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The Regime Change Hidden Inside Wall Street Plumbing
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Lucas and Luna break down a subtle but powerful shift in how the Federal Reserve manages the plumbing of short-term funding markets. Kevin Warsh, a former Fed governor, has argued that the real 'regime change' isn't about interest rate cuts — it's about the overnight reverse repo facility (ON RRP) and the standing repo facility. With the ON RRP balance dropping below $100 billion and the S&P 500 sitting at 7,473, Lucas explains why this matters for day traders: it changes the floor under short-term rates and reshapes the risk of a funding spike. Luna pushes back on whether traders should care about plumbing when they're watching charts. The hosts walk through a specific scenario: what happens when the ON RRP hits zero, and why the VIX at 16.70 might not stay calm. A concrete look at the market structure that most traders ignore — until it breaks.