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Daily report, Mon, Oct 12, 2026

Mon, Oct 12, 2026. Full report (Monday).

Trades

🔴 SHORT EUR/GBP — conviction ●●○ · conditions ✅➖✅➖ 2/4 · 4d · trade #35

Entry 0.84590 · target 0.84000 · stop 0.84960 · reward 1.6× risk · spot 0.84593

This is the cleanest path divergence on the board that does not route through Wednesday's US CPI: MUFG expects a November Bank of England hike and VT Markets describes the pound range-trading despite BoE hawkishness, which is a path the market has not yet paid for, while the euro side has the WSJ and FT both reporting the ECB will stay out of the French bond selloff, Goldman flagging Italy next and Investing.com writing that French fiscal risk raises the odds of an ECB pause after December. I prefer this to shorting EUR/USD because the dollar leg is a coin toss on a 3.6% headline CPI print forecast with core decelerating to 0.2% m/m, and because the euro is last on the five-day basket at -0.39% while sterling is positive at +0.11%. Structure agrees: 0.84593 sits at 7% of the 20-day range, below the 0.85449 20-day and 0.85587 50-day averages, with twelve sessions of lower closes. The stop sits above last week's 0.84850 high; what invalidates it is Thursday's UK GDP at a forecast -0.1% m/m after +0.4%, which would let Bailey's four appearances this week turn defensive.

🟢 LONG AUD/CAD — conviction ●○○ · conditions ✅✅✅➖ 3/4 · 5d · trade #36

Entry 0.99450 · target 1.00500 · stop 0.98780 · reward 1.6× risk · spot 0.99448

This pairs the only clearly non-easing path on the board against the only falling policy rate: the Australian cash rate has been 4.35% for two straight months with CPI still rising, while Canada's rate has slipped to 2.25% from 2.27% with CPI down to 2.32% from 2.64% and Friday's employment report showing 68,000 jobs lost against a forecast of +6.1K, which Exchange Rates UK says has challenged October BoC hike bets ahead of the 28 October decision. I take this over USD/CAD because both legs are commodity currencies, so the trade is a relative-path and terms-of-trade expression rather than a bet on Wednesday's CPI, and the commodity split is doing the work: copper is up 1.40% on the day and 6.41% over 20 days at 81% of its range with iron ore ticking up on Chinese restocking and a UBS forecast lift, while WTI is down 1.27% to 90.68 and 10.56% over 20 days on Trump's claimed energy ceasefire. Structure supports it: 0.99448 is above both the 0.99270 20-day and 0.99067 50-day averages and up 0.48% on the day, with the stop below the 0.9890 cluster that held on 6 and 8 October. Thursday's Australian jobs report, forecast at +20.0K with unemployment steady at 4.6%, is the invalidator: a miss there removes the hawkish RBA leg and I would be out.

Ideas, not traded yet

• 🟢 LONG GBP/CAD 4d: The same hawkish-BoE versus broken-BoC divergence, and Pound Sterling Live calls the rally one with room to run, but at 1.8875 the pair is already at 82% of its 20-day range and near the 1.89505 sixty-day high. I want a close above 1.8950 or a pullback toward the 1.8778 average before paying up.
• 🟢 LONG AUD/JPY 4d: The cleanest risk barometer is at 110.46 and up 0.74% over five days with VIX at 15% of its range and the S&P at 90%, and the BoJ is now widely expected to hold until December or January. I am not trading it because the yen leg is already crowded long in futures at 16.9% of open interest and a Middle East escalation would reverse it fast.
• 🔴 SHORT EUR/USD 4d: The euro is last on the five-day basket at -0.39% with French and Italian sovereign stress unresolved, and price sits at 11% of its 20-day range. I am waiting for Wednesday's CPI rather than owning a dollar leg into a headline forecast at 3.6% that is gasoline-driven.
• 🟢 LONG GBP/JPY 5d: Hawkish BoE commentary against an explicit BoJ hold-until-December consensus, with price at 209.66 above the 209.14 twenty-day average. Thursday's UK GDP at a forecast -0.1% is why this stays an idea rather than a trade.

Risk sentiment

🟢 Risk-on (mild). Helps AUD, GBP; hurts JPY, CHF.

