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US Core Durable goods and Durable Goods Orders are due out this week at 8:30 AM ET, Thursday, January 28, 2016, by the Census Bureau and they are leading indicators for production. Rising purchase orders are a clue to traders that manufacturers are increasing their activity to fill orders....

“An investment operation is one which, upon thorough analysis, promises safety of principal and an adequate return. Operations not meeting these requirements are speculative.” -Benjamin Graham, The Intelligent Investor Are you concerned about the markets right now? Do you worry...

Trading the news can be a great way to catch volatility in the market even after regular trading hours and before or after a day job. Australia news typically comes out in the US Eastern evening time hours. On Tuesday, the Australian CPI and Trimmed Mean CPI will be released at 7:30 p.m. ET. The...

A variety of news reports came out for the UK in the early morning at 4:30 AM ET, Wednesday, January 20, 2016. They affected the GBP/USD market, but who wants to trade at that hour? There is a strategy to trade using Nadex GBP/USD spreads. The reports include Average Earnings Index, Claimant...

Bank of Canada will be releasing their Monetary Policy Report, Rate Statement and Overnight Rate coming this Wednesday morning at 10:00 AM ET, January 20, 2016. These are important reports regarding the bank’s views on the economy shaping their monetary policy and bank rate decisions. Since...

Every six weeks, the European Central Bank gives its regularly scheduled press conference immediately following its meeting on Thursday, January 21, 2016. The press conference can last around one hour. After the press conference, there is the question and answer period where unpredictable pointed...

Retail Sales and Core Retail Sales will be released this week by Statistics Canada, as well as the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and the Core CPI. Retail Sales makes up the majority of economic activity and as such is an important key measure of consumer spending. Retail Sales is the change in total...

Change in the number of new loans is one way of measuring demand in the housing market. Australian Bureau of Statistics releases the Home Loans percentage increase or decrease results 7:30 PM ET, Thursday, January 14, 2016. This news can create implied volatility, which creates premium in the...

US Economic data regarding retail sales and producer pricing is due out on Friday, January 15, 2016, at 8:30 AM ET. News releases can be a great time to trade, because news tends to create volatility. If volatility is implied, then premium can be in the pricing of options and be collected when...

Consumer spending drives economies and if people aren’t employed, they don't have money to spend. Employment Change for Australia and their Unemployment rate reports are being released Wednesday, January 13, 2016, at 7:30 PM ET. These reports can create implied volatility in the markets...

The following article was first published two years ago. To read the original, click HERE.  It has been updated with this year's dates, but should serve as a reminder of what can happen when news reports are issued. Did You Remember? Yesterday, January 12, the USDA (United States...

Since no one won the Powerball on January 9, 2016, the Powerball Jackpot will soar to $1.4 billion on January 13. How about those odds of winning? You might as well walk in the store to purchase a ticket and just throw your money at the machine and leave. As shown in the image below, someone in...

Risk tolerance is different for every trader.  How much are you willing to risk on the trade? Always start with the question of how much you are willing to risk on the trade. When this question can be answered, it can be amazing because one may get really tight trades of five to ten ticks...

Friday, January 8, 2015 at 8:30 AM ET, Nonfarm Payrolls will be released telling the change in the previous month of the number of employed people, excluding farming. This report can cause movement in many markets, so keep an eye on it. Two Potential Strategies The first is an Iron Condor and...

The Trade Balance for the UK will be released Friday at 4:30 a.m. ET. This can be a nice news event to trade however; the trade recommendation is for entering the evening before at 11:00 p.m. ET to save traders sleep. No one wants to get up in the middle of the night so fortunately, with this...