Forex News Trader:
How To Trade Forex Using News and Economic
Releases
While many forex traders are technical traders and institute
their trades based on technical indicators from a price chart,
there are some traders who are basically pure forex news
traders.
What is actually forex news trading?
The forex news trader is basically a forex trader who makes
his decisions to trade based on news and reports that are
released daily. He does not depend on any technical indicators
at all.
Why is news trading possible?
The forex market is a 24 hours market, and there are 8 major
currency pairs available for trading with well over 17
derivatives, therefore allowing the economic news releases
almost daily from any one or more of these currency pairs to
impact on their movements.
What are these 8 major currencies that forex traders often
watch for economic news releases that impact on their
value?
The eight major tradeable currencies are
1. U.S. dollar (USD)
2. British pound (GBP)
3. Euro (EUR)
4. Japanese yen (JPY)
5. Australian dollar (AUD)
6. Swiss franc (CHF)
7. Canadian dollar (CAD)
8. New Zealand dollar (NZD)
The availability of these currency pairs and their derivatives
such as the USD/JPN, Euro/USD, AUD/USD and several others means
that you can trade some currency or its derivative pair at any
time as these currencies span the globe!
So for the forex trader who trades on the news, he will have
his eyes and ears set on the release of economic news and data
that affect currency values.
Generally, we will watch out for news regarding the interest
rates or direction of interest rate such as the FOMC rate
decisions, release of retail sales figures, indications of
inflation which can be gauged from consumer price index or the
producer price index, unemployment figures, news on industrial
production, news that indicate a boost in business such as
business sentiment surveys and consumer confidence
surveys,manufacturing sector surveys and news on the country's
trade balance(such as foreign purchases of US Treasuries).
Different new releases impact upon currencies, and often
lead to breakouts in volatility. The key to trading on news is
to take advantage of these movements in volatility which can
last a few minutes or hours, and even days into the future.
Trading purely on news release is harder than it seems, but
the task is made easier and more profitable with the use of
indicators, such as a breakout indicator as a bollinger band or
a breakout of a candlestick or a price bar. Statistics have
shown news release can trigger movements that range in size
from 33 to 124 pips, leading to trading opportunities.
By studying into high probability trade setups that has
occurred consistently with the release of historical economic
data, the forex news trader can devise strategies that can
allow him to extract fast profits from volatile movements
arising from news releases. The potential gains can be massive
where the forex news trader can react quickly.
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