Rate-cut expectations: how do you trade them?

Expectations of cuts move currencies before any cut happens — the pricing leads, the policy follows. Trading the expectation means watching the pricing, not the calendar.

Rate-cut expectations: how do you trade them? — central bank rate path diagram
A central bank's policy rate path across recent meetings

Share:

  • how you track cut pricing
  • the pairs that move most on repricing
  • the reversal you've seen when pricing gets ahead of policy
Rate-cut expectations: how do you trade them? — risk-reward diagram
A risk-reward ratio of 1 to 2

Background: how interest rate decisions move currencies.

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