Masterclass

Practice Drills: Mock Portfolio Positioning Around a Simulated Central Bank Pivot

A masterclass drill course for senior macro investors, fund managers and top down strategists. You take one mock multi-asset India portfolio through a simulated central bank pivot from start to finish: break down what a pivot actually is (stance, rates, liquidity and guidance), build a pivot signal dashboard from CPI, growth, liquidity and MPC communication, read what OIS, T-bill and G-Sec curves already price in, overlay the Fed, the dollar and FPI flows, then position the fixed income book for duration, curve and credit, rank Nifty sectors by rate sensitivity, set the rupee and gold sleeves, size every trade against a risk budget, hedge the wrong-pivot scenario, run policy day with a scenario tree and execution plan, rebalance as transmission plays out, test the playbook on India's 2019 and 2025 easing cycles, and write the full positioning memo and post-mortem.

Central Bank PivotsRBI Monetary PolicyRates and Yield Curve PositioningRate Sensitive Equity SectorsPosition Sizing and HedgingScenario Planning and Post-Mortems

MODULES

DURATION

4 Hours

TRACK

Macro & Markets

What You'll Master

How to break a central bank pivot into stance, rate, liquidity and guidance shifts, and which one markets trade first

How to build a pivot signal dashboard and read what OIS, T-bill and G-Sec curves already price in before the MPC meets

How to position duration, curve and credit in the bond book for the start of an easing cycle

How to rank Nifty sectors, banks and NBFCs by rate sensitivity and set the rupee and gold sleeves around a policy shift

How to size pivot trades against a risk budget and hedge the scenario where the central bank does not pivot

How to run policy day with a scenario tree, rebalance as transmission plays out, and grade the trade with a written post-mortem

Access Level

PRO

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Everything included

Full Text Playbooks

Actionable Exercises

Mobile Reading Mode

Lifetime Updates

Curriculum Breakdown

Chapter 1: Setting Up the Drill

2 Lessons

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Drill Brief: The Simulated Pivot, the Mock Portfolio and the Rules of the Exercise12 min read

Preview

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Drill: Anatomy of a Central Bank Pivot: Stance, Rates, Liquidity and Guidance15 min read

Chapter 2: Drill 1, Reading the Pivot Before It Happens

3 Lessons

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Drill: Building a Pivot Signal Dashboard From CPI, Growth, Liquidity and MPC Minutes17 min read

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Drill: Reading What the Market Already Prices From OIS, T-Bill and G-Sec Curves17 min read

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Drill: Overlaying the Fed, the Dollar and FPI Flows on the Domestic Pivot Call16 min read

Chapter 3: Drill 2, Positioning the Fixed Income Book

2 Lessons

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Drill: Choosing Duration and Curve Position for the Start of a Rate Cut Cycle17 min read

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Drill: Credit Spreads, Banks and NBFCs: Who Gains When Funding Costs Fall16 min read

Chapter 4: Drill 3, Positioning Equities, the Rupee and Gold

2 Lessons

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Drill: Ranking Nifty Sectors by Rate Sensitivity Ahead of the Pivot16 min read

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Drill: Setting the Rupee and Gold Sleeves Around a Policy Shift15 min read

Chapter 5: Drill 4, Sizing, Hedging and Policy Day

3 Lessons

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Drill: Sizing the Pivot Trades Against a Risk Budget17 min read

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Drill: Hedging the No Pivot Scenario With Nifty Options and Interest Rate Futures17 min read

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Drill: Running Policy Day With a Scenario Tree and Execution Plan16 min read

Chapter 6: Drill 5, After the Pivot

3 Lessons

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Drill: Rebalancing as Transmission Plays Out Over Six Months16 min read

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Drill: Testing the Playbook on the 2019 and 2025 RBI Easing Cycles17 min read

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Capstone: Writing the Pivot Positioning Memo and Post-Mortem18 min read