Buckle up — December is loaded with three market landmines, and ignoring them is how traders get wrecked:
1️⃣ December 11 — Fed Rate Decision
Expectations for a cut have exploded to 87%, but the real danger is a sudden policy pivot. If the Fed changes tone, global assets won’t “adjust”… they’ll whip. Stocks, crypto, FX — all instantly re-priced.
2️⃣ December 19 — Bank of Japan Meeting
This is the sleeper risk everyone keeps underestimating. If the BoJ finally kicks off a rate-hike cycle, global liquidity tightens fast. That means higher volatility, risk-off flows, and pressure on leveraged markets worldwide.
3️⃣ December 26 — BTC’s $23B Options Expiry
A monster expiration is coming. Not theory — $23 billion in open interest gets settled. Expect a brutal battle around the $100k max pain zone and the dense $84k PUT wall. Longs and shorts will try to bend price into their territory.
