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April 17, 2025

 

During my 45 years around the markets, I have traded the interest rate sector far more than any other…And without any doubt, throughout those decades, many of my very best, and biggest, market calls have been in Treasury Bonds and Eurodollars. This is not to say that I am always right…I can be just as dead wrong in rates as anything else…but I can comfortably say that I have often proven that I have a FAR better than average understanding of HOW, WHEN and WHY these particular markets move…

 

And right now? EVERYTHING I KNOW REGARDING INTEREST RATES IS POINTING TO AN ABSOLUTE LIFT OFF IN EVERY FUTURES CONTRACT IN THE INTEREST RATE SECTOR…INCLUDING THE SHORT END (SOFR), THE MIDDLE OF THE “CURVE” (5 YEAR NOTES), AND THE LONG END (10 YEAR NOTES & TREASURY BONDS).

 

I EXPECT TO SEE AN ACROSS-THE-BOARD MAJOR DECLINE IN INTEREST RATES, AS, FOR ONE, THE STOCK MARKET QUICKLY/IMMEDIATELY BREAKS AT LEAST ANOTHER 15-20% LOWER, AND TWO, TRUMP’S TARIFFS WILL PROVE TO BE DISASTROUS FOR THE USA ECONOMY…AND THE AMERICAN CONSUMER…THUS FORCING THE FED’S HAND…AND LIKELY ARRIVING WITH THE HEADLINE, “FED CALLS EMERGENCY MEETING.”

 

Never seen anything like what?

 

Considering what I perceive as economically dire circumstances, I find it truly amazing that SPECULATIVE HEDGE FUNDS HAVE THEIR BIGGEST SHORT POSITION IN HISTORY IN ALL THREE OF THE INTEREST RATES CONTRACTS SHOWN BELOW…WHICH IS AN ACROSS THE BOARD BET THAT INTEREST RATES ARE GOING HIGHER…NOT LOWER…AND I THINK THEY’RE ABOUT TO GET BLOWN OUT OF THE WATER.

 

I RECOMMEND BUYING ANY OR ALL THREE OF THESE MARKETS…

 

TWO YEAR NOTES

 

5 YEAR NOTES

 

10 YEAR NOTES

 

Here are the options I’d recommend in each of these three markets…

 

 

I love all three of these…I’d say buy in units consisting of one of each…or about $1693 total. BUY THEM…and SEE WHERE WE ARE IN STOCKS AND THE ECONOMY 3 MONTHS FROM NOW. Obviously I could be dead wrong…and all three could still just be sitting here, which could mean losing everything…But conversely, all three could have just zoomed out of here, in which case the profits could be quite large.

 

And in the same vein…

 

And ditto the Cotton market, that also has massive RECORD SPEC SHORTS, while Commercials have RECORD LONGS…which I can only view as an indication that the big player COTTON MERCHANTS UNDOUBTEDLY HAVE BIG ORDERS TO DELIVER COTTON, AND A LOT OF IT, AT SOME TIME BETWEEN NOW AND EXPIRATION OF THE JULY CONTRACT.

 

I CONTINUE TO RECOMMEND BEING LONG COTTON…RIGHT HERE. RIGHT NOW…and find it interesting that it has been inching higher…right in the face of all the stock market selling and tariff crap.

 

I truly think it looks explosive…and on an “any day now” basis…

 

There are some very strong ideas here…DO something with them.

 

Your call…

 

Thanks,

Bill

 

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All option prices in this newsletter include all fees and commissions. All charts, unless otherwise noted, are by Aspen Graphics and CRB.

 

FUTURES TRADING IS NOT FOR EVERYONE. THE RISK OF LOSS IN TRADING CAN BE SUBSTANTIAL. THEREFORE, CAREFULLY CONSIDER WHETHER SUCH TRADING IS SUITABLE FOR YOU IN LIGHT OF YOUR FINANCIAL CONDITION. PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT INDICATIVE OF FUTURE RESULTS. THERE IS NO GUARANTEE YOUR TRADING EXPERIENCE WILL BE SIMILAR TO PAST PERFORMANCE.

 

The author of this piece currently trades for his own account and has a financial interest in the following derivative products mentioned within: All of them