Source: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/forward-guidance

# Forward guidance (Fed)
URL: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/forward-guidance
Last modified: 2026-10-17

Forward guidance is the Fed telling the market roughly what it plans to do next, so rate moves arrive pre-priced. When a chair refuses to give it, the market has to [add up every official speech instead](https://mochatrade.com/blog/mocha-markets-weekly-019), and [each Fed document](https://mochatrade.com/learn/us-market-structure/how-the-fed-moves-markets) gets read harder.

## Related terms

- Guidance (earnings guidance): https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/guidance
- EBITDA: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/ebitda
- P/E ratio: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/p-e-ratio
- PEG ratio: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/peg-ratio
- Beta: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/beta
- CME FedWatch: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/cme-fedwatch