Year has been far more bullish, encouraged by poor US macro data it has broken to the upside breaking key daily resistance. (more…)

Learn to Trade – Bond Futures 7th July

Wednesday, July 7th, 2010

Overview

Over the last five days the Bund has predominately traded sideways trapped within a 100 tick range. The US Ten Year has also traded sideways recently, consolidating after some recent strong performance. This week traders will be focussed on the (more…)

Learn to Trade Bond Futures 22nd June 2010

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010

Overview

Over the last five days we have seen the Bund and US Ten Year come under pressure on the back of a strengthening Euro and rebounding equities. (more…)

Learn to Trade Bond Futures 15th June

Tuesday, June 15th, 2010

Overview

Over the last five days the Bund has lost some ground after several weeks of strong performance. (more…)

Learn to Trade Bond Futures 2nd June

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010

Overview

Over the last five days the Bund has continue to be very volatile but has failed to break convincingly in either direction. The US Ten Year has found itself under more pressure but still remains very much in an up trend (more…)

Learn to Trade Bond Futures 26th May

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010

Overview

Over the last five days the Bund has remained strong forcing new all time highs yesterday at 129.55. This up move continues to be (more…)

Learn to Trade Bund Futures 20th May

Thursday, May 20th, 2010

The Bund pared back some of Tuesday’s gains yesterday, although remains firmly bullish. The market’s profile structure saw it leave a series of single prints around the 127.00-04 area. The market saw largely sideways trade, however has formed a base to push on higher. Any downward pressure on risk markets today should aid the market along. (more…)

Learn to Trade Bond Futures 27th April

Tuesday, April 27th, 2010

Overview

Over the last five days we have seen the Bund gradually trend higher boosted by the ongoing concerns in Greece. Yesterday it reached a June contract high at 124.34 as the Greek/Bund spread continued to widen. (more…)