Surely if you have a double news release, say for both CAD and USD, and if CAD is bad and USD is good, they reinforce each other...?

News trading discussion - continuation

Here's the price action for the GBP manufacturing production on 7th July 9.30am GMT. My conundrum is choosing which pair to trade against. Clearly in this case, the one to have avoided was GBPAUD, but I was wondering if any of you had any strategies ...

News trading discussion - continuation

Dear vvFish, Many thanks indeed for the info. Fascinating!

News trading discussion - continuation

Not sure if this is correct. News releases are v. tightly controlled. However, banks have their own army of economists/analysts that might disagree with the commonly predicted outcome, and will use their info to their advantage. I think that this is ...

Anyone believe price movement at news releases is fundamental?

But look what happens to JPY!

Price action following news releases

There are plenty of brokers that allow you to do this. I can't mention any because I don't think I'm permitted to in this forum, but you'll be able to find plenty using Google.

Options Trading in Forex

[quote=tdion;1989728]dude i just think that all TA is like trying to predict next month's weather with last month's weather. quote] I couldn't agree more. The problem I see with TA is that in all the charting/TA packages I have seen, you can only do ...

Perplexed - year spent looking for system

It is for this reason that my PC at home generates the signals and manages the exits. Eventually, I should like to run all the necessary applications (Metatrader, Ninjatrader, excel etc...) on a virtual/dedicated web server hosted by a major ...

Trading at work

I use www.logmein.com to access my home computer. It's free (!!!), and crucially, it doesn't require a static IP address. All you need to do is to install some software onto the computer you are trying to control, and have the latest version of IE ...

Trading at work

Entries are all done via my mobile phone + laptop. Exits are managed by my PC at home which has a very reliable internet connection. Once I am in a trade, I will control my home PC remotely to set up the automated exit. I don't mind missing a trade ...

Trading at work

Hi Bill, I am based in the UK, trading the euro market open, so I'm looking for trends developing from 6-7am GMT onwards. I look for a quiet period of consolidation prior to a strong breakout, nothing else. The breakout also has to occur across ...

Trading at work

ninjatrader brokers — you can now use ninjatrader with EFX. Am testing at the mo.

GAIN Capital

for me, timing is everything.

Trading the News Questions

When trading the news, I try to see price movement in terms of waves. the first wave belongs to the banks and lunatics who want to jump on top of a spike. I wait for a retrace following the first wave. Then I wait... I wait until the price looks as ...

Trading the News Questions

Answers: 1. Depends. Look at the calendar, that's what it's for. 2. Get it from a news feed. OANDA do one for free (US only..?) on their platform, or you can use someone like tradethenews. (I believe they are an FF sponsor) 3. Most news ...

Trading the News Questions

Dealing with psychology in trading — I am not a professional trader, but aspire to become one. My ability to overcome the psychological issues associated with trading professionally is therefore unproven. I am naturally cautious and don't have ...

Something most traders miss... (psychology)