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CFTC Announces Whistle Blower Award Over $4.5 Million

June 03, 2024

Washington, D.C. — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced it awarded over $4.5 million to a whistle blower who provided detailed information in support of an enforcement action. The whistle blower provided assistance to the Division of Enforcement (DOE) that was significant in both amount and quality. DOE staff greatly relied on the whistle blower’s industry expertise. 

https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/8917-24

>> US Inflation Rate

🟢 US Container Imports

 🟢 US Container Imports

🟢 Weekly Futures Range Probabilities

🟢 Weekly Futures Range Probabilities
>> Target Date : Friday 5/31

🟢 Crude Oil Chart

 🟢 WTI Crude Oil - July Contract
🔸 CLN24
🔸 Failed to break outside last week's range

🟢 Major Ports In China

 🟢 Major Ports In China

🟩 WTI Crude Oil : July CLN4 🟩

👉 Puts were trading hard today
👉 67 Strike very noticeable
👉 Skew shows higher premiums in Puts than in Calls

🔸 SP500 (June) is testing the April high [ESM24]

 🔸 SP500 (June) is testing the April high [ESM24]

🔸 The British Pound (June) is testing the April high

 🔸 The British Pound (June) is testing the April high

🔸 US Federal Deficit Adjusted For Inflation

 🔸 US Federal Deficit Adjusted For Inflation

🔸 China's Selling of Treasury & US Agency Debt Hits a Record Level

 🔸 China's Selling of Treasury & US Agency Debt Hits a Record Level

 🔸 China is selling its US Debt holdings in order to finance its large purchases of gold.

🔸 The NY Fed stated that Americans are preparing for mortgage rates as high as 10%

 🔸 The NY Fed stated that Americans are preparing for mortgage rates as high as 10%

🔶 US Total Credit Card Balances

 🔶 US Total Credit Card Balances

🔶 US Rents Outpace Wages

🔶 US Rents Outpace Wages

🔶 US States With the Highest Gas Taxes

🔶 US States With the Highest Gas Taxes

🔶 Top 10 Crude Oil Producing Countries

 🔶 Top 10 Crude Oil Producing Countries

♦️ Bad US Corporate Credit Ratings Soar

 

♦️ Companies with rock-bottom credit ratings soar past 2009 levels.

🔶 Delinquency Rate of Multifamily Housing

 🔶 Delinquency Rate of Multifamily Housing

🔶 Debt to China - Top 20 Countries

🔶 Debt to China - Top 20 Countries

🔶 CLM24 : June WTI Crude Oil : 5/2/24

🔶 CLM24 : June WTI Crude Oil : 5/2/24

>> A balance day

>> Failed to settle below yesterday's low

>> Still settled below last week's low

>> A lower volume day

🔶 US Mortgage Application Volumes Plunge

🔶 US Mortgage Application Volumes Plunge

🔶 US Unemployment Rate by Industry (March 2024)

 🔶 US Unemployment Rate by Industry (March 2024)

📉 May Coffee is set for a 2nd week of selling.

📉 May Coffee is set for a 2nd week of selling.

📈 Large Funds are very long as of the last CFTC COT Report.

🔶 Slowing the pace of QT (Quantitative Tightening)

 🔶 Slowing the pace of QT (Quantitative Tightening)

🔶 US Full-Time Employment is simply low.

 

🔶 US Full-Time Employment is simply low.

🟧 US Employment Cost Has Risen

 🟧  US Employment Cost Has Risen QoQ in the US

🔶 [ NGM24 ] JUNE NATURAL GAS

 🔶 NGM24 JUNE NATURAL GAS

> Broke above last week's high
> Flirting with 1-StdDev high on 60min