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The Swiss Federal Statistics Office will be releasing the PPI for Switzerland early in the morning Tuesday, December 15, 2015. Since it’s more like the middle of the night US time, the strategy to trade this event enables you to enter the night before for a morning expiration time. PPI...

FOMC is scheduled for the week ahead and the markets are readying. Oil seems to keep going down as global demand is falling, yet supply keeps coming. The forex markets misread the intentions of the European Central Bank; combine that with Oil’s activity and the Fed Funds Rate coming out...

When you are new to trading, things can be confusing. Some of the basic things you learn, can be hard to understand. You may have read several books or listened to countless webinars thinking that you have got it down, only to discover that somewhere along the way, you missed something. A basic...

New traders often like to scalp for several reasons. Scalps are meant to be trades where you can enter, grab a certain number of predetermined ticks, usually not many for the market that is being traded, and then quickly exit. It gives the new trader a sense of instant gratification with less...

The evening is a great time to trade the AUD/USD, which is when all the news comes out for Australia providing some volatility to the market. Wednesday, December 9 at 7:30 p.m. ET, the Australian Board of Statistics will release employment and unemployment information. As is the case in most...

Just like the US has the Federal Reserve to adjust our interest rates, the UK has the Bank of England for their decision-making on rate changes and monetary policy. Coming Thursday, December 10 at 7:00 a.m. ET, the Bank of England will release the Monetary Policy Committee Official Bank Rate...

Tuesday, December 8 at 8:30 a.m. ET, Statistics Canada will release Building Permit information. This is a percentage, measuring the change in total value of new building permits issued. To know the best strategy to trade a news event, you need to know if the market typically reacts in a...

The Office for National Statistics will release numbers for Manufacturing and Industrial Production for the UK Tuesday, December 8 at 4:30 a.m. ET. Who wants to trade at 4:30 a.m. ET? For the US West coast, that would be 1:30 a.m. ET! Both times are in the middle of the night when you need to...

All traders want to be able to excel at risk management. The ability to place stops to protect trades is a helpful way to achieve that success. A question that pertains to this came up in the Apex Investing Forum recently. Sometimes it may seem that the more you learn as you begin trading, the...

Over the next couple of weeks, there will be some big announcements! Yellen Speaks On Economic Outlook Draghi To Speak ECB Rumors Drop In Interest Rates US Fed To Possibly Raise Interest Rates Mid-December Nonfarm Payroll Released Friday Canadian Unemployment Figures To Be...

The markets have been known to make significant moves when the Nonfarm Employment Change is released. This Friday at 8:30 a.m. ET, the Bureau of Labor Statistics will be releasing the numbers for the change of employed people in the previous month, excluding the farming industry. There are two...

The Bank Of Canada is scheduled to release a statement this week. For the USD/CAD and the Bank of Canada, this is similar to when the Federal Reserve releases a statement in the US and the US markets move. At 10:00 a.m. ET, the Bank of Canada will give the Overnight Rate and Rate Statement. The...

Every week has potential scheduled trades as we have scheduled news events. All a trader needs to do is track the various news reports that come out repeatedly and the market reaction to their release. If there is a consistent trend, then voila, you have a consistent trade opportunity. You only...

As reported in the last Manufacturing report by the Institute for Supply Management, the manufacturing sector has had economic expansion for 34 months, and the overall economy grew for the 77th consecutive month. The latest ISM Manufacturing PMI, ISM Manufacturing Prices, and Construction...

Looking at your charts, you notice a trend following the strategies you have been studying. Everything points in the right direction. All the signals line up perfectly. You are so excited! You know just the price you want to enter, but there is suddenly a problem. You have never used an order...