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Canada releases the Manufacturing Sales around 45 days after an end of a month, which shows the change in manufacturing sales each month. This is important to traders due to its reflection of possible future market conditions. A change in sales can indicate changes in their spending, hiring, and...

The Capacity Utilization Rate and Industrial Production numbers will be out Tuesday at 9:15 AM ET. The two reports can cause the EUR/USD market to move, making a trade opportunity.  The Iron Condor strategy can work here by trading two Nadex EUR/USD spreads, buying one and selling another....

Being at work all day doesn’t have to mean not trading. There are opportunities to trade news events, which are scheduled in the early morning hours. Don’t worry- it doesn’t involve losing sleep. It means using the right strategy, with the right instruments, and placing the...

Production in the UK is made up of manufacturing, mining, and utilities. With 80% from the manufacturing side, it makes the news release on manufacturing production a leading indicator for economic health. Manufacturing has to respond quickly to business conditions and it can be a good read of...

The Goods Trade Balance for the UK will be released Tuesday, May 10, 2016, early in the morning at 4:30 AM ET. This makes for a trade opportunity, and one you can enter Monday, the night before, at 11:00 PM ET. The Office for National Statistics releases the Goods Trade Balance for the UK monthly...

Some traders find success when trading five-minute binary options, while others feel like the following new trader, who said, “I can’t seem to win...ever. They are nearly impossible to get filled on, and you would need to be extremely fast. There is never good enough risk to reward....

Although Binary transactions were minimally regulated when they first appeared as part of over-the-counter (OTC) transactions in the early 1970s, much of the controversy is removed when traded through a CFTC regulated US based exchange like Nadex. What Is A Binary Option? Similar to a regular...

Leverage increases the ability of a person’s dollar to make or lose money. Leverage allows a trader to use less money to place a trade, potentially increasing either the risk or the return of investment (ROI) per dollar invested. One can do more with less. An example of not having...

Trading news events can be tricky. It may be expected the market is going to react one way, and then it reacts entirely different and goes the other direction. This can mean missing the trade opportunity all together or losing badly on a trade. To solve this issue, use a Straddle strategy...

All kinds of news can affect the markets making them react and move, sometimes far with momentum and sometimes not. Eight times a year, the US Federal Open Market Committee Statement and Federal Funds Rate are released and can get the market hopping, making for trade opportunities in the forex...

Friday, April 29, 2016, at 4:30 AM ET, the Bank of England will release various reports including Net Lending to Individuals, M4 Money Supply and Mortgage Approvals. The release of this news can cause the market to react, offering a trading opportunity. Since this news is released early in the...

In a previously published article, several traders defined the three choices a trader has when trading in order to control risk. In the article, Three Choices In Risk, Size And Stop Management, the three choices were defined as more money, more risk or percentage or having a lower tick value....

The Iron Condor strategy, using Nadex spreads, allows the market to move any one of three ways to profit. The market cannot move at all, staying right where it is and the trade will profit. Or, the market can stay in a range or move and pull back and as long as it is between the breakeven points...

New Home Sales is a huge gauge for the state of the economy. The building of the home, the loans for purchasing, the realtors, the upgrades, the decorating, the new furniture and the economic stimulation goes on. If the US New Home Sales report is up, that’s a good sign for the economy...