This is the format for a weekly briefing: three to five scheduled catalysts, what the market expects, and the levels that matter for the assets most exposed. Replace the bullets with the live week; the structure stays.
Scheduled catalysts
- Central-bank decision: what is priced for this meeting and for the next one; the line in the statement that would surprise.
- Inflation release: consensus for headline and core; the components the central bank has said it watches.
- Earnings: the largest reports by index weight and the implied move the options market is pricing.
- Supply: bond auctions and any large IPO or lock-up expiry.
Levels into the week
- S&P 500: the 50-day average and the last swing low (see our analysis).
- EUR/USD: the edges of the 20-day range.
- Gold: the prior breakout level.
- US 10-year yield: the recent high; a break there pressures long-duration equities.
Positioning note
Reduce size into the highest-impact release of the week and let the first fifteen-minute candle close before adding. Spreads widen, stops get hunted, and the cleaner move usually comes second.
The full schedule, in your local time, is on the economic calendar page.