{"id":1428209,"date":"2023-09-18T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-19T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1428209"},"modified":"2023-09-18T20:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T00:00:00","slug":"bitcoin-big-tech-pump-and-dump-gold-gains-as-yield-curve-crushed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/bitcoin-big-tech-pump-and-dump-gold-gains-as-yield-curve-crushed\/1428209\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin &amp; Big-Tech Pump-And-Dump; Gold Gains As Yield-Curve Crushed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\">Bitcoin &amp; Big-Tech Pump-And-Dump; Gold Gains As Yield-Curve Crushed<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p>Quiet-ish post-quad-witch unclenching of gamma with the big decline in homebuilder confidence probably the most notable macro news &#8211; somewhat ruining the soft-landing religion.<\/p>\n<p>VIX continued higher after OpEx fom Friday&#8217;s open as gamma unclenched&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2023-09-18_12-35-45.jpg?itok=BY564mVm\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The cash open was very messy in stocks today &#8211; Small Caps puked, mega-cap tech bid and then reversed. Small Caps extended losses but the rest of the majors lifted majestically into the European closed before giving it all back&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2023-09-18_13-00-07.jpg?itok=v1qEWyf0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Regional banks skidded to 2 month lows&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2023-09-18_12-59-41.jpg?itok=9avVGtRE\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>0-DTE traders fought the S&amp;P rally in the morning&#8230; and won&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2023-09-18_12-34-27.jpg?itok=GC0dxw2M\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/spotgamma\"><em>Source: SpotGamma<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Most Shorted&#8217; stocks fell further today, unable to stage a squeezy comeback&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/bfm9BEA.jpg?itok=9VuAOeMp\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Source: Bloomberg<\/em><\/p>\n<p>NVDA&#8217;s decline left it unchanged for the last three months&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2023-09-18_12-44-56.jpg?itok=GaI6pgUD\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bonds were mixed with the long-end outperforming (30Y -3bps, 2Y +3bps). Japan was closed&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/bfm2195.jpg?itok=NeNSrOBq\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Source: Bloomberg<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Yield curve flattened (2s30s inverted deeper) bigly back to recent lows&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/bfmFC66.jpg?itok=eh-r_cCD\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Source: Bloomberg<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin pumped and dumped&#8230; again&#8230; jumping up around $1000, just shy of $27,500 before giving it all back&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/bfm9350.jpg?itok=nAcR9UHz\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Source: Bloomberg<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The dollar went nowhere for the second day in a row&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/bfm1118.jpg?itok=vWu8CuWB\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Source: Bloomberg<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Spot Gold rallied further (back above $1930)&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/bfm2236_0.jpg?itok=go41--JN\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Source: Bloomberg<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Oil prices managed to hold gains (despite intraday dump). WTI found support at $90&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2023-09-18_12-50-25.jpg?itok=azKU7qXJ\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Finally, we note that he last few days have seen a trend change in rate expectations. While this year remains on a more dovish trend (no more hikes), next year is shifting hawkishly (less and less cuts)&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/bfm8267.jpg?itok=Rq3ySbBM\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Source: Bloomberg<\/em><\/p>\n<p>We suspect this &#8220;higher for longer&#8221; shift is exactly what The Fed wants to see ahead of this week&#8217;s meeting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>      <span class=\"field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden\"><a title=\"View user profile.\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/users\/tyler-durden\" class=\"username\">Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden\">Mon, 09\/18\/2023 &#8211; 16:00<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/markets\/bitcoin-big-tech-pump-and-dump-gold-gains-yield-curve-crushed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/markets\/bitcoin-big-tech-pump-and-dump-gold-gains-yield-curve-crushed<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin &amp; Big-Tech Pump-And-Dump; Gold Gains As Yield-Curve Crushed Quiet-ish post-quad-witch unclenching of gamma with the big decline in homebuilder confidence probably the most notable&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1428209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1428209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1428209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1428209\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1428209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1428209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1428209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}