Chart based progressive global trading strategies, Chart Partners

Thomas Schroeder

Chart based progressive global trading strategies

Chart Partners

Chart Partners objective is to discover medium-term cycle turns and profit opportunities before they unfold, within structural trends while preserving capital with clear degrees of risk. We have real return ideas. 

Markets are dynamic and trading systems must reflect this. It is crucial to determine underlying correlations and lead-lag relationships within global markets and the impact on linked instruments. Our weekly Chartonics product gives you short-term trading strategies that can be applied within the medium and longer term macro trends that are mapped out in our strategy updates. 

Our methodology fuses global market variables and isolates drivers in trends. We specialize in FX, index trade in NY and Asia with a focus on Asian stocks. 

Technical Analysis

<p>Rejection at the underside of the SPX broken wedge trendline will define the speed of the next down leg in Asia. Bear momentum below 4,150/40 would place greater odds of a harder pullback.</p><p><strong>Long bets:</strong> ASX and A50 with HSCEI next in line (for now a relative long)</p><p><strong>Short bets: </strong>Taiwan, Nikkei, Korea with India flirting with the 15k pivot. Taiwan and Nikkei are the conviction short bets to recycle while a weak bounce off of trendline makes Korea the next short target.</p><p>A more volatile cycle is due in late May.</p>

Rejection at the underside of the SPX broken wedge trendline will define the speed of the next down leg in Asia. Bear momentum below 4,150/40 would place greater odds of a harder pullback.Long bets: ASX and A50 with HSCEI next in line (for now a relative long)Short bets: Taiwan, Nikkei, Korea with India flirting with the 15k pivot. Taiwan and Nikkei are the conviction short bets to recycle while a weak bounce off of trendline makes Korea the next short target.A more volatile cycle is due in late May.

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One, Periscope Analytics

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

Event-Driven

<p>Hang Seng Indexes Company (HSIL) reviews the constituents of the Hang Seng Composite Index (HSCI) on a half yearly basis in March and September with data cut-off dates as of the end of December and June. The review announcement for the September 2021 review should be made on 13 August and will be effective after the close of trading on 3 September.</p><p>The June review will see the inclusion of stocks that were newly listed from 1 January to 31 March and meet the criteria for joining the index.</p><p>Although there are almost no assets indexed to the HSCI, the index forms the basis of stocks that are eligible for Southbound Stock Connect. Stocks that are included in the HSCI and subsequently included in the Stock Connect program get inflows from mainland investors.</p><div><p>There are a lot of stocks that will join the HSCI and will subsequently be included as a part of the Southbound Stock Connect program - these stocks could be bought by mainland investors and could outperform their peers and the market.</p></div><div><p>There are stocks that will be deleted from the HSCI and consequently deleted from the Southbound Stock Connect buy list while some stocks will be deleted from the HSCI but maintained in Stock Connect since they have listed A-shares.</p></div><div><p>Read on for more details and the stocks affected by the changes.</p></div>

Hang Seng Indexes Company (HSIL) reviews the constituents of the Hang Seng Composite Index (HSCI) on a half yearly basis in March and September with data cut-off dates as of the end of December and June. The review announcement for the September 2021 review should be made on 13 August and will be effective after the close of trading on 3 September.The June review will see the inclusion of stocks that were newly listed from 1 January to 31 March and meet the criteria for joining the index.Although there are almost no assets indexed to the HSCI, the index forms the basis of stocks that are eligible for Southbound Stock Connect. Stocks that are included in the HSCI and subsequently included in the Stock Connect program get inflows from mainland investors.There are a lot of stocks that will join the HSCI and will subsequently be included as a part of the Southbound Stock Connect program - these stocks could be bought by mainland investors and could outperform their peers and the market.There are stocks that will be deleted from the HSCI and consequently deleted from the Southbound Stock Connect buy list while some stocks will be deleted from the HSCI but maintained in Stock Connect since they have listed A-shares.Read on for more details and the stocks affected by the changes.

HSCI Index Rebalance and Stock Connect: Potential Changes in June and September

Smartkarma Research Team, Smartkarma

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Smartkarma Research Team

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Research Reinvented

Smoore International Holdings / Event-Driven

<p>For our next Webinar, we 're excited to welcome back Insight Provider <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/profiles/brian-freitas" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="accounts:4091" rel="noopener">Brian Freitas</a> , who will discuss the upcoming rebalance of the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hong-kong-hang-seng-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22899:1" rel="noopener">Hong Kong Hang Seng Index (HSI INDEX)</a>. Scheduled for June 2021, the HSI rebalance is slated to increase constituents to 80 by mid-2022, better balance representation among industry groups, and rationalise the weighting cap to 8% for all stocks.</p><h3>The webinar will be hosted on Wednesday, 19 May 2021, 17:00 SGT/HKT.</h3><div class="content-highlight"><h2><a href="https://share.hsforms.com/1H9pFZOB-RF2J00kbvMmxcw2c5gj?zoom_webinar_id=87998710285" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Register for the Webinar here</a></h2></div><p>Brian Freitas is a highly experienced ex-delta one trader with over 17 years of experience. He was previously with Barclays, Macquarie, Credit Suisse and BNP Paribas.</p>

