The FOMC announces its decision at 2 p.m. New York time, and Fed Chair Janet Yellen holds a news conference at 2:30 p.m.
The problem is, do I analyze today's potential trades before the Fed acts, or do I wait until after the decision. Cannons or trumpets? Nathan Rothschild, who famously is said to have said of the Battle of Waterloo, "Buy on the sound of cannons, sell on the sound of trumpets", would understand.
Here is how I'm parsing the problem:
CVX, whose bull signal creates a potential direction-neutral play, is an oil company, and oil seems to be dancing to the beat of its own drummer these days. I shall analyze it prior to the Fed's actions.
A potential earnings play on ORCL and a bull play on CCL after a trading signal are a different sort of problem. I judge them to be more likely to move with the broad market, and I shall analyze them after the Fed decision.
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