Trade ideas thread - Friday, 21 February, insightful charts, technical analysis, ideas

Lean hog futures dumped $1.20-$1.80; USDA hog price $78.78, down $3.34. Traders eye pork cutout value at $96.14.

Govt shutdown ends, but backlogs & delayed data ($10-15B/wk cost) linger. Travel curbs lift in ~1wk.

USD/JPY heightened intervention risk. MoF unlikely to intervene during peak liquidity, when the impact would be muted. A thin-market window would deliver maximum effectiveness. The Thanksgiving period stands out as a plausible window

US House votes to reopen the government. Trump to sign soon The US government will reopen, as expected.

PBOC sets USD/ CNY reference rate for today at 7.0865 (vs. estimate at 7.1156) PBOC CNY reference rate setting for the trading session ahead.

Australian dollar jumped higher on the very strong jobs report - no RBA rate cuts ahead A strong headline jobs report. The unemployment rate dropped. Employment change is twice what was expected. Full time jobs surged.

Ueda says BOJ ready to act if long-term yields move out of line with fundamentals Ueda says long-term yields will be left to markets unless moves become disorderly, with the BOJ prepared to act if needed.