Financial Source – Macro Fundamental Masterclass
Get a Deep Understanding of the Main Players and How They Play the Game to Win
- Want to build a solid foundation at your own pace?
- Struggling to understand how to turn “fundamental analysis” into profitable trades?
- Go deep on Central Banks, Sentiment, Fixed Income, Forex, Equities, Commodities and how to put it all together!
What You’ll Learn In Macro Fundamental Masterclass
1. Laying The Groundwork
- What Are Financial Markets
- Everything Is Connected
- Raw Basics Of Fundamentals
- What Moves Markets
- It’s Never Just One Thing
- Who Are The Main Players
- 3 Step Analysis Process (Intro)
- Some Basic Bias Terminology
2. Practical Economics
- Why We Care About Economics
- Economic Data & Economic News
- But Isn’t Trading The News Dangerous?
- Economies Don’t Move In Straight Lines
- Grid Economics
- Leading Lagging Coincident Indicators
- Economic Calendar Basics
- Some For Show & Some For Dough
- Leading Economic Indicators
- Coincident Economic Indicators
- Lagging Economic Indicators
- Important International Indicators
- Market-Based Leading Indicators
- How To Know When Incoming News Is Important
- 3 Step Analysis Process & Economic Indicators
3. Central Banks
- What Is A Central Bank
- What Is The Role & Goals Of Central Banks
- Most Important Central Bank Tools
- What’s The Big Deal About Interest Rates
- Current, Neutral & Terminal Rates
- Quantitative Easing
- Quantitative Tightening
- Major Central Banks
- Quarterly Central Bank Projections
- Inflation Targeting
- When Inflation Gets Out Of Control
- Hawks & Doves
- Policy Normalization Versus Tightening
- 3 Step Analysis Process & Monetary Policy
4. Sentiment
- What Is Sentiment
- Why We Care About Sentiment
- What Drives Sentiment
- The Basics Of Risk Sentiment
- Underlying Versus Short-Term Risk Sentiment
- 3 Step Analysis Process & Sentiment
5. Fixed Income
- What Are Bonds
- Some Bond Basics
- Bond Prices & Bond Yields
- Understanding The Yield Curve
- The Yield Curve Shape Matters
- Inflation Is A Bond’s Worst Enemy
- Short Term Interest Rate Derivatives
6. Foreign Exchange
- The Big 3 FX Drivers
- Relatives More Important Than Absolutes
- Don’t Underestimate Expectations In FX
- Impact Of Supply & Demand On FX
- FX & Monetary Policy Divergences
- FX & Global Macro Themes
- FX & Geopolitics
- Currency Profile – United States Dollar
- Currency Profile – Euro
- Currency Profile – Great British Pound
- Currency Profile – Australian Dollar
- Currency Profile – Swiss Franc
- Currency Profile – Japanese Yen
- Currency Profile – Canadian Dollar
- Currency Profile – New Zealand Dollar
7. Equities
- What Are Equities & Equity Indexes
- Knowing Your Equity Index Country Specifics
- Knowing Your Equity Index Market Cap & Sector Weighting
- Major Equity Index Profiles
- Equities & The Economic Cycle
- Equities & Underlying Risk Sentiment
- Equities & Cyclicality
8. Commodities
- What Are Commodities
- Commodity Drivers Depends On Type
- Key Drivers For Oil Prices (Demand)
- Key Drivers For Oil Prices (Supply)
- Key Drivers For Oil Prices (Supply)
- Key Drivers For Oil Prices (Inflation & Risk)
- Oil Futures Contango & Backwardation
- Key Drivers For Gold
9. Tips, Tools & Tricks
- FX Risk Reversals
- Implied Volatility Ranges
- Implied Volatility Signals
- Trading Central Bank Decisions With Clear Shifts
- Trading Central Bank Decisions With Little Or No Shifts
- Important Basics About CFTC Positioning
- Using Momentum To Predict Volatility
- Rebalancing Flows
- OpEx & Quad Witching
- High Probability Day Trades
- High Probability Day Trades (Examples)
- High Probability Swing Trades
- High Probability Swing Trades (Examples)