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Market Week Review: The FOMC Pivot That rallied the Us Dollar index (DXY):

This week’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting struck a massive surprise that triggered high volume volatility across major fx pairs and indices.

What Happened at the FOMC?

The headline came off just as I anticipated. The Federal Reserve voted unanimously (12-0) to raise the federal funds rate by 25 basis points, lifting the target range to 3.75% – 4.00% according to Admirals. This decision immediately set the tone for my Hawkish bias on the US dollar index (DXY)

📉 Before the News: Pre-FOMC Consolidation & Bias

Asset: EUR/USD

Timeframe Context: Analyzed strictly on the Daily, 4-hour and 1-hour charts.

The Bias: Bearish. Price was consolidating tightly right below a major 4H resistance zone, forming a classic liquidity sweep setup ahead of the 2:00 PM EST release.

The Plan: I wasn’t trying to trade the initial 1-minute candle chaos. Instead, I set my limit other at my 1hr ob and fvg for the post-news impulse, and Sl at Mondays swing high on the 4hr timeframe.

📈 After the News: Execution & Management

The Play: As expected, the hawkish rate hike slammed EUR/USD lower. Following the initial plunge, price pulled back gracefully into my identified 1h/30m mitigation block during the press conference triggering my position in.

The Result: A Clean flush downward targeting the external liquidity pool resting below the daily lows. My Risk-to-reward ratio cleared at roughly 1:2.2, wrapped up cleanly minutes after the news hit.

Community Check-In 🗣️

This trade setup was dropped before it happened right in the GIDA MOT WhatsApp community.

How did you guys trade the FOMC volatility this week? Did you catch the setup or did you get caught on the wrong side of the rate hike or did not participate?

Drop your charts and analysis in the thread below, let's talk about it!

FOMC news came out late ard 7 pm which is way past my trading hours so I didnt trade

Cool, it’s not bad at all.

You did good by following your set out rule 💪

How are you prepping ahead of the new trading week?

I just finished checking for recurring patterns on EUR/USD for the past week. I like to observe the market for recurring price action; so I have spotted something and will test it out on Monday during the Frankfurt session

Good to hear,

Can you share what you spotted, so I know if it’s something similar what I have marked out?

Its a new trading week🔥

With no high impact news event on the USD, what can we expect of this weeks price action?

A. Slow Price Action

B. High volatility regardless

C. Choppy Market

D. Good Price Action

Which is it going to be ?

My view on GBPJPY

Buy Setup

1:2RR

My View on EURUSD

Buy setup

1:2RR

Sl hit on the Eurusd setup

bro why is your time zone UTC-4?

I work with the New York time zone.

You got and chart setup?

My setup for EurusdC

I believe we are in a bearish moment

DXY 4H Analysis 📊

DXY is showing a bullish structure after reacting strongly from the 98.62–99.26 demand zone.

🔹 CHoCH → BOS confirms a shift in structure

🔹 Price reclaimed 100.60

🔹 Holding above 99.54–99.26 keeps the bullish setup valid

🎯 Target: 101.74

⚠️ A break back below the demand zone would weaken the setup.

Bullish bias while structure holds. #DXY #Forex #Trading

Good analysis on DXY. Exactly what I have in mind long term.

Eu to continue its downside

My view on EURUSD pair.

Have this on XAU USD currently.

I'm expecting market to take out the liquidity at 4309.469 level before reversing.

Have a different bias,

But your sell setup aligns too, my buy entry is at your target profit but not exactly at that level

$TIA showing a strong bullish structure on the 1D.

📌 Buy zone: ~$0.3515

🎯 TP: ~$0.521

🛑 SL: ~$0.316

Waiting for the pullback and confirmation. Patience > FOMO. 📈

Certainly

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