Research is the lifeblood of any trading process. I have already written FX primers and country primers setting a foundation for how to think about a country:
FX Primer
Country Primers:
UK:
Today, I want to share the papers I am working through to understand the United Kingdom better. Here is a spreadsheet with a list of papers and data points to reference for understanding the UK as a country.
This type of preparation and constant market monitoring allows you to capitalize on opportunities as we saw in the UK in 2022 when the Pound blew out during the pension crisis.
How Research Works:
When you are researching, you start with the top-down structural situation, connect it to the bottom-up dynamics, and then execute dynamically as the probabilities dynamically shift.
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