Chris Weston
Head of Research
Chris Weston is our Head of Research and holds over 24 years of experience in the industry. A highly-respected financial services expert, Chris has supported both retail and institutional clients at IG, Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley, covering research as well as sales and trading roles. His extensive exposure to the FX, equities and fixed income markets puts him in a unique position to provide inspiring insights, research, ideas and risk-management strategies that support every step of your trading journey. Based in Australia, Chris is a well-known global media figure, regularly appearing on Bloomberg, Bloomberg Arabia, Channel News Asia and Sky News Business.Follow Chris if you’re after informed analysis on currencies, political risks, macro events and cutting-edge trade ideas.
Most recent articles
USD Reversal and Key Event Risks: A Trader’s Week Ahead Playbook
Stay ahead of the markets with this trader’s week ahead playbook. Explore the USD outlook, Fed speeches, Core PCE inflation, PMI releases, Australia CPI, US Treasury auctions, and China’s Loan Prime Rate updates—all in one guide to the top event risks shaping global markets.
US Interest Rate Pricing: Calculating & Quantifying Market Expectations for Fed Policy
Learn how to calculate what the market has priced into US interest rate futures. Explore SOFR futures, Fed funds futures, and CME’s FedWatch tool to track Fed policy expectations, terminal rates, and recession risk.
A Trader’s Week Ahead: Will Powell Deliver Amid a Deluge of Macro Risks?
Stay ahead of the markets with this week’s trader playbook. Key risks include the FOMC meeting with a likely 25bp cut, BoC and Norges Bank rate decisions, U.S. corporate tax payments draining bank reserves, SOFR vs IORB liquidity stress, and potential ‘Triple Witching’ volatility.
A Traders’ Week Ahead Playbook: Political Developments, US Inflation Data & Central Bank Easing
Get insights on US CPI & PPI, BoJ policy shifts, French politics, China data, and gold’s rally in this week’s market playbook.
A Loss of Fed Credibility? Markets Weigh Trump’s Push to Remove Governor Cook
Trump’s bid to fire Fed Governor Cook raises fears of lost independence. See how markets price credibility risk, rate cuts, USD moves, and gold.
Trading and understanding the US Volatility Index with Pepperstone
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1. Data for the Pepperstone Group, correct as at October 2025.