Do You Trade FOMC Announcements? What's Your Strategy?

FOMC meetings happen 8 times a year and are among the single biggest market-moving events in global finance. Yet many traders either don't trade them or get burned consistently. I'm genuinely curious about the community's approach: **Option A:** Trade the announcement — enter before 2 PM EST with a prepared position based on pre-meeting analysis. **Option B:** Fade the initial spike — wait for the first chaotic reaction, identify overextension, then enter against the initial move when it reverses. **Option C:** Post-conference clarity trade — wait until after Powell's press conference ends (~3:30 PM EST) and enter in the direction the market has decided to go. **Option D:** Avoid entirely — don't trade on FOMC day at all. And a follow-up: Has your approach changed over time? Did you start with Option A (the exciting one) and migrate toward D (the wise one)?