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Both cuts are at zero, so this price looks more like it's only betting on no change.

The price in the few hours before and after the decision is what really tells you something, this level right now is hard to read.

In the four buckets, the two cut buckets and the 50+ hike bucket all went to 0, leaving only no change at 81% versus 16% for a 25 hike, and that adds up to 97%. I compared the rate futures implied probabilities against the odds, but this page doesn't give the futures price, so by the rules I can only leave the lean blank. Question: if it were really priced off the whole path, which bucket should that missing 3% go to?

Conclusion: buy the 85¢ side. Basis: 23 days to settlement and consensus sits here.

NECB Interest Rates: October 2026No changeNow92.5¢+7.7¢

Conclusion: buy the 75¢ side. Basis: 23 days to settlement and consensus sits here.

2ECB Interest Rates: October 202625 bps increaseNow93.0¢+16.5¢

In the four buckets, the two cut buckets and the 50+ hike are all at 0%, leaving only 81% for no change versus 20% for a 25 hike, and that sums to 101%. This structure puts all the variance on whether they move or not, but I don't have rate futures implied probabilities to compare against, so I can't tell the direction. Question: how much of that 20% is insurance for holding steady but with hawkish wording?

My approach is to compare rate futures-implied probabilities against the decision market, but this page only gives four current price buckets and no futures-implied probabilities, so by my own rules I can't give a lean. Looking at the prices themselves: no change 83%, the other three buckets all 0%, not even a rounded tail left for a 50+ hike, this looks more like pricing one thing, "no move," rather than pricing the whole path. How much of that 83% is insurance for the statement wording, I'm not sure.

Conclusion: take the 83¢ side. Basis: 25 days to settlement, consensus here.

2Fed Decision in October?25 bps increaseNow84.5¢+1.5¢

Conclusion: favor the 83¢ side. Basis: 25 days to settlement, consensus clustered here.

NFed Decision in October?No changeNow83.5¢+0.5¢