News Trading Weekly Results

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  KEY: A = Actual, F = Forecast, P = Previous -r = Revised (See Latest Result)

Date	News Item	A	F	P	Result
Week 2 Feb Feb 17, 2015	GBP CPI y/y	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	-$203.00
Feb 18, 2015	UK MPC Official Bank Rate Votes	0-0-9	0-0-9	0-0-9	$400.68
Feb 20, 2015	CAD Core Retail Sales m/m	-2.3%	-0.3%	0.6% -r	$728.35
Week 2 Feb	Total				$926.03
Week 4 Feb Feb 23, 2015	US Existing Home Sales	4.82M	5.03M	5.07M -r	$258.04
Feb 25, 2015	BOE Gov Carney Speaks				No Trade
Feb 25, 2015	US Fed Chair Yellen Testifies				$41.89
Feb 25, 2015	ECB President Draghi Speaks				No Trade
Feb 26, 2015	UK Second Estimate GDP q/q	0.5%	0.5%	0.5%	$20.20
Feb 26, 2015	CAD Core CPI m/m	0.2%	0.1%	-0.3%	$402.64
Feb 26, 2015	US Core CPI m/m	0.2%	0.1%	0.0%	-$51.38
Feb 27, 2015	US Prelim GDP q/q	2.2%	2.1%	2.6%	$930.16
Week 4 Feb	Total				$101,601.55
Week 1 Mar Mar 3, 2015	**new account AUD Building Approvals m/m	7.9%	-1.8%	-3.3%	$143.69
Mar 3, 2015	AUD RBA Interest Rate Decision	2.25%	2.0%	2.25%	$20,805.31
Mar 3, 2015	GBP Construction PMI	60.1	59.0	59.1	$1,520.20
Mar 3, 2015	GBP BOE Gov Carney Speaks				-$2,467.98
Mar 3, 2015	CAD GDP m/m	0.3%	0.2%	-0.2%	$23,537.55
Mar 4, 2015	AUD GDP q/q	0.5%	0.7%	0.4 -r	-$14,439.78
Mar 4, 2015	GBP Services PMI	56.7	57.6	57.2	$719.15
Mar 4, 2015	US ADP Non-Farm Empl. Change	212K	219	250K -r	$1,845.27
Mar 4, 2015	US ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI	56.9	56.5	56.7	$13,698.28
Mar 4, 2015	EUR ECB Press Conference				$6,892.91
Mar 4, 2015	CAD BOC Rate Statement	0.75%	0.75%	0.75%	-$3,399.95
Mar 5, 2015	AUD Retail Sales m/m	0.4%	0.4%	0.4%	No Trade
Mar 5, 2015	GBP Official Bank Rate	0.50%	0.50%	0.50%	No Trade
Mar 5, 2015	EUR Bid Rate	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%	No Trade
Mar 5, 2015	CAD Ivey PMI	49.7	49.4	45.4	No Trade
Mar 6, 2015	US Unemployment Rate	5.5%	5.6%	5.7%	Shared
Mar 6, 2015	US NFP Change	295K	240K	257K	$40,315.24
Week 1 Mar	Total				$84,439.89
Week 2 Mar Mar 11, 2015	NZD Official Cash Rate/Statement	3.50%	3.50%	3.50%	$6,693.81
Mar 12, 2015	AUD Employment Change	15.6K	15.3K	-14.6K -r	Shared
Mar 12, 2015	AUD Unemployment Rate	6.3%	6.4%	6.4%	$35,091.32
Mar 12, 2015	US Core Retail Sales m/m	-0.1%	0.6%	-1.1% -r	Shared
Mar 12, 2015	US Retail Sales m/m	-0.6%	0.3%	-0.8%	*Near Margin Call*
Mar 12, 2015	US Unemployment Claim	289K	306K	325K	*Near Margin Call*
