by Ryan Littlestone | December 19th, 2018, 14:08:01 | Central Banks, Fed, FOMC, News
Don’t make trading the FOMC more difficult than it needs to be These days, it seems like every data point and event needs to be dissected and analysed a thousand ways in an effort to come up with an expected outcome. Well, we like to keep things simple at ForexFlow so...
by Ryan Littlestone | December 6th, 2018, 17:04:10 | Central Banks, Fed
After today’s economic data (which wasn’t that bad), there’s been a big shift in Fed expectations We’ve had quite a change in the hike odds since the data today. BBG sees Dec at 61.0% vs 72.4% pre-data. RTRS is now 70.4% vs 75.6% prior. The...
by Ryan Littlestone | November 23rd, 2018, 16:32:42 | Central Banks, ECB, Fed, Video
With two decisive central bank meetings in December I had a look at a potential trading strategy December is going to be a big month for two central banks particularly. The ECB is looking to end QE and the Fed is set to give us the fourth hike of 2018. In some...
by Ryan Littlestone | November 8th, 2018, 19:03:39 | Central Banks, Fed, FOMC, News, US
Details from the November 2018 US Fed FOMC monetary policy meeting 8 November 2018 Prior rate 2.00% -2.25% November 8, 2018 Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in September indicates that the labor market has continued to strengthen and...
by Ryan Littlestone | November 8th, 2018, 17:16:04 | Fed, FOMC, News
It’s the November FOMC meeting today, here’s what to expect Here’s how to trade tonight’s FOMC. Read this: BBG hike odds 13.4% RTRS hike odds 5.8% 2. Do this; In all seriousness, there is very little...
by Ryan Littlestone | September 26th, 2018, 18:04:17 | Central Banks, Fed, FOMC
Highlights of the September 2018 US Fed FOMC monetary policy meeting 26 September 2018 Prior 1.75% – 2.00% RAISES TARGET INTEREST RATE TO 2-2.25 PCT, SEES ONE MORE RATE HIKE THIS YEAR AND THREE IN 2019 REMOVES FROM STATEMENT DESCRIPTION OF MONETARY POLICY AS...