Yesterday saw a nice little rebound for the benchmark bond, closing up 30 basis points on relatively little economic data. This morning the buying continues in the bond market as we get - you guessed it - more mixed data. Wholesale inventories were .3 vs. expectations of -.1 and previous of 0. This is very strong but based on older data so traders are shrugging this off a bit and choosing to focus on the negative, such as the JOLTS report which came in at 4.998 vs. estimates of 5.052. It was higher than last month's 4.877 but was a big miss relative to expectations. Personally, I think the fact that the bonds had been selling off for several straight days and the RSI showed they were oversold gave traders confidence that it was time to buy. Here's a snapshot of whats going on so far this morning:
If you look at the daily chart in the upper right hand corner, you will notice that the bond is trending up. Let's hope that that trend continues throughout the day is it did a couple of times last week when the trend was down. The RSI is only slightly above the oversold mark but the FNMA benchmark bond is bumping its head against the first level of resistance at 101.25 and the 2nd level of resistance is only 8 basis points above that. My hope is that we can have a strong up-trend throughout the day today and break through both resistance levels in a strong way.
Data is sparse tomorrow but Thursday brings us the weekly jobless claims among a few other bits of data and Friday has a smattering of data points as well. I would float with caution at this point. I say caution because of two things: 1) the resistance levels may beat the bond back down and 2) we have a couple of decent days of gains so far and you wouldn't want to miss out on the price improvement so watch the bond market closely and if there is a big spike down, be ready to lock quickly before a re-price. As always, feel free to call me if I can help with anything mortgage related: 702-812-1214. Make it a great day.
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