VIX is 14.84, down 3.07% over five days and at 15% of its 20-day range, while the S&P 500 at 7812 is up 1.15% over five days and sits at 90% of its range. AUD/JPY, the cleanest barometer, is 110.46 and up 0.74% over five days, and Asian shares rose at the open as oil fell on the energy ceasefire claim. The restraint on calling this anything stronger is the bond market: the 10-year at 5.244% near a 24-year high and credit headlines on France and Italy are a standing threat to the equity bid.

Commodities

Commodity	Direction	Helps	Hurts	Note
oil	🔴 DOWN	JPY, EUR, CHF, GBP	CAD	WTI is 90.68, down 1.27% on the day and 10.56% over 20 days at 19% of its range; Brent is 103.88, down 0.80% but still up 3.55% over five days. The driver is Trump's claimed energy ceasefire and a deal to supply Russian diesel, which knocked about $1.50 off prices at the open, partly offset by the Houthi strike on Riyadh airport.
gold	🟢 UP	AUD, CHF	USD	Gold is 4213.3, up 1.36% over five days though still down 3.18% over 20, and buyers are attempting a decisive break of $4,200 after a high of $4,217 in Asia. Reuters attributes the gain to weaker oil and a softer dollar, and the bottoming setup needs Wednesday's CPI to turn Treasury yields to confirm.
copper	🟢 UP	AUD	—	Copper is 6.735, up 1.40% on the day, 2.28% over five days and 6.41% over 20, sitting at 81% of its 20-day range. This is the strongest single input behind the Australian dollar's first weekly gain in five.
iron ore	🟢 UP	AUD	—	No price feed; the news reads mildly constructive. Iron ore ticked up as Chinese mills eye post-holiday restocking, UBS lifted its forecast, and SMM reports firmer spot lifting import margins alongside declining concentrate production from holiday shutdowns, though stock builds weigh.
natural gas	🟢 UP	USD, CAD	EUR, GBP, CHF, JPY	US natural gas is 3.167, up 3.29% over five days and 9.36% over 20 at 70% of its range, despite a 1.65% fall on the day. Sustained higher energy costs are a terms-of-trade drag on the European importers, and Xinhua argues US sanctions relief on Russian diesel is unlikely to cool fuel prices.

Currency board

Currency	View	Conviction	Rate now	Next meeting	Path vs priced	Non-rate factor
EUR	🔴 DOWN	●●○	2.50%	Not in feed; late October ECB. Lagarde speaks twice on 14 October, at 02:10Z and 08:30Z: ➡️ hold (likely)	as priced	France is the whole story. The WSJ says the ECB is unlikely to intervene in the French bond selloff, the FT says it will sit on the sidelines, Krugman warns of an explosive European debt crisis, and Goldman now flags Italy as next.
GBP	🟢 UP	●●○	3.73%	Not in feed; November MPC. Bailey speaks on 14, 15, 16 and 17 October: ⬆️ hike (toss up)	more hawkish than priced	Positioning is the amplifier: specs are net short 97,611 contracts, 36.7% of open interest, the most extreme short on the board, after adding 6,536.
AUD	🟢 UP	●●○	4.35%	Not in feed; November RBA. Employment Change and the Unemployment Rate land 15 October 00:30Z: ➡️ hold (likely)	more hawkish than priced	The China complex is finally aligned: copper +2.28% over five days at 81% of its range, and iron ore ticking up on post-holiday restocking with UBS lifting its forecast.
CAD	🔴 DOWN	●●○	2.25%	28 October Bank of Canada, from the news rather than the calendar feed. Macklem speaks 14 October 06:05Z and 16 October 04:15Z: ➡️ hold (leaning)	more dovish than priced	Oil turned against the loonie over the weekend: WTI is down 1.27% to 90.68 on Trump's energy ceasefire claim and the Russian diesel deal, and FXStreet has the Canadian dollar flat near 1.4250 only because sliding oil offsets a softer dollar.
JPY	🔴 DOWN	●○○	0.98%	29-30 October BOJ, from the news rather than the calendar feed: ➡️ hold (likely)	as priced	Intervention risk is the only brake. USD/JPY at 158.32 is at 85% of its 20-day range and the 20-day high is 158.996; the market is pinned by the rate differential and crude, with Tokyo closed.
USD	⚪ FLAT	●○○	3.75%	Not in feed; late October FOMC. The calendar carries only the 7 October minutes, Waller on 8 October and Fed Chairman Warsh on 16 October 03:30Z: ➡️ hold (leaning)	as priced	Long-end supply and the 24-year-high yield story are the dollar's standing bid, but Newsquawk notes DXY marginally softer this morning on lower oil and backlash over the Russian diesel deal.
CHF	⚪ FLAT	●○○	-0.05%	Not in feed; December quarterly assessment. Chairman Schlegel speaks 15 October 04:30Z: ➡️ hold (likely)	more dovish than priced	The offsetting force is euro-zone sovereign stress: with the ECB refusing to intervene in French paper and Goldman flagging Italy, the franc keeps a standing flow bid.

