Economic Indicators
The Gross National Product measures the economic performance. This indicator is the macro scale, of the total of consumption spending, investment spending, government spending, and net trade. The gross national product refers to the overall goods and services produced by United States residents, or residents abroad. more..
Industrial sector Indicators
Industrial Production indicator is the total output of a nation's plants, utilities, and mines. For the fundamentalists, this is the important indicator that reflects the strength of the economy, and also the strength of a specific currency. Therefore, forex traders use this economic indicator as a useful trading signal.. more..
Construction Data
1. real estate development and approval
2. new housing sales and second hand housing offered;
3. construction expenditures more..
Inflation Indicators
When inflation arises, bank interest rate tend to increase to fight against it. In additional, high interest rate may alternately support the local currency rate . Normally we use the indicators below to measure the inflation trade.. more..
Merchandize Trade Balance
Economy is possible influenced by export and import trade. When products trade between countries, currency exchange should be taken consideration in order to gain more from the profit margin.. more..
Employment Indicators
The employment rate directly influence the country economy contraction, consumer spending, etc. Recession of employment rate will impact psychological confidence indicators and hence potentially increase criminal rate. The employment reports are significant to the financial markets in general and to forex in particular. This indicator is importance because it is align with the health of economy and maturity of business cycle.. more..
Financial and sociopolitical factors
These
are crucial to fundamental analysis. Financial factors consists of income, cost of goods, gross profit margin, operating expense, total expenses, net profit, depreciation, net profit before interest, interest, net profit before taxes, tax, profit after tax.. more..
Leading Indicators
An economic indicator that changes before the economy has changed. Forex traders need to take this data into analysis study especially during bullish or bearish trend.. more..
ECB's main refinancing
The current rise in the euro started at the Tokyo open Feb. 26/06 in the form of a hammer reversal formation on the hourly chart. I like to do my price projections after a major shift in price direction. A price projection after that swoon in price saw price rising to ~1920.. more..
Peter Bain's Charts and Indicators
Peter Bain use mainly daily, hourly, 15 minute, and five minute charts. The daily chart will help you define the overall trend from a position trading point-of-view, and the hourly (one hour) chart will give you a feel for the intraday trend. The 15 minute chart is used for entry and exit ..more..
Peter Bain's Pivot Point Studies
Peter Bain's trading system is based on pivots. Pivot points are targets, or mile markers, used for assessing price movement and determining direction. If you’re unfamiliar with pivot points and how I use them, below is an overview.. more..
A must to learn Currency Trading Top Strategies.
U.S. currency is growing strength far in year ’05.Part of the reason is the strong Gross Domestic Product growth during past 20 months start to move closer to better normal levels over the next following months. The signs of a slower economic growth will induce shifting in reaction among currency traders according to fundamental problems against U.S. economy.. more..
Economy Front to Back
Share market is very corporate dependant, we need to understand the corporate strategy, what is current corporate trend, who is managing the company? Is the company reliable? Is the annual report reflect true situation? more..
How does Economy influence Currency Market?
A good economy means good currency value. A general picture of a country’s economy can be deduced from its GDP because it is a reflection of the country’s economical growth. For example, when dealing with the EUR/USD, the European GDP will help traders determine the growth of the European economy. more..
How does Inflation affect Forex Trading?
Inflation. When inflation rate is down, banks would cut down interest rates to encourage economic activities. On the other hand, during high inflation, banks would increase the interest rates to discourage lending and spending. Hiking up the interest rates boosts the value of the currency. This is true in US where rising of interest rates by the Federal bank would encourage investors to capitalize on higher returns. more..
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