* US market is in tenterhooks, Dow started off well but after...

* US market is in tenterhooks, Dow started off well but after NVIDIA caved, stocks began to contract, but appeared to be propped up towards the end of session
https://x.com/unusual_whales/status/1818375983336243242
* NVIDIA plunged -7.04%, Tesla -4.05%, MSFT -1.01%, Broadcom -4.47%, AMD -0.94%, CRWD -9.67% and in after hours MSFT fell >-4% after missing Azure estimates and revenues just ahead of estimates
* NVIDIA has entered bear territory, having fallen -23% in a lower lows trajectory since 10 July and on the way towards $95 (further -8.4% downside)
1 year view
NVIDIA Stock Chart — NASDAQ:NVDA Stock Price — TradingView
* Technicals are starting to look dicey, with S&P500 close to violating 50DMA and Nasdaq poised to take out 100DMA to the downside
* Gold reclaimed $2400 at $2409 up 1% and Silver reclaimed $28, precious metals stocks was up modestly
* Zero Hedge below highlighted the reverse carry trade that is adversely impacting the market, as highlighted here on this thread earlier in the week
* We get our CPI numbers at 11:30 AEST which is expected to be on the higher side

	Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
0	STOCK INDICES [US 30 Jul 24]	Overnight %
1	DOW	0.50%	40,743
2	S&P500	-0.50%	5,436
3	NASDAQ	-1.31%	17,142
4	DXY	-0.09%	104.47
5	US 2 YR	-0.59%	4.361
6	US 10 YR	-0.89%	4.141
7	AUD	0.01%	0.6538
8	GOLD	1.15%	$   2,411
9	SILVER	1.91%	$   28.38
10	BTC	-1.89%	$    66,222
11
12
13	GOLD	Overnight %
14	GDX	0.85%
15	GDXJ	0.61%
16	NEWMONT GOLDCORP(NEM)	0.27%
17	BARRICK GOLD (GOLD)	0.95%
18	AGNICO EAGLE MINES (AEM)	0.86%
19	SILVER
20	SIL	0.72%
21	SILJ	1.08%
22	PAN AMERICAN SILVER(PAAS)	1.93%
23	LITHIUM
24	SPROTT LITHIUM MINERS (LITP)	-1.14%
25	GLOBAL X LITHIUM (LIT)	-0.52%
26	ALBEMARLE (ALB)	0.92%
27	SOQUIMICH (SQM)	-0.53%
28	LITHIUM AMERICAS (LAC)	-4.06%
29	PIEDMONT LITHIUM (PLL)	-4.85%
30	ARCADIUM LITHIUM	-2.47%
31	PATRIOT BATTERY METALS	1.13%
32	COPPER
33	GLOBAL X COPPER MINERS(COPX)	-0.76%
34	BHP	-1.64%
35	RIO	-1.81%
36	SOUTHERN COPPER (SCCO)	-2.61%
37	FREEPORT MCMORAN (FCX)	-1.19%
38	FIRST QUANTUM MINERALS (FQVLF)	-3.01%
39	TECK RESOURCES (TECK)	-0.23%
40	OIL
41	XLE	1.55%
42	EXXON (XOM)	1.78%
43	CHEVRON )CVX)	1.90%
44	OCCIDENTAL (OXY)	0.15%
45	CONOCOPHILLIPS (COP)	0.72%
46	MARATHON OIL (MRO)	0.67%
47	HALLIBURTON (HAL)	1.24%
48	COAL
49	RANGE GLOBAL COAL (COAL)	-0.96%
50	PEABODY ENERGY (BTU)	-1.73%
51	ALPHA METALLURGICAL (AMR)	-2.35%
52	ARCH RESOURCES (ARCH)	-0.41%
53	WARRIOR MET COAL (HCC)	-2.01%
54	URANIUM
55	GLOBAL X URANIUM (URA)	0.85%
56	NICKEL
57	SPROTT NICKEL MINERS (NIKL)	-0.91%
58	RARE EARTHS
59	OPTICA RARE EARTHS (CRIT)	-1.22%

Bonds & Bullion Bid; Crude, Crypto, & Mega-Cap Skid Ahead Of Fed/BoJ

BY Zero Hedge
WEDNESDAY, JUL 31, 2024 - 06:00 AM
With gamma 'unclenched' (and now solidly negative), markets have been free to roam...

Source: SpotGamma
And today saw more downward pressure as trader anxiety built ahead of the major macro catalysts and the fact that approximately 40% of the S&P 500 is expected to report this week across all sectors making it the biggest and perhaps one of the most important weeks of earnings this season.


Nasdaq was the biggest loser (again) today with Small Caps and The Dow managing gains (as tech weighed on the S&P 500 too). The last few minutes of the day-session (before MSFT) saw a panic-bid hit the major indices (but it didn't last long)...

Nasdaq has almost perfectly recoupled with Russell 2000 YTD now...

Source: Bloomberg
Goldman's trading desk noted that overall volumes and S&P top of book both muted heading into MSFT EPS post close and FOMC + BOJ tomorrow.

• Floor skewed 2% better to buy today after similar buy skews yday.
• LOs selling Tech vs buying Hcare and Fins.
• HFs much better for sale across Tech and Hcare vs buying consumer discretionary.

The basket of MAG7 stocks tumbled back to last week's Global Outage spike lows....

Source: Bloomberg
UBS' trading desk offered some additional color:
"today more than half of the selling is short looking at our Hedge Fund flow (35/32/33 - buy/sell/short sell)."
'Most Shorted' stocks were slammed...

Source: Bloomberg
Semis were slammed again today - back to an interestingly coincidental drawdown level from the past year...

Source: Bloomberg
S&P is hovering around its 50DMA...

...while Nasdaq has tumbled down to its its 100DMA and found support...

Much of today's plunge was triggered by the ubiquitous leaks from BoJ...
1. BOJ leaks some more hawkish jibberish (it owns half of all JGBs, rates simply can not rise)
2. Yen spikes
3. Carry trades hammered
4. Tech crushed
And sure enough they tumbled together...

Source: Bloomberg
The dollar ended unchanged, with the BoJ leaked comments erasing the overnight gains in the greenback...

Source: Bloomberg
Gold ignored the dollar and extended gains, spiking on the Israeli airstrikes headlines...

Source: Bloomberg
Treasuries were bid (as traders saw through the HL JOLTS data) with the short-end outperforming (2Y -4bps, 30Y -2bps). That small rally pushed all yields lower on the week...

Source: Bloomberg
...but expectations for a Fed rate-cut this week are practically zero...

Source: Bloomberg
Bitcoin extended yesterday's losses, testing a $65,000 handle (after briefly tagging $70k yesterday...

Source: Bloomberg
Finally, the total market-cap of the Magnificent 7 stocks tumbled back below $15 trillion today (down over $2 trillion from its record highs) - in context, that is just a two-month low...

Source: Bloomberg
Another ugly day for NVDA today (down 6.5%)...

Source: Bloomberg