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    Fed decisions, the calendar and rate odds.

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FOMC statement and Fed rate decision (Oct 27–28 meeting; no SEP/dot plot)

Statement 2:00 PM ET. Know the calendar, the odds and your structure before the print.

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FOMC statement and Fed rate decision (Oct 27–28 meeting; no SEP/dot plot)

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  1. FOMC Implied Move: What Each Daily Expiry Prices for Fed Week
  2. What Is the Taylor Rule? Where It Puts the Fed Before Oct. 28
  3. Fed Balance Sheet Explained: $6.75 Trillion and the 10-Year

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  • Fed & FOMC

    Rate decisions, the Fed calendar, rate odds and the people who vote.

    20 articles

  • Rates & Treasuries

    The 10-year, term premium, Treasury supply, inflation data and what they do to mortgages.

    12 articles

  • Global Central Banks

    The Fed is not alone: what other central banks are doing and why it matters for SPX.

    1 article

  • 0DTE Method

    Defined-risk structures, butterflies, risk allocation and the daily process.

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