View is against the basket of the other six over 2-5 days; conviction is The desk's own, 1 to 3. Scored at 3 trading days.

• EUR 🔴 DOWN: The deposit rate has been pinned at 2.5% with no change in the daily series, and HICP is still rising month on month. Investing.com reports French fiscal risks raise the chance of an ECB pause after December, and Lane attributes higher global bond yields to AI investment rather than policy. Nothing in the week's communication moves the October decision; Lagarde's two Wednesday appearances are the only live risk. The euro is last on the basket over five days at -0.39% and over 20 at -1.37%, EUR/USD at 1.1206 is at 11% of its 20-day range and EUR/GBP at 0.8459 at 7%. The flag is positioning: specs are net short 99,332, 11.4% of open interest, after adding 36,076 in one week, so any sign of the ECB or Paris stabilising French paper produces a squeeze. A clean break of 1.1162, the 20-day low, confirms; a close back above 1.1250 says the crowding has bitten.
• GBP 🟢 UP: MUFG expects a November Bank of England rate hike, and VT Markets describes GBP/USD range trade persisting despite Bank of England hawkishness, which is the definition of a path the market has not yet paid for. The UK immediate rate has edged up to 3.7313% from 3.7308% and UK CPI is rising on the last available print. The offset is Thursday's GDP, forecast at -0.1% m/m after +0.4%. Sterling is quietly grinding: +0.11% on the day and over five days, with EUR/GBP at 0.8459, the bottom 7% of its 20-day range, and GBP/USD opening 9 pips higher at 1.3242. Four Bailey appearances in four days with a November hike on the table is the catalyst for a short-covering move; a GDP print at or below -0.1% on Thursday flips it.
• AUD 🟢 UP: The cash rate has been unchanged at 4.35% for two consecutive months and Australian CPI is still rising on the quarterly series, leaving Australia with the highest policy rate on the board and no easing bias. Kalkine's read of the board is nine voting members with no pre-set path, and household stress is minimal with fewer than 1% of borrowers in negative equity, which removes the usual argument for cuts. Thursday's jobs report is forecast at +20.0K with unemployment steady at 4.6%. AUD leads the five-day basket at +0.57% and is up 0.33% today after its first weekly gain in five, while specs are net short 98,588, 30% of open interest, after adding 35,349 shorts into a rising currency. That is squeeze fuel with a hawkish hold behind it. AUD/USD has failed near 0.7000 twice; a close above it confirms, a jobs print under 20.0K on Thursday flips it.
• CAD 🔴 DOWN: Friday's employment report was a disaster: Canada lost 68,000 jobs against a forecast of +6.1K, with the unemployment rate forecast at 6.5%. Exchange Rates UK frames it directly as a jobs slump challenging October BoC hike bets, so the hawkish tail that was priced has been cut. Canada already has the only falling policy rate on the board at 2.25% from 2.27%, with CPI down to 2.32% from 2.64%. The rate path and the commodity now point the same way for the first time in a week: a 68,000 job loss three weeks before the decision, plus oil losing its war premium. USD/CAD at 1.4255 sits at 90% of its 20-day range with a 1.42966 high to clear; CAD is -0.26% on the day and specs are net short 90,163. A Macklem appearance that defends the hike option on Wednesday, or Brent reclaiming 105, flips it.
• JPY 🔴 DOWN: The weekend preview is explicit: BOJ policymakers will digest more Q3 data before the 29-30 October meeting and the board is widely expected to hold rates steady until December or January. FXStreet frames this morning's range as dovish BoJ signals in holiday trade. The Japan immediate rate is 0.977%, slightly lower than 0.978%. This is a downgrade from my previous more_hawkish call: the regional-report hawkishness has been overwritten by an explicit hold-until-December consensus. The yen is -0.31% over five days and -1.06% over 20 while specs hold a net long of 62,325 contracts, a combination that bleeds. With US CPI on Wednesday and the 10-year at 5.244%, the differential points the same way; the flip is any approach to 160 that brings the Ministry of Finance into the frame, or a CPI miss that pulls US yields down hard.
• USD ⚪ FLAT: The effective rate has risen to 3.75% from 3.63% and the CPI index is still climbing, but the labour market softened with unemployment at 4.2% from 4.1% and growth slowed to 2.2% from 2.5%. Wednesday's print is forecast at 3.6% y/y headline with core m/m decelerating to 0.2% from 0.3%, and the headline acceleration is attributed to gasoline. The 2-year yield fell to 4.75% from 4.77% while the 10-year eased to 5.22% from 5.28% into the weekend, so the front end is not adding hawkishness. DXY at 102.24 is at 90% of its 20-day range after a 2.79% climb, and the five-day change is just +0.06%: the move is mature and the gate is Wednesday's CPI. A core m/m at or above 0.3% with the 10-year back above 5.3% turns this to up; a gasoline-only headline with soft core and Thursday's retail sales missing 0.3% turns it down.
• CHF ⚪ FLAT: The 3-month interbank rate is -0.045% and still edging lower. FXStreet leads this morning with the franc struggling as a dovish SNB stance lifts USD/CHF, which is new evidence against my previous as_priced call. UOB holds a range-trade bias against the dollar, so nobody expects policy to move before December. Two forces cancel: CHF is -0.22% over five days on the dovish SNB read but +0.12% today, with USD/CHF at 0.8305 in the middle of its recent band and EUR/CHF at 0.9304 bouncing off 0.9280. Schlegel on Thursday is the tie-breaker; a fresh widening in French or Italian spreads turns the franc bid regardless of what he says.