	Account Closed. See comments
Week 2 Apr	New Test Account Opened - 100K
Apr 10, 2015	CAD Employment Change	28.7K	-0.5K	-1.0K	$13,774.52
Apr 10, 2015	CAD Unemployment Rate	28.7K	6.9%	6.8%	Shared
Week 3 Apr
Apr 14, 2015	GBP CPI y/y	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	$882.29
Apr 14, 2015	US Core Retail Sales m/m	0.4%	0.7%	0.0% -r	$7,711.35
Apr 14, 2015	US PPI m/m	0.2%	0.3%	-0.5%	Shared
Apr 14, 2015	US Retail Sales m/m	0.2%	0.3%	-0.5%	Shared
Apr 14, 2015	US PPI m/m	0.9%	1.1%	-0.5% -r	Shared
Apr 15, 2015	CAD Manufacturing Sales m/m	-1.7%	0.2%	-3.0% -r	$3,137.36
Apr 15, 2015	EUR ECB Press Conference				$6,205.56
Apr 15, 2015	CAD BOC Interest Rate	0.75%	0.75%	0.75%	$2,568.55
Apr 15, 2015	CAD BOC Press Conference				$5,669.61
Apr 16, 2015	AUD Employment Change	37.7K	14.9K	15.6K	$15,947.08
Apr 16, 2015	AUD Unemployment Rate	6.1%	6.3%	6.3%	Shared
Apr 17, 2015	USD Core CPI	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	-$20,842.27
Apr 17, 2015	CAD Core Retail Sales m/m	2.0%	0.7%	-1.5% -r	$24,443.35
Week 4 Apr
Apr 22, 2015	AUD CPI q/q	0.2%	0.1%	0.2%	$13,552.74
Apr 22, 2015	GBP MPC Bank Rate Votes/APT	0-0-9	0-0-9	0-0-9	$3,545.60
Apr 22, 2015	USD Existing Home Sales	5.19M	5.04M	4.89M -r	$5,463.62
Apr 23, 2015	GBP Retail Sales	-0.5%	0.4%	0.6% -r	-$9,448.33
Apr 23, 2015	USD New Home Sales	481K	514K	543K -r	$10,094.58
Week 5 Apr
Apr 28, 2015	GBP Preliminary GDP q/q	0.3%	0.5%	0.6% -r	$19,977.65
Apr 29, 2015	USD Advance GDP q/q	0.2%	0.1%	2.2% -r	No Trade
Apr 29, 2015	USD FOMC Statement	0.3%	0.5%	0.6% -r	$30,288.38
Apr 30, 2015	CAD GDP m/m	0.0%	-0.1%	-0.2% -r	$6,654.36
Apr 30, 2015	CAD BOC Gov Poloz Speech				$31,453.51
Apr 29, 2015	USD Advance GDP q/q	0.2%	0.1%	2.2% -r	No Trade
Apr 29, 2015	USD FOMC Statement	0.3%	0.5%	0.6% -r	$30,288.38
Apr 30, 2015	CAD GDP m/m	0.0%	-0.1%	-0.2% -r	$6,654.36
Apr 30, 2015	CAD BOC Gov Poloz Speech				$31,453.51
TOTAL	End of April Test Account				$210,502.81
Week 1 May	New Test Account [$100,000.00]
May 5, 2015	AUD Cash Rate/Rate Statement	2.00%	2.00%	2.25%	$65,069.90
May 5, 2015	USD ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI	57.8	56.2	56.5	-$10,467.89
May 6, 2015	NZD Employment Change q/q	0.7%	0.8%	1.2%	Shared
May 6, 2015	NZD Unemployment Rate	5.8	5.5%	5.8% -r	$18,973.89
May 6, 2015	AUD Retail Sales m/m	0.3%	0.4%	0.7%	No Trade
May 6, 2015	GBP Services PMI	59.5	58.6%	58.9	$6,732.90
May 6, 2015	USD ADP Non-Farm Empl.Change	169K	199K	175K -r	$13,138.55
