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Nigh is the Day

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So here we are. Right in the thick of the biggest earnings week and only hours away from the latest Kabuki theatre from Mr. Jerome Hayden Powell. It’s the 5th FOMC of the year, folks, and the big question is – – – 0 or 25? I think the bigger question is……….what’s the reaction? Because the actual decision doesn’t really seem to matter.

Half an hour before the opening bell, all the equity futures are in the red. Yesterday the /ES went absolutely roaring higher for no discernable reason, and it was interesting to see the drivers of this thing slam hard on the brakes the millisecond we reached last weeks’ peak (two green circles). Now we’re meandering around again in no man’s land, with the decision whether to break above or below this range looming before all traders.

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