Macro overview

This is an inflation week for the dollar and a positioning week for everything else. US CPI lands Wednesday with headline forecast at 3.6% y/y from 3.4% and m/m at 0.6% from 0.4%, while core is forecast to decelerate to 0.2% m/m from 0.3%; Bloomberg flags that the headline acceleration is gasoline-driven. The level backdrop is extreme: the 10-year sits at 5.244% near a 24-year high, with Wall Street strategists now talking about 6% as structural pressures outlast the oil-driven selloff. The Fed funds effective rate has risen to 3.75% from 3.63% and US CPI is still climbing, but unemployment ticked up to 4.2% from 4.1% and GDP growth slowed to 2.2% from 2.5%. DXY at 102.24 sits at 90% of its 20-day range after a 2.79% 20-day climb, so a hawkish surprise is already partly owned.

The commodity complex flipped over the weekend. Trump claimed an energy ceasefire in the Ukraine war and a deal to supply Russian diesel to US and global markets; oil fell about $1.50 at the Asian open and equities rose on it. WTI is 90.68, down 1.27% on the day and 10.56% over 20 days; Brent is 103.88, down 0.80% on the day but still up 3.55% over five. Against that, Houthi strikes on Riyadh airport keep a Middle East premium alive and Trump says he will look at joining Saudi Arabia against the Houthis. The China inputs are the mirror image: copper is 6.735, up 2.28% in five days and at 81% of its 20-day range, iron ore ticked up on post-holiday mill restocking with UBS lifting its forecast. That split is why AUD leads the five-day basket at +0.57% and CAD has stalled.

Europe remains the weak link. The WSJ reports the ECB is unlikely to intervene in the French bond selloff, the FT says it will sit on the sidelines, Krugman says France may have become too big to save, and Goldman now flags Italy as the next candidate as Rome's deficit targets rise. The euro is last on the five-day basket at -0.39% and last over 20 days at -1.37%, and specs added 36,076 shorts in the week to 6 October to a net -99,332. The calendar ahead is dense with speakers rather than decisions: Lagarde twice on Wednesday, Bailey four times across the week, Macklem Wednesday and Friday, Schlegel Thursday, and Fed Chairman Warsh on Friday, with Australian employment and UK GDP both Thursday.

Weekend recap

Two weekend stories mattered. First, Trump claimed an energy ceasefire in the Ukraine war and a deal to supply Russian diesel to US and global markets; oil fell about $1.50 at the Asian open, Asian shares were mixed to higher and the FT and Bloomberg both led on it, with a Russian lawmaker openly questioning the claim and Xinhua arguing sanctions relief will not cool fuel prices. Second, Houthi strikes on Riyadh airport kept the Middle East premium alive, with Trump saying he will look at joining Saudi Arabia against the Houthis. Beneath both, the bond story ran all weekend: Treasury yields near a 24-year high with the 10-year above 5%, strategists talking about 6%, and everyone waiting on Wednesday's CPI, which Bloomberg expects to be boosted by gasoline.

