Daily Virtual Steel Mill Report 17/5/21

Market Verdict on Iron Ore: ·         Iron ore short-run neutral. Macro ·         China National Bureau of Statistics: Jan-Apr electric power generation 2.53 trillion kwh, up 16.8% y-o-y, up 10.9% compared to the year 2019. ·         China April above scale industry realised added value growth rate 9.8%, last 14.1%, est. 9.8%. ·         Jan -Apr, China National …

Daily Virtual Steel Mill Report 14/5/21

Market Verdict on Iron Ore: ·         Iron ore short-run bearish.   Macro ·         U.S. president Biden made a concession on the infrastructure investment on 200 million dollars proposed previously. ·         U.S. April PPI up 6.2% y-o-y, created the biggest increase from the year 2010, est. 5.8%. ·         Tangshan Market Regulation Bureau, National Development and Reform …

Iron Ore DCE Sep Daily Technical Review 13/5/21

Verdict – Short-term bearish. DCE iron ore September contract continued correction, with a further correction expectation in next trading day. Hourly stochastic KD slumped after a dead cross in the first hourly of DCE night session yesterday. Hourly CCI however finally flattened after created a year-low level. Hourly candles filled the previous gap created after …

Daily Virtual Steel Mill Report 13/5/21

Market Verdict on Iron Ore: ·         Iron ore short-run market bearish. Macro ·         China PM Li, Keqiang requested to follow the onshore commodity relation with offshore commodity, to resolve the quick increase of commodity price. Strengthen currency policy and keep economy stable. ·         U.S. CPI April increase 4.2%, created new high since September 2008. Estimation …

Iron Ore DCE Sep Daily Technical Review 12/5/21

Verdict – Short-term bullish. DCE iron ore September contract continued rebound. Hourly CCI recovered massively from a monthly low of May in current two trading days. Hourly chart indicated the previous gap by the opening of May 10th successfully supported the new round of strong movement. However a short-run increase on price need to confirm …

Daily Virtual Steel Mill Report 12/5/21

Market Verdict on Iron Ore: ·         Iron ore short-run bullish. Macro ·         U.S. dollar index DXY maintained consolidation from 90 – 90.3. ·         United Nations mid-year 2021 report indicated China growth expected to growth rate at 8.2%, higher than previous prediction at 7.2%. U.S. economy growth rate at 6.2%, higher than previous prediction as well. …

Iron Ore DCE Sep Daily Technical Review 10/5/21

Verdict – Short-term bullish. DCE iron ore September contract reached limit-up at 1326.0. Most of trades from last week were done by previous buyers taking gains and new buyers entering market. Thus open interest fell by 13.8% from mid-April. Hourly MACD flattened. Slow stochastic widened. SHFE HRC and Rebar have significant bids working on limit-up …

Daily Virtual Steel Mill Report 10/5/21

Market Verdict on Iron Ore: ·         Iron ore short-run neutral to bullish, be aware of taking gains. Macro ·         U.S. non-agricultural employment reached 266,000, much lower than expectation at 978,000. U.S. index DXY dropped to the lowest since February 25th. Inflation-linked assets were bought massively cross weekends. Iron Ore Key Indicators: ·         Iron ore and …

China Wuxi Cobalt Index Weekly Technical Review 10/5/2021

Verdict – Short-term neutral. China Wuxi Cobalt entered a consolidation area from mid-April. Cobalt didn’t catch up the big voltality as other metals after Labor day. The decrease on trading volume in April in general trapped Cobalt market into a narrow consolidation range. Technical signals were indicating a very neutral trend in short-run as well. …