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Fed holds rates + Big Tech earnings this week, most volatile setup of 2026 so far?

Third Fed pause in a row. No surprise there.
But combine that with Big Tech earnings dropping this week
and you've got two major catalysts hitting simultaneously.

Powell speaks at 2:30pm ET today.
Hawkish on inflation → dollar up, tech valuations under pressure.
Cautious on Iran energy shock → dollar weakens, risk-on resumes.

Either way, volatility is coming. For funded account traders specifically: weeks like this are where daily drawdown limits get hit not because your analysis was wrong but because position sizing didn't account for event risk.

Are you trading through the presser or sitting it out?

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