The open priced almost none of it. Every gap is small: GBP/USD +9 pips to 1.3242, AUD/USD -9 pips to 0.69789, USD/JPY +7 pips to 158.32, USD/CHF +5 pips to 0.83051, USD/CAD +1 pip to 1.4255 and EUR/USD unchanged at 1.12057, none more than 16% of a daily ATR. Tokyo is closed for a holiday, so dollar-yen has been capped in the lower 158s with the US bond market shut. The one thing that did move is relative: AUD is +0.33% and CAD -0.26% on the day, the oil-down, copper-up split expressed directly.

Impact	Ccy	Headline	Pushes	Reading
🔥 large	CAD	Canada lost 68,000 jobs last month, just before the Oct. 28 Bank of Canada decision	CAD down → AUD/CAD up, USD/CAD up	A 68,000 job loss against a +6.1K forecast removes the hawkish tail that was priced into the October BoC meeting and confirms Canada as the only falling policy rate on the board.
🔸 medium	JPY	Japan Week Ahead: BOJ board widely expected to hold rates steady until December or January	JPY down → AUD/JPY up, USD/JPY supported	This overwrites the regional-report hawkishness I was carrying; the yen's path is now an explicit hold into year-end, which is why I downgraded JPY from more hawkish to as priced.
🔸 medium	GBP	MUFG expects a November Bank of England rate hike	GBP up → EUR/GBP down	Commentary rather than a print, but it lands alongside VT Markets noting the pound is still range-trading despite BoE hawkishness, which is the definition of a path not yet in the price.
▫️ small	USD	Treasury yields near 24-year high as investors await inflation data; Wall Street sees 6%	Yields up → risk sentiment down, USD supported	The 10-year at 5.244% is the standing threat to an equity bid sitting at 90% of its range; it is the reason I call risk-on mild rather than clean.
▫️ small	USD	Houthi strike on Riyadh airport; Trump says he will 'look at' joining the Saudi fight	Geopolitical risk up → oil floor, havens bid	This is the counterweight to the energy ceasefire story and the main reason I am not sizing the oil-down theme larger.

Book

• ❌ Idea Oct 5 GBP/AUD long → wrong (-51.6 pips)
• ▶ Open #29 EUR/AUD 🔴 SHORT (conviction 2): entry 1.6087, target 1.593, stop 1.619, expires Mon, Oct 12 — EUR/AUD short: +31 pips and expiring today; thesis intact, euro still last on the five-day basket and the Australian commodity complex has turned constructive, no change.
• ▶ Open #30 USD/CAD 🟢 LONG (conviction 1): entry 1.4267, target 1.439, stop 1.419, expires Mon, Oct 12 — USD/CAD long: -12 pips and expiring today; the Canadian jobs collapse and sliding oil justify the direction but the dollar did not cooperate, let it resolve.
• ▶ Open #32 EUR/CHF 🔴 SHORT (conviction 2): entry 0.9328, target 0.923, stop 0.9393, expires Wed, Oct 14 — EUR/CHF short: +24 pips, 48h left; euro weakness is intact but the dovish SNB headline this morning weakens the franc leg, target stays at 0.9230 and I would not add.
• ▶ Open #33 USD/JPY 🔴 SHORT (conviction 1): entry 158.17, target 156.3, stop 159.05, expires Wed, Oct 14 — USD/JPY short: -15 pips, 48h left; thesis is damaged, I have downgraded the yen to a dovish hold and the pair is pinned at 85% of its 20-day range, I let it run to expiry rather than reverse into CPI and intervention-zone risk.
• ▶ Open #34 AUD/CHF 🟢 LONG (conviction 1): entry 0.5799, target 0.586, stop 0.5765, expires Thu, Oct 15 — AUD/CHF long: -5 pips, 72h left; thesis intact and improved, copper and iron ore are both firmer and the SNB headline cuts the franc leg, stop stays at 0.5765.
• ▶ Open #35 EUR/GBP 🔴 SHORT (conviction 2): entry 0.8459, target 0.84, stop 0.8496, expires Fri, Oct 16
• ▶ Open #36 AUD/CAD 🟢 LONG (conviction 1): entry 0.9945, target 1.005, stop 0.9878, expires Mon, Oct 19

