The Better Bet

Every day brings a different trading atmosphere. Some days are slow, like watching paint dry. On other days, the market moves so fast that trades cannot be placed fast enough to keep up with the movement. Then there are the choppy days. Some traders avoid these days, finding something else to do...

Certain financial news events regarding the economy can create more movement in a market than others. Trade strategies can be implemented for scheduled news events like this, especially in markets that move and react with some consistency.  Take, for example, the UK Manufacturing PMI News...

The fever-pitch popularity of Exchange-Traded Binary Options (ETBOs) has maintained growth in record levels at Nadex-The North American Derivatives Exchange. Comparing second quarter 2016 to second quarter 2015, overall trading volume and total number of trades grew by almost 40 percent. This is...

Every month the Bank of Canada releases the Core Consumer Price Index (CPI), which measures inflation, as well as the Core Retail Sales and Retail Sales, which show the majority of economic activity. These reports come out about 20 days after the month ends. Scheduled news events can be tracked,...

The Purchasing Managers Indices for both Services and Manufacturing will be released Friday morning at 4:30 a.m. ET. These reports can move the market and therefore call for a straddle strategy, which can be a great way to trade markets when a move is expected. There are two advantages to...

There are different kinds of reports released on a monthly schedule that can be traded. Expectation of volatility or Implied Volatility can inflate leading up to these news events affecting option pricing, which can provide trade opportunities. Friday at 9:15 a.m. ET the U.S. Capacity Utilization...

News of inflation and consumer spending will be out on Friday at 8:30 a.m. ET with the Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Core CPI. This number represents the change in the price of goods and services consumers purchased, excluding food and energy as they account for around...

Traders just starting out can sometimes find it hard to find the right time to trade, especially when they are working daytime work hours. Scheduled news events can provide volatility in the currency markets after hours, providing nighttime opportunities for trading. Australia’s Employment...

Similar to the United States’ Federal Open Market Committee meeting and rate announcements, Canada’s Bank of Canada will be releasing the Monetary Policy Report, Rate Statement, and Overnight Rate. The three reports will all be out on Wednesday at 10:00 a.m. ET, and are high impact...

The Euro Industrial Production, which is released around 45 days after the end of each month, comes out Wednesday at 5:00 a.m. ET. This is an event that can be traded the night before, at about 11:00 p.m. ET, Tuesday for 7:00 a.m. ET expirations, using Nadex EUR/USD spreads. Nadex spreads...

Friday at 8:30 a.m. ET, the Canadian Employment Change and Unemployment Rate will be released, producing a trade opportunity with the right Nadex using an Iron Condor setup. The Iron Condor is a neutral premium collection trade, a strategy for profiting when the market moves and pulls back. For...

Because it handles payroll for about 400,000 U.S. corporations, Automatic Data Processing (NASDAQ: ADP) has troves of data on domestic employment. They release that information in the form of monthly U.S. employment growth reports.  The ADP Nonfarm Employment Change release for June will be...

Two scheduled news events will be released on Thursday: Canadian Building Permits at 8:30 a.m. ET and Ivey School of Business Purchasing Manager’s Index at 10:00 a.m. ET. Both events have a history of getting the USD/CAD to react and pull back, offering Iron Condor trade opportunities....

On Wednesday at 8:30 a.m. ET, the U.S. Trade Balance will be released. The forecast calls for it to come in around -$40 billion. If the actual report is greater than the forecast it can be good for trading the EUR/USD, but either way the report makes for a good opportunity to trade Nadex spreads...

A country's trade balance reflects the difference between the goods and services imported and exported. If the value of goods and services exported is greater than the value of those imported, the trade balance number will be positive. And if that number is higher than expected, that's a...