May 7, 2015	AUD Employment Change	-2.9K	4.5K	48.1K -r	Shared
May 7, 2015	AUD Unemployment Rate	6.2%	6.2%	6.1%	-$25,834.52
May 8, 2015	USD Non-Farm Empl Change	223K	228K	85K -r	$27,325.66
May 8, 2015	USD Unemployment Rate	5.4%	5.4%	5.5%	Shared
May 8, 2015	CAD Employment Change	-19.7K	-4.5K	28.7K	-$41,111.12
May 8, 2015	CAD Unemployment Rate	6.8%	6.9%	6.8%	Shared
May 8, 2015	USD FOMC Member Statement	-19.7K	-4.5K	28.7K	$8,708.66
Week 2 May
May 11, 2015	Official Bank Rate	0.50%	0.50%	0.50%	No Trade
May 13, 2015	GBP Gov Carney Speaks				$42,891.13
May 13, 2015	US Core Retail Sales	0.1%	0.4%	0.7% -r	$36,132.45
May 13, 2015	NZD Retail Sales q/q	2.7%	1.6%	1.7%	$40,824.09
Week 4 May
May 19, 2015	GBP CPI y/y	-0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	$18,445.09
May 20, 2015	GBP MPC Vote/APT	0-0-9	0-0-9	0-0-9	$3,136.65
May 21, 2015	GBP Retail Sales	-0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	$36,796.57
May 21, 2015	US Existing Home Sales	5.04M	5.23M	5.21M -r	$107.09
May 22, 2015	CAD Core CPI m/m	0.1%	0.1%	0.6%	Shared
May 22, 2015	CAD Core Retail Sales m/m	0.5%	0.7%	1.8% -r	-$23,656.60
May 22, 2015	CAD Retail Sales m/m	0.7%	0.5%	1.5% -r	Shared
May 22, 2015	US Core CPI m/m	0.3%	0.2%	0.2	$47,371.44
May 22, 2015	US Fed Yellen Speech				-$38,226.84
Week 5 May
May 27, 2015	CAD BOC Rate Statement	0.75%	0.75%	0.75%	-$85,094.99
May 28, 2015	GBP 2nd GDP Estimate	0.3%	0.4%	0.3%	$9,923.29
TOTAL	End of May Test Account				$245,352.62
Week 1 June	New Test Account - $100,000.00
June 1, 2015	GBP Manufacturing PMI	52.0	52.7	51.8 -r	No Trade
June 1, 2015	US ISM Manufacturing PMI	52.8	51.9	51.5	No Trade
June 2, 2015	AUD Cash Rate/Statement	2.00%	2.00%	2.00%	No Trade
June 2, 2015	GBP Construction PMI	55.9	55.1	54.2	$7,858.78
June 3, 2015	AUD GDP q/q	0.9%	0.7%	0.5%	$32,432.12
June 3, 2015	GBP Services PMI	56.5	59.2	59.5	No Trade
June 3, 2015	EUR Minimum Bid Rate	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%	Cancelled
June 3, 2015	US ADP Non-Farm Empl. Change	201K	198K	165K -r	$10,095.41
June 3, 2015	EUR ECB Press Conference				$5,061.99
June 3, 2015	US ISM Non-Man PMI	55.7	57.1	57.8	$9,011.15
June 4, 2015	AUD Retail Sales m/m	0.0%	0.4%	0.2% -r	$18,469.82
June 5, 2015	US Non-Farm Empl. Change	280K	222K	221K -r	$109,005.20
June 5, 2015	US Unemployment Rate	5.5%	5.4%	5.4%	Shared
June 5, 2015	CAD Unemployment Change	58.9K	10.2K	-19.7K	$104,569.64
June 5, 2015	CAD Unemployment Rate	6.8%	6.8%	6.8%	Shared