What changed since the last board

	Size	Change
USD	▫️ small	decision confidence likely → leaning
GBP	‼️ big	direction flat → up
GBP	‼️ big	next meeting: hold → hike
GBP	‼️ big	path vs priced: as priced → more hawkish
GBP	▫️ small	decision confidence leaning → toss_up
GBP	▫️ small	conviction 1 → 2
JPY	‼️ big	direction up → down
JPY	‼️ big	path vs priced: more hawkish → as priced
JPY	▫️ small	decision confidence leaning → likely
CHF	‼️ big	direction up → flat
CHF	‼️ big	path vs priced: as priced → more dovish
CAD	‼️ big	direction flat → down
CAD	▫️ small	decision confidence likely → leaning
CAD	▫️ small	conviction 1 → 2

News that mattered

Impact	Ccy	Headline	Pushes	Reading
🔸 medium	CAD	Oil prices fall after Trump claims 'energy ceasefire' in Ukraine war; US to buy Russian diesel	Oil down → CAD down, EUR/JPY/GBP/CHF terms of trade better	WTI at 90.68 is down 1.27% on the day and 10.56% over 20 days at 19% of its range, stripping the loonie of its one offsetting support. Xinhua's argument that sanctions relief will not cool fuel prices is the caveat.
🔸 medium	EUR	ECB unlikely to intervene in French bond selloff; Goldman flags Italy next	EUR down → EUR/GBP down, EUR/CHF down	The WSJ and FT both put the ECB on the sidelines while Krugman warns France may be too big to save and Goldman widens the problem to Rome; sovereign stress is now a standing drag on the euro and a flow bid for the franc.
🔸 medium	AUD	Iron ore ticked up on Chinese restocking, UBS lifts forecast; copper +1.40%	AUD up → AUD/CAD up, EUR/AUD down	The China complex is aligned for the first time in weeks, with copper at 81% of its 20-day range, which is the mechanism behind the Australian dollar's first weekly gain in five.
▫️ small	CHF	Swiss Franc struggles as dovish SNB stance lifts USD/CHF	CHF down → AUD/CHF up, EUR/CHF less compelling	With the three-month rate at -0.045% and still edging lower, and Schlegel speaking Thursday, the franc's policy leg is a drag even while euro-zone stress feeds it flows.

Scorecard

TRADES (The desk's own, target/stop/expiry): 5 won, 15 lost, 9 expired/closed of 29 (17%), net -520 pips; 7 open
  Conviction 3: 0 won, 0 lost, 1 expired/closed of 1 (0%), net +40 pips
  Conviction 2: 3 won, 12 lost, 5 expired/closed of 20 (15%), net -591 pips
  Conviction 1: 2 won, 2 lost, 2 expired/closed of 6 (33%), net +197 pips
  4 of 4 conditions: 0 won, 2 lost of 2 (0%), net -85 pips
  3 of 4 conditions: 4 won, 9 lost, 6 expired/closed of 19 (21%), net -212 pips
  2 of 4 conditions: 0 won, 2 lost, 2 expired/closed of 4 (0%), net -95 pips
  1 of 4 conditions: 1 won, 0 lost of 1 (100%), net +80 pips
  0 of 4 conditions: 0 won, 1 lost of 1 (0%), net -42 pips
IDEAS (direction at the horizon): 27 right, 32 wrong, 4 flat of 63 (43%), net -831 pips; 17 pending, next due Mon 12 Oct
CURRENCY CALLS (direction vs basket, 3 trading days): 35 right, 38 wrong, 36 flat of 109 (32%); by conviction 4: 1/5, conviction 3: 11/21, conviction 2: 12/57, conviction 1: 11/26; 24 pending

Closing note

Two trades, neither of them routed through Wednesday's US CPI, which is deliberate: a 3.6% headline driven by gasoline with core decelerating to 0.2% is a binary I have no edge on, and my conviction-2 dollar trades are the worst line on the scorecard. The expressions I own are relative-path crosses: a hawkish-leaning BoE against an ECB pinned by French and Italian fiscal stress, and a non-easing RBA with copper and iron ore behind it against a Bank of Canada that just lost 68,000 jobs with oil falling. What changes my mind: a soft Australian employment print Thursday kills the AUD/CAD leg outright, and UK GDP at the forecast -0.1% would turn Bailey's four appearances defensive and stall the EUR/GBP downtrend at a level already 7% off the bottom of its range. I am also watching the 10-year at 5.244%; if it pushes back toward 5.36% the mild risk-on fades and both commodity legs lose their bid.

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