How much is the correlation between the two (GDP and CA)? lokking back at BK's charts, in each of the last 4 cases (December 2005, March, june september 2006) CA was worse than the expected. However, GDP was worse than expected 3 out of 4 (december ...

Anybody traded NZD current account today?

That's true. I think since USD sentiment is bearish today that's why we see such a big move and not much significant retracement.

Anybody traded NZD current account today?

Not a big deviation! In and out with quick 5 pips!

NZD retail sales

Moshen, The Trigger given by Felix is good, if you enter the trade after the news. However, if you straddle the news (+/- 5 pips) just before the news release a deviation of .3% from the expected results could be a good trade.

NZD retail sales

Moe, you are simply awesome!Thanks god, I don't know why my broker didn't execute my sell and buy orders on either side at all! Anyway, it was good for me as I would have been stopped out either way. The revisions are dollar bullish, but the crazy ...

Trading the NFP this friday

Somehow I managed 2 pips with EUR/USD long! Unfortunately I deleted my sort order immediately!

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I managed only 7 pips. I entered GBP/USD short after hearing the news on Bloomberg radio. At one stage the profit was actually 18 pips, but my broker wouldn't allow to close!!

US GDP

I have been using FXCM for last one year. What I really like is their platform. You can place an order within a couple of seconds with stop, limit and trailing stop features and this is really helpful if you want to place an order just before a news ...

FXCM Discussion

I got only 5 pips from cable, but could book a 6 pip profit on long EUR/USD which was running at -60 pips sice yesterday's CPI.

US Housing Starts

GBP retails was cool! made 29 pips on two mini lots and kept one mini lot running with stop at break even and target at 62 pips that was eventually reached when US CPI came out with a nice spike.

GBP retails sales

NZ Employment report is a quarterly report that is released in the months of February, MAY, August and November.

Lets Trade The News V 0.2 !

I checked the chart for last three NZD employment reports (Household labor survey) (February 8, 16:45 EST, MAy 10, 18:45 EST and August 9, 18:45 EST). Each time there was a nice spike (no whipsaw) worth atleast 20 pips. I traded the news only on the ...

NZD and AUD Employment Reports

Benf, Inform us about your experience with MB trading during news release. Couple of months earlier I was also thinking of changing to MB trading. However, I am still staying with FXCM since they keep a fixed spread always. And so far they filled ...

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BENF, Since my broker doesn't allow entry order just before the release , I had to place my order approximately 15 minutes before the release, and at that time it was 15 pips away from the market in either direction. Since the price moves either up ...

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Oh! I forgot to mention, I have 768kbps DSL connection

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Yes, trading news is dangerous! However, if you look at the past statistics, NFP always produces a big move (even when it whipshaws). If you trade with oanda, place your order at the last moment on each side with a tight stop. since oanda widens the ...

Lets Trade The News V 0.2 !

I traded the NFP with FXCM. The long EUR/USD order was triggered at 1.2781 with a stop at 1.2771. The short EUR/USD order was triggered at 1.2751 with stop at 1.2661. Initially it spiked up to 1.2797 and instantly it dropped by about 70 pips ...

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