Week 2 June
June 9, 2015	CPI y/y	1.2%	1.3%	1.5%	No Trade
June 10, 2015	GBP Manufacturing Prod. m/m	-0.4%	0.1%	0.4%	$8,9.41.35
June 10, 2015	NZD Int Rate/Statement/Conf.	3.25%	3.50%	3.50%	$335,430.47
June 11, 2015	AUD Employment Change	42.0K	12.1K	-13.7K -r	$132,857.50
June 11, 2015	AUD Unemployment Rate	6.0%	6.2%	6.1% -r	Shared
June 11, 2015	USD Core Retail Sales m/m	0.1%	0.7%	0.1%	$9,273.71
June 11, 2015	USD Retail Sales m/m	1.2%	1.1%	0.2% -r	Shared
Week 3 June
June 15, 2015	CAD Manufacturing Sales m/m	-2.1%	1.3%	2.7% -r	No Trade
June 16, 2015	GBP CPI y/y	0.1%	0.1%	-0.1%	-$216,304.86
June 17, 2015	GBP MPC Votes/APT	0-0-9	0-0-9	0-0-9	$84,760.73
June 17, 2015	USD FOMC Int Rate/Statement	0.25%	0.25%	0.25%	$39,554.14
June 17, 2015	USD FOMC Press Conference				$30,732.17
June 17, 2015	NZD GDP q/q	0.2%	0.6%	0.7% r	$130,201.88
June 18, 2015	CHF Libor Rate/MPC/Press Conf.	-0.75%	-0.75%	-0.75%	-$65,451.98
June 18, 2015	GBP Retail Sales m/m	0.2%	0.0%	0.9% r	No Trade
June 18, 2015	USD Core CPI m/m	0.1%	0.2%	0.3%	-$142,354.31
June 19, 2015	CAD Core Retail Sales m/m	-0.6%	0.3%	0.7% r	-$142,354.31
June 19, 2015	CAD Core CPI m/m	0.4%	0.3%	0.1%	-$449,670.05
Week 4 June
June 22, 2015	USD Existing Home Sales	5.35M	5.27M	5.09M -r	$30,723.88
June 23, 2015	USD New Home Sales	546K	524K	534K -r	-$3,699.38
June 24, 2015	USD GDP q/q	-0.2%	-0.2%	-0.7%	No Trade
Week 5 June
June 30, 2015	CAD GDP m/m	-0.1%	0.1%	-0.2%	$179,403.06
TOTAL	End of June Test Account				$507,770.84
Week 1 July	New Test Account - $100,000.00
July 1, 2015	GBP Manufacturing PMI	51.4	52.6	51.9 -r	No Trade
July 1, 2015	GBP BOE Gov. Carney Speech				$1,501.02
July 1, 2015	US ADP Non-Farm Empl. Change	237K	219K	203K -r	$4,338.68
July 1, 2015	US ISM Manufacturing PMI	53.5	53.2	52.8	No Trade
July 2, 2015	US NFP	223K	231K	254K -r	$55,076.87
July 2, 2015	US Unemployment Rate	5.3%	5.4%	5.5%	Shared
July 3, 2015	AUD Retail Sales m/m	0.3%	0.5%	0.1% -r	$12,417.92
July 3, 2015	GBP Services PMI	58.5	57.4	56.5	$6,985.16
Week 2 July
July 7, 2015	AUD Int Rate/Rate Statement	0.20%	0.20%	0.20%	-$179,242.24
Account Closed	Margin Call
TOTAL					-$1,075.41
Week 1 Aug	New Test Account $100,000.00
Aug 3, 2015	UK Manufacturing PMI	51.9	51.6	51.4	No Trade
Aug 3, 2015	US ISM Manufacturing PMI	52.7	53.6	53.5	No Trade
Aug 4, 2015	AUD Retail Sales m/m	0.7%	0.5%	0.4% -r	$25,870.32
Aug 4, 2015	AUD Int. Rate/Statement	2.00%	2.00%	2.00%	$2,404.76
Aug 4, 2015	NZD Employment Change q/q	0.3%	0.5%	0.6% -r	Margin Call
