Strip Trade
Strip Trade Technical Indicators • Price Action • Chart Signals A systematic strategy that buys a series of consecutive futures contracts across multiple delivery months — locking in exposure and yield across time rather
Cycle Patterns
Repo Rate Arbitrage
Repo Rate Arbitrage Technical Indicators • Price Action • Chart Signals A short-term collateral lending strategy that exploits the gap between secured overnight borrowing rates and prevailing market yields Repo Rate Arbitrage is a
Cash-and-Carry Arbitrage
Cash-and-Carry Arbitrage Technical Indicators • Price Action • Chart Signals A market-neutral strategy that buys the spot asset and shorts the futures contract simultaneously — locking in a risk-free spread as the two prices
NOB Spread
NOB Spread Technical Indicators • Price Action • Chart Signals A yield curve trade that measures the gap between 10-year Treasury notes and 30-year Treasury bonds — one of the most institutionally watched macro
Calendar Spread
Calendar Spread Technical Indicators • Price Action • Chart Signals A time-based futures strategy that exploits the price gap between contracts of the same asset expiring in different months Calendar Spread is a futures
Basis Trade
Basis Trade Technical Indicators • Price Action • Chart Signals A market-neutral strategy that captures the price gap between spot and futures to generate yield without directional market exposure Basis Trade is an arbitrage
Gold/Silver Ratio Trade
Gold/Silver Ratio Trade Real-World Assets • Bullion • Physical Collateral A long-standing intermarket strategy that trades the relative value between gold and silver to capture rotation between the two metals Gold/Silver Ratio Trade is
Backwardation
Backwardation Technical Indicators • Price Action • Chart Signals A futures market structure where contracts trade below spot price — signaling supply stress, capitulation, or a high-conviction accumulation signal Backwardation is the inverse of
Contango
Contango Technical Indicators • Price Action • Chart Signals A market structure where futures prices trade above the current spot price — signaling cost-of-carry expectations and bullish sentiment bias Contango is a futures market
TED Spread
TED Spread / SOFR Spread Technical Indicators • Price Action • Chart Signals A macro credit stress barometer measuring the gap between risk-free government rates and interbank lending rates TED Spread / SOFR Spread
Cycle Patterns
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