The SNB shock of 2015: what would you have done?

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In January 2015 the Swiss National Bank abandoned its euro floor without warning; EUR/CHF collapsed about 30% in minutes, stops filled nowhere near their levels, and brokers failed. It's the canonical tail-risk event.

The SNB shock of 2015: what would you have done? — support and resistance diagram
Price bouncing between support and resistance

Walk through your response:

  • what positions could have caught you
  • the risk rules that would have protected you
  • what the shock changed about how you trade today
The SNB shock of 2015: what would you have done? — central bank rate path diagram
A central bank's policy rate path across recent meetings

The SNB shock guide reconstructs the day.

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