Smart Money is Buying Treasuries

August 31, 2018

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2 min read

Commercial hedgers – a group of traders that’s earned the label ‘smart money’ – are buying Treasuries across the bond curve. Does this mean Treasuries will finally break out of their 6+ month trading range?

US Treasury bonds and notes have been range bound for over six months.

There is reason to believe that Treasuries, especially 30-year Treasuries bonds, will soon break higher. Why?

Smart Money

Commercial hedgers – a group of traders considered the ‘smart money’ – are buying Treasuries across the bond curve in anticipation of higher prices.

The chart below shows commercial hedgers’ aggregate net exposure to 5, 10, 30-year Treasuries (blue graph).

As the green arrows show, hedgers’ bullish bets are generally vindicated by a period of rising prices.

Below is a list of ETFs likely to benefit from the bullish developments seen by commercial hedgers. Long-term maturities are more dynamic and subject to bigger price moves.

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iShares Short Treasury Bond ETF SHV
iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF SHY
iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF IEI
iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF IEF
iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF TLT

Seasonality

The green chart insert shows that seasonality is generally bullish for the remainder of the year.

A move above the red resistance lines is necessary to unlock an up side target of 129 – 133. This up side target is based on Fibonacci retracement levels (50% and 61.8%) and an open chart gap.

Sustained trade below 120 would put any rally on hold.

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Simon Maierhofer is a self-taught market analyst with a common sense approach to limiting investment risk and maximizing gains. Simon’s objective multi-indicator approach is designed to find ‘fat pitch’ trades with limited risk. His approach was analyzed in detail by Barron’s, which considered Simon to be a ‘trader with a good track record.’ Investor’s Business Daily wrote that: “Simon says and the market is playing along.” Simon is the founder of iSPYETF LLC and publishes the Profit Radar Report, where he shares his research.