With financial conditions improving markedly in the wake of tonight’s key FOMC meeting, Chris Weston looks at moves in key financial markets and what aspects of tonight’s event risk traders should really be watching out for.

The USD may undergo a ‘buy the rumour, sell the fact’ event with the 16 December Federal Open Market Committee and it seems the technical set-up is backing this view. Are there signs a reversal could be in play?

With the IMF staff signalling that the Chinese yuan will become the fifth currency within the IMF’s Special Drawing Rights (SDR) basket, Chris Weston looks at what is the SDR and the implications for the yuan.

With the market looking for the Fed to hike in December, Chris Weston discusses the key questions traders should be asking and the best trades to look at.

Two indices are catching IG analyst Chris Weston’s attention. The CSI 300 is making progressive higher highs and should continue to do so. In Japan, the Nikkei is once again at that 18,400 key resistance level.

Moves in the USD seem to be driving risk appetite in financial markets, but after much dovish rhetoric from Federal Reserve officials, has market pricing gone too far?

Chris Weston from IG Markets provides an update on the Aussie dollar.

With AUD/USD finding buyers below 70c, has the world got too bearish on the pair and could we therefore see some short-term upside? We look at the price action on multiple time frames to assess how AUD/USD could trade.