Question: I read somewhere that you compared US Treasuries to Tesla. Is that true? - Richard - Chicago, IL

Answer: Yes, I did. To understand why I compared 30-year Treasuries to TSLA, let me share my take on TSLA first.

I published the following analysis about TSLA in the February 8 Profit Radar Report:

"It’s rare to see a mania big enough to create the ‘support bowl’ line, but TSLA managed to do it. The last big mania with a similar trajectory was bitcoin in November/December 2017. The last one in the automotive industry was VW in October 2008. Ironically, the rally in VW shares (from below 300 to above 1,000 in less then 2 months) was also driven by short sellers, spooked by Porsche taking control of VW. Within a couple months after its spike above 1,000, VW fell back below 100. 

The chart below allows for a comparison between TSLA and Volkswagen. Inserted in the upper right is a chart of bitcoin along with its corresponding ‘bowl’ support."

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Since then, TSLA fell from 969 to 361.

Knowing what happened to TSLA and what led up to TSLA's fall explains why I compared 30-year Treasures und the iShares 20+ year Treasury ETF (TLT) to TSLA. The analysis below is from the March 8, Profit Radar Report:

"30-year Treasury prices spiked more on Friday than the S&P 500 fell, and TLT was up almost twice as much as 30-year Treasury futures. 30-year Treasury futures are up another 2.5% tonight. Appears like a historic flight to safety, and quite likely sign of panic. It’s hard to apply rational analysis to a market that’s acting irrational. 

The stock market has shown that what goes up, comes back down, and it can do so very quickly. Odds are the same will happen to Treasuries sooner or later. 

In fact, the chart includes curved ‘bowl support,’ the same kind of support/pattern that the  showed for TSLA. Down side risk is very high, and aggressive traders may consider adding to shorts."

Below is an updated chart for 30-year Treasury futures:

There is a support shelf at 167 - 164, which should cause a bounce, but as long as resistance around 178 holds, the trend is lower.

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