{"id":216484,"date":"2026-08-03T13:09:55","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T17:09:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.eu\/campus\/uncategorized\/as-the-ratchet-turns-2\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T14:52:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T14:52:17","slug":"as-the-ratchet-turns-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.eu\/campus\/traders-insight\/ibkr-market-insights\/as-the-ratchet-turns-2\/","title":{"rendered":"As the Ratchet Turns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stocks are starting the new month off with a bang.\u00a0 Oil futures are lower after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/world\/as-trump-cites-progress-on-deal-to-end-war-iran-and-israel-remain-on-alert\/ar-AA29fGA1?ocid=BingNewsSerp\">the President called off<\/a> a promised round of strikes on Iran, saying that, \u201cThere\u2019s a deal on Hormuz, and then there will be a deal on the nuclear or you might call it the denuclearization of Iran.\u201d\u00a0 Oil futures traded sharply lower, bringing bond yields along with them.\u00a0 The Japanese yen held at stronger levels after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/money\/markets\/japan-us-confirm-joint-yen-buying-intervention-signal-more-action\/ar-AA29jofA?ocid=BingNewsSerp\">bilateral intervention by the US and Japan<\/a>.\u00a0 And the rally in megacap tech, along with pretty much everything else, continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oil traders seemed not to mind that Iran denied that any talks with the US were underway, with their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/world\/iran\/trump-iran-talks-attacks-canceled-hormuz-nuclear-rcna590535\">Foreign Ministry spokesperson saying<\/a>, \u201cWe currently do not have negotiations with America.\u201d&nbsp; On the other hand, Iran acknowledged negotiations with Oman over a temporary safe route through the Strait of Hormuz.&nbsp; This is not a favorable development for the US, but commodity traders are less concerned about geopolitical advantages than they are about supply and demand dynamics.&nbsp; If a deal between Oman and Iran can get tankers flowing through the Strait, that will increase the global supply of crude oil \u2013 even if it may come with tolls on shipping that raise costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As for the yen, the joint intervention is the first concerted action since the 2011 Fukushima earthquake.&nbsp; There is a key difference between then and now, however.&nbsp; At that time, the two countries joined forces to weaken a rapidly appreciating yen; these recent moves were designed to bolster a sagging Japanese currency.&nbsp; As of now, the yen is holding at stronger levels, wiping out roughly three months of depreciation (remember, the yen\/dollar rate is conventionally quoted as yen per dollar, so a lower number means a relatively stronger yen and weaker dollar for that pair).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-jpy-4-months-daily-candles\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>JPY, 4-Months, Daily Candles<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"901\" height=\"498\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/image-14.png\" alt=\"JPY, 4-Months, Daily Candles chart\" class=\"wp-image-216485 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.eu\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/08\/image-14.png 901w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.eu\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/08\/image-14-700x387.png 700w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.eu\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/08\/image-14-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.eu\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/08\/image-14-768x424.png 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 901px) 100vw, 901px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 901px; aspect-ratio: 901\/498;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Source: Interactive Brokers<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There was a fascinating aspect to the intervention: it was literally on the Treasury Secretary\u2019s to-do list.&nbsp; A Reuters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/money\/markets\/exclusive-bessent-s-to-do-list-buy-5-10-billion-worth-of-japanese-yen-reuters-photo-shows\/ar-AA29aEJ1?ocid=BingNewsSerp\">photographer snapped a picture<\/a> of a notepad in front of Secretary Bessent at a cabinet meeting that read, \u201cTo Do Buy Japanese Yen $5-10 bil.\u201d&nbsp; The Secretary is no stranger to large currency trades.&nbsp; He had a role in George Soros\u2019 famous trade that forced the Bank of England (BOE) to devalue the British pound.&nbsp; The market clearly understands this, which is why the intervention appears to be holding, though he also must clearly understand the difficult dynamics of propping up a currency simply through intervention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The important difference between 2011 and now is that the current move is designed to prop up a sinking currency rather than weaken a strengthening one.&nbsp;&nbsp; It is relatively easy for central banks and governments to attempt to suppress a rising currency.&nbsp; When markets are clearly demanding more assets in a specific currency, that country generally has no problem issuing more debt to meet at least some of that demand.&nbsp; Yet when markets are showing a clear preference for other countries\u2019 currencies, that central bank has to buy assets to prop it up.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That was the crux of Soros\u2019 trade.&nbsp; The BOE was facing a huge, concerted seller of pounds amidst a secular weakening trend and ran out of ammunition and\/or the will to take the measures necessary to prop up its currency.&nbsp; The Bank of Japan (BOJ) and the US now find themselves on the same side of the trade as the BOE did, though there is not a single, obvious concerted seller at this point.&nbsp; Instead, it put the brakes, at least temporarily, on the carry trade and other market moves that hinge upon a weaker yen.&nbsp; The question is whether the recent move can hold without some action from either the BOJ (raising rates) or the Japanese government designed to improve the country\u2019s monetary or fiscal appeal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the meantime, though, all eyes, and lots of investors\u2019 dollars, are plunging back into large-cap tech stocks.\u00a0 Indeed, today\u2019s rally is quite broad-based, with advancing stocks outpacing decliners by about 2.5:1 and up volume running about 4x that of down volume.\u00a0 But we can\u2019t ignore another sizeable up day for some of the largest stocks in the market.\u00a0 Microsoft (MSFT) and Amazon (AMZN) are continuing last week\u2019s rallies, with each up nearly 5%.\u00a0 Meta Platforms (META) is bouncing back nicely with a gain of 7%, while Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL) has joined the party with a 5% rally of its own, but Apple (AAPL) is still marginally lower after last week\u2019s plunge. NVDA is up 3%, but semiconductors are showing only marginal gains overall, showing that the \u201ctakers\u201d are back in a big way.\u00a0 Heck, even beaten-down Oracle (ORCL) is up nearly 8% as the once-leading \u201cmakers\u201d lag.\u00a0\u00a0 Bottom line: if the hyperscalers are leading the party, the broader market has no choice but to dance along with them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stocks are starting the new month off with a bang.\u00a0 Oil futures are lower after the President called off a promised round of strikes on Iran, saying that, \u201cThere\u2019s a deal on Hormuz, and then there will be a deal on the nuclear or you might call it the denuclearization of Iran.\u201d\u00a0 Oil futures traded sharply lower, bringing bond yields along with them.\u00a0 The Japanese yen held at stronger levels after bilateral intervention by the US and Japan.\u00a0 And the rally in megacap tech, along with pretty much 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