Pips for Breakfast
The moves, the mayhem, and the lessons that still matter.
Pips for Breakfast: April 8, 2026 FOMC Minutes, Oil, and Risk Repricing
April 8 forex briefing on FOMC minutes, falling oil prices, USD/JPY, USD/CAD, AUD/USD, gold, and why event-driven backtests need coverage proof.
Pips for Breakfast: April 7, 2026
New Zealand commodity prices are surging because the world is currently on fire, and the RBNZ is about to decide if that’s a good enough reason to stay boring.
Pips for Breakfast: April 6, 2026
The US labor market is apparently immune to geopolitical stress, which is a nice change of pace for everyone except the bears.
Pips for Breakfast: April 5, 2026
The US labor market just grew three times faster than anyone expected, which is a polite way of saying the analysts' models are currently about as useful as...
Pips for Breakfast: April 3, 2026
It is NFP day on Good Friday, because the Bureau of Labor Statistics decided the only thing better than high-impact volatility is high-impact volatility in a...
Pips for Breakfast: April 2, 2026
Donald Trump managed to speak for quite a while without adding a single new piece of information, a feat of verbal gymnastics that has left markets remarkably...
Pips for Breakfast: April 1, 2026
Market participants are currently debating whether another tanker hit in the Gulf is a geopolitical crisis or a very dark April Fools' prank.
Pips for Breakfast: March 31, 2026 Yen Rebalancing and China PMI
March 31 forex briefing on Japanese fiscal year-end yen flows, China PMI expansion, CAD GDP, EUR CPI, US JOLTS, and data-quality checks before trading seasonal patterns.
Pips for Breakfast: March 30, 2026
The Japanese fiscal year is ending, which means a lot of people in suits are currently moving money around to make their balance sheets look less embarrassing.
Pips for Breakfast: March 29, 2026
Secretary of State Rubio put a four week expiration date on the war with Iran, which is a level of confidence usually reserved for people who buy milk three...
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