Traders are making a crazy Fed bet now

Plus: How to use lucrative trading strategies [Image]( [Traders Are Making a Crazy Bet on the Fed Right Now]( by Mark Sebastian Investors are making a coo coo-bananas bet on the Fed's interest rate plans for next year... based on nothing but their wish for change. Listen up and listen good! Don't follow these people down this rabbit hole. It'll chew you up and spit you out. Here's why... For the past year, the market has settled into a ritual. Every couple of months, investors would slide to the edge of their chairs and wait with bated breath for Jerome Powell to hit them with another rate hike. Once the slap was delivered, everyone would cringe and recoil, babble on about recession a whole lot, and then play the "bet the Fed's next move" game. When not on Fed watch, investors would hinge their next move on the latest inflation reading. Even a slightly better-than-expected number would make them giddy. Really, inflation has been thorns in the economy since year two of the pandemic. They've pricked everyone to some degree. To others, they've set in motion an infection that has felled some big names (with others struggling to survive). That's why, over the course of a single year, we've had the privilege of watching the Fed's fund rate soar all the way from 0.25% to 5%. That's a 20-times multiplier. The Fed has been trying to mainline an antibiotic into the economy. [Unfortunately, it has made the situation worse for those companies and individuals doped up on debt. That's a fantastic opportunity for us...](   [How to Master Powerful Trading Strategies]( by Money Morning Team One of the reasons trading options is so powerful is they give you the ability to tailor a strategy to nearly any situation. Once you learn the basics of how to trade options, you'll want to start utilizing these more advanced strategies to help you make money, protect your portfolio, or even generate income. Options strategies can often sound complicated. But don't let the number of strategies or their technical names fool you - [most of them are incredibly easy to pull off. Here's how...](   You are receiving this e-mail at {EMAIL}, as part of your subscription to Money Morning Trading Alerts. To remove your email from this list: [unsubscribe](. Please do not reply to this email as this address is not monitored. To cancel, or for any other questions or requests, please contact our Customer Service team: Online: [Customer Service Form]( Phone: 888-384-8339 (North America) 443-353-4519 (International) Mail: Money Morning | Attn: Member Services | 1125 N Charles Street | Baltimore, MD 21201 Fax: 410-622-3050 Our Customer Service team is available Monday - Friday between 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM ET. © 2022 Money Map Press. All Rights Reserved. Nothing in this email should be considered personalized financial advice. Although our employees may answer your general customer service questions, they are not licensed under securities laws to address your particular investment situation. No communication by our employees to you should be deemed as personalized financial advice. We expressly forbid our writers from having a financial interest in any security recommended to our readers. All of our employees and agents must wait 24 hours after on-line publication or 72 hours after the mailing of printed-only publication prior to following an initial recommendation. Any investments recommended in this letter should be made only after consulting with your investment advisor and only after reviewing the prospectus or financial statements of the company. Protected by copyright laws of the United States and international treaties. This Newsletter may only be used pursuant to the subscription agreement and any reproduction, copying, or redistribution (electronic or otherwise, including on the world wide web), in whole or in part, is strictly prohibited without the express written permission of: Money Map Press. 1125 N Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21201. [Website]( | [Privacy Policy]( | [Terms & Conditions](