Use Case · Macro

Fed funds rate alerts

4 min read · Use case

The Fed funds rate is the most important number in markets. The 10-year yield is the second. Tickerbot watches both continuously and pings you when either one crosses a threshold you set — no Bloomberg required.

Why these matter

Almost every asset class is sensitive to interest rates. Equity multiples expand when rates fall and compress when they rise. Bond prices move inversely. The dollar strengthens with higher rates. Gold and crypto are partially defined by real rates. If you only check rates manually, you're late to every regime shift.

How Tickerbot does it

Tickerbot pulls live data on the Fed funds rate, 2-year, 5-year, 10-year, and 30-year treasury yields, plus key economic indicators (CPI, NFP, GDP, unemployment). You can write alerts that fire on threshold crosses, percentage moves, or combinations with equity conditions.

Threshold cross
Notify me when the 10-year treasury yield crosses above 4.5%
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10Y hit 4.52%, first cross above 4.5% in 38 days.

Yield curve inversions

Curve signal
Notify me when the 2-year and 10-year yield curve inverts (2Y above 10Y)
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2Y/10Y inversion live: 2Y 4.62% > 10Y 4.58%. First time in 18 days.

Combining macro and equities in one alert

The real value of macro alerts is when you pair them with equity conditions — regime-aware screens that surface stocks in the right conditions for the current rate environment.

Regime-aware equity screen
Any large-cap value stock with momentum up while the 10-year yield is below 4%
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JPM, BAC, WFC all match. Banks-on-low-rates regime.

Variants worth setting up

Set up your first macro alert

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