For our next Webinar, we 're excited to welcome back Insight Provider Brian Freitas , who will discuss the upcoming rebalance of the Hong Kong Hang Seng Index (HSI INDEX). Scheduled for June 2021, the HSI rebalance is slated to increase constituents to 80 by mid-2022, better balance representation among industry groups, and rationalise the weighting cap to 8% for all stocks.The webinar will be hosted on Wednesday, 19 May 2021, 17:00 SGT/HKT.Register for the Webinar hereBrian Freitas is a highly experienced ex-delta one trader with over 17 years of experience. He was previously with Barclays, Macquarie, Credit Suisse and BNP Paribas.

Smartkarma Webinar | Hang Seng (HSI INDEX) Rebalance: What's in Store for June?

Hang Seng China Enterprises Index / Technical Analysis

<p>China A shares remains a bullish bet on dips and able to weather speed bumps in the global cycle.</p><p>Our HK short is meeting downside targets where we want to layer out of our short and into a long for a tactical bounce cycle but the macro picture remains dim.</p><p>Taiwan call to transition from long to short at the top of the rising wedge is unfolding. We like building a short into the outlined top zone. Taiwan was the next line to short/roll over following leads in Nikkei, HK, India.</p><p>Weakening signals and breadth splinters in Asia a warning for a bigger cycle peak brewing in the global cycle.</p>

China A shares remains a bullish bet on dips and able to weather speed bumps in the global cycle.Our HK short is meeting downside targets where we want to layer out of our short and into a long for a tactical bounce cycle but the macro picture remains dim.Taiwan call to transition from long to short at the top of the rising wedge is unfolding. We like building a short into the outlined top zone. Taiwan was the next line to short/roll over following leads in Nikkei, HK, India.Weakening signals and breadth splinters in Asia a warning for a bigger cycle peak brewing in the global cycle.

Hong Kong Short Reduce - Taiwan Add to Short on Strength

FTSE China A50 Index / Technical Analysis

<p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ftse-china-a50-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22905:1" rel="noopener">FTSE China A50 Index (XIN9I INDEX)</a> kissed the lower pattern long support zone at 16,500 amid maturing bull divergence that sets the stage for a counter trend risk to the underside of broken trendline that will act as the next big upside target and short zone.</p><p>A share exhibit the higher conviction long set up with HK still vulnerble to any SPX pullback (dip and rally the bias into late April).</p><p>Hong Kong - Conviction rests with buying a swing lower near HSI 27,500 and HSCEI 10,500-600 or a breakout now as we challenge the HSI 29,200 pivot barrier with 29,500 the next hurdle.</p>

FTSE China A50 Index (XIN9I INDEX) kissed the lower pattern long support zone at 16,500 amid maturing bull divergence that sets the stage for a counter trend risk to the underside of broken trendline that will act as the next big upside target and short zone.A share exhibit the higher conviction long set up with HK still vulnerble to any SPX pullback (dip and rally the bias into late April).Hong Kong - Conviction rests with buying a swing lower near HSI 27,500 and HSCEI 10,500-600 or a breakout now as we challenge the HSI 29,200 pivot barrier with 29,500 the next hurdle.

A50 Long Signal and Hurdles to Backswing Target

China

The Hang Seng China Enterprises Index is a free-float capitalization-weighted index comprised of H-Shares listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and included in the Hang Seng Mainland Composite Index. The base value of this index is 2000 as of Jan 3, 2000. This index replaced the old HSCE index on Oct. 3, 2001.

Hang Seng China Enterprises Index (HSCEI INDEX)

Hang Seng China Enterprises Index (HSCEI INDEX)

Asia Long/Short Trades

Long bets: ASX and A50 with HSCEI next in line (for now a relative long) Short bets: Taiwan, Nikkei, Korea with India flirting with the 15k pivot....

Thomas Schroeder

HSCI Index Rebalance and Stock Connect: Potential Changes in June and September

A look at the potential changes to the HSCI at the June & September reviews and stocks that could be included in/excluded from Stock Connect. These...

Brian Freitas

Smartkarma Webinar | Hang Seng (HSI INDEX) Rebalance: What's in Store for June?

On 19 May, 5PM SGT, join our webinar with Brian Freitas, where we will discuss the upcoming rebalance of the Hong Kong Hang Seng Index (HSI INDEX)...

Smartkarma Research

Hong Kong Short Reduce - Taiwan Add to Short on Strength

HK short is meeting downside targets to turn from short to long - tactical bounce cycle but the macro picture remains dim. Taiwan call to...

Thomas Schroeder

A50 Long Signal and Hurdles to Backswing Target

FTSE China A50 Index (XIN9I INDEX) kissed the lower pattern long support zone at 16,500 amid maturing bull divergence that sets the stage for a...

Thomas Schroeder