Date: Tuesday 6th February 2018 Time: 21:45 UTC NZD Employment Change QoQ is usually a good figure for us. Hopefully this will not be effected by the volatility in the markets over the last 24 hours. We’ll be using Conflict Manager for NZD Unemployment Rate, although it’s rare for a conflict between these two figures....
AUD RBA Interest Rate Decision – 2018/02/06
Date: Tuesday 6th February 2018 Time: 03:30 UTC The RBA announce their interest rate decision during the Asian session. All economists are expecting rates to remain on hold at 1.50%. We will set up this figure to trigger on any movement in rates, however it’s unlikely to trigger a trade....
AUD Retail Sales MoM – 2018/02/06
Date: Tuesday 6th February 2018 Time: 00:30 UTC AUD Retail Sales MoM is released during the Asian session. This figure was really good for us last month, it was a good spike and followed through in the second minute: AUD Retail Sales MoM – 2018/01/11. We’re moving the parameters out slightly this month as we...
USD ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI – 2018/02/05
Date: Monday 5th February 2018 Time: 15:00 UTC Today we see USD ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI. We don’t usually see massive moves on this figure, if a trade gets triggered we usually see a move of roughly 20 pips. Keep this in mind when looking to exit as it’s not usually one to hold on to....
USD Nonfarm Payrolls – 2018/02/02
Date: Friday 2nd February 2018 Time: 13:30 UTC Later today we see USD Nonfarm Payrolls. This figure has become more difficult to trade in recent times as more relevance is being placed on other components of the report. This month we’re going to bring the parameters in to +/-40. We mentioned last month (USD Nonfarm […]
USD ISM Manufacturing PMI – 2018/02/01
Date: Thursday 1st February 2018 Time: 15:00 UTC USD ISM Manufacturing PMI is released early US session today. We set the parameters reasonably wide for this trade and usually get triggered about half of the time. Because the triggers are wider, we see follow through on a high percentage of the trades that are triggered....
GBP Manufacturing PMI – 2018/02/01
USD Fed Interest Rate Decision – 2018/01/31
Date: Wednesday 31st January 2018 Time: 19:00 UTC 93 out of 93 economists are forecasting no change for the USD Fed Interest Rate Decision today. This means that there will be a good move if the Fed do move on rates, but it’s also highly unlikely. The CME FedWatch Tool is currently forecasting the probability...
Crude Oil Inventories – 2018/01/31
Date: Wednesday 31st January 2018 Time: 15:30 UTC Today we see the Crude Oil Inventories for the week. Previously this has been a figure for the futures traders, however some Forex brokers are now offering oil contracts, so check with your broker. If you haven’t traded this figure before, please test it on the simulator,...