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FundamentalsFed hikes to 4 percent and raises its growth forecast
The FOMC raised the target range a quarter point on September 16, 2026, and revised growth up for 2026 and 2027 in the same release. Stocks sold off during the press conference. Three days later, ES trades above its pre-Fed level.
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FundamentalsGlossaryHawkish vs. Dovish: What They Actually Mean
Hawkish means a lean toward tighter money; dovish means a lean toward easier money. See how to label a central-bank statement against the previous one, with the Fed's July and September 2026 statements as a worked example.
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FundamentalsGlossaryHow to Read a Central Bank Statement
A rate decision is rarely the news. The news is what changed since the last one: the guidance, the votes, the projections, the balance sheet. This is how to read a policy statement the way desks do, by comparison.
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FundamentalsWhy the Change Matters More Than the Statement
The market has read this month’s rate decision before it prints. What it hasn’t priced is the wording that quietly changed since last time. The edge is in reading the diff, not the document.
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GlossaryFundamentalsPip
A pip is the standard smallest price increment quoted in a forex pair, usually the fourth decimal place (0.0001), or the second (0.01) for JPY pairs.
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GlossaryFundamentalsLot size
Lot size is the standardized quantity of an instrument you buy or sell per trade unit — the block your broker measures every position in.
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GlossaryFundamentalsMargin
Margin is the capital your broker requires you to post as collateral to open and hold a leveraged position.
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GlossaryFundamentalsLeverage
Leverage lets you control a position larger than your deposited capital using broker margin, expressed as a ratio such as 30:1.
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MetricsFundamentalsMFE vs. MAE vs. MCE: how to read each in a trade review
MFE is the highest price P&L a trade reached while open; MAE is the lowest. Read both on one worked trade, then add MCE for the move after your exit.
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PlaybookFundamentalsMarket phases as the pre-trade filter
The same setup wins in one regime and loses in another. Classify the regime before the trade, not after.
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