“Guns and butter” signaled the beginning of the end of the Bretton Woods Accord. Guns and butter is the derogatory ….
Author: James Knowles
James Knowles is an Active Trader, and Trading Instructor. James began trading equities and options in 2008 during one of the greatest bull markets of all-time. As the tech boom became the tech bust, James hybridized his short-term trading approach to include Swing-Trading, and Algorithmic system design. James has further developed and refined his approach while working for some of the largest banks in Singapore.
Understanding Fed Funds Futures
Traders can buy and sell futures based on the fed funds rate and their expectations for changes in that rate. ….
Understanding Commitment of Traders (COT) Report
Traders have access to a special market report each week that provides a snapshot of the positions of large institutional ….
CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) – Forex Traders
The CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) is arguably the best gauge of risk and sentiment available to the investing public; it can ….
Monitoring 10-Year Bond Spreads And Stock Market Performance
10-YEAR BOND YIELD SPREADS Monitoring 10-year bond spreads can give you a good idea of where investment flows may be ….
Retail Sales Report – Forex Calendar
Retail sales announcements report on how much money individual consumers are spending on retail goods. This is where the rubber ….
Manufacturing Report Announcement – Forex Calendar
Manufacturing announcements report on how much manufacturing activity is taking place within an economy. Manufacturing is one of the most ….
Interest Rate Announcement – Forex Calendar
The interest-rate announcement specifies the short-term target rate that the central bank will try to maintain in the future. Interest ….
Housing Report – Economic Indicators
Housing announcements report on how healthy the housing sector of the economy is. Because such a large amount of the ….
Job Announcement – Forex Calendar
Employment announcements report on the number of new jobs that have been created in an economy and the percentage of ….
Inflation Announcement – Forex Calendar
Inflation announcements report on how quickly or slowly the general price level in the economy is rising. Monitoring inflation is ….
Balance of Payments Theory – Forex Calendar
This concept of a currency getting stronger when the country has trade surplus and getting weaker when it has a trade deficit ….
Economic News Calendar Announcement Drive Fundamental Outlooks
Forex traders keep a close watch on the economic calendar because they know that economic announcements provide the data that analysts and ….
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) – Forex Calendar
Economic growth announcements report on how well a country’s economy is doing. Economies can move in one of three directions: ….
Trade Balance Report – Forex Calendar
Trade balance announcements report on how much a country is exporting compared to how much it is importing. Countries that ….
Consumer Confidence Report – Forex Calendar
Consumer confidence announcements report on how confident the consumers within an economy are. Confident consumers tend to spend more because ….
Business Confidence Report – Forex Economic Calendar
Business confidence announcements report on how confident the business managers within an economy are. Confident business managers tend to hire ….
What Does Your Economy Import?
Why do we care what goods or services a country imports? We care because if we know the primary goods and ….
Which Investment Vehicles Are Best For You in Forex?
Why is it important to know which investment vehicles are available for a given currency? We care because we are ….
What Are The Central Bank Mandates?
Why do we care about a country’s central bank, its mandates, and its gold and foreign currency reserve holdings? We care ….
The Role of Central Bank in The Foreign Exchange Market
Central banks do not like uncertainty or unusual levels of volatility in the Forex market. It is much harder to maintain ….