TOTAL	*Test Account Stopped
September	New Test Account $100,000.00
TOTAL	*Test Account Stopped
Week 1 Oct	New Test Account $100,000.00
Oct 2, 2015	US NFP	142K	201K	136K -r	$59,417.95
Oct 2, 2015	US Unemployment Rate	5.1%	5.1%	5.1%	Shared Result
Oct 5, 2015	UK Services PMI	53.3	56.4	55.6	$16,420.15
Oct 5, 2015	US ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI	56.9	58.0	59.0	No Trade
Oct 6, 2015	AUD Interest Rate	2.00%	2.00%	2.00%	No Trade
Oct 8, 2015	UK MPC Bank Rate Vote	1-0-8	1-0-8	1-0-8	No Trade
Oct 8, 2015	UK Official Bank Rate	0.50%	0.50%	0.50%	No Trade
Oct 9, 2015	CAD Employment Change	12.1K	10.5K	12.0K	No Trade
Oct 9, 2015	CAD Unemployment Rate	7.1%	6.9%	7.0%	No Trade
Week 2 Oct
Oct 13, 2015	UK CPI y/y	-0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	$34,242.34
Oct 14, 2015	US Core Retail Sales m/m	-0.3%	-0.1%	-0.1%	$41,055.61
Oct 15, 2015	AUD Empl. Change	-5.1K	7.2K	17.4K	$11,100.29
Oct 15, 2015	AUD Unemployment Rate	6.2%	6.2%	6.2%	Shared Result
Oct 15, 2015	US Core CPI m/m	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%	$197,334.55
Oct 15, 2015	NZD CPI q/q	0.3%	0.2%	0.4%	-$272,071.96
Week 3 Oct
Oct 21, 2015	CAD Int Rate/Press Conference	0.50%	0.50%	0.50%	-$78,542.00
Oct 22, 2015	UK Retail Sales m/m	1.9%	0.3%	-0.4% -r	$73,357.13
Oct 22, 2015	CAD Core Retail Sales m/m	0.0%	0.2%	0.1% -r	$48,150.97
Oct 22, 2015	EUR Interest Rate	0.5%	0.5%	0.5%	$66,851.70
Oct 22, 2015	EUR ECB Press Conference				$83,103.31
Oct 23, 2015	CAD Core CPI m/m	0.2%	0.3%	0.2%	$64,981.72
Week 4 Oct
Oct 26, 2015	US New Home Sales	468K	546K	529K -r	No Trade
Oct 27, 2015	UK Prelim GDP q/q	0.5%	0.6%	0.7%	-$10,800.07
Oct 28, 2015	AUD CPI q/q	0.5%	0.7%	0.7%	$466,733.61
Oct 28, 2015	NZD Int Rate/Statement	2.75%	2.75%	2.75%	-$366,639.26
Oct 29, 2015	US Advance GDP q/q	1.5%	1.6%	3.9% -r	-$135,037.71
Oct 30, 2015	CAD GDP m/m				No Trade
Oct 29, 2015	US Advance GDP q/q	1.5%	1.6%	3.9% -r	-$135,037.71
TOTAL					$397,099.83
Week 1 Nov	New Test Account $100,000.00
Nov 2, 2015	UK Manufacturing PMI	55.5	51.3	51.8	No Trade
Nov 2, 2015	US ISM Manufacturing PMI	50.1	50.0	50.2	No Trade
Nov 3, 2015	AUD Int. Rate/RBA Statement	2.00%	2.00%	2.00%	No Trade
Nov 3, 2015	NZD Empl Change/Unem Rate	-0.4%	0.4%	0.1% -r	$58,657.40
Nov 4, 2015	AUD Retail Sales m/m	0.4%	0.4%	0.4%	No Trade
Nov 4, 2015	UK Services PMI	54.9.	54.6	53.3	No Trade
Nov 4, 2015	US ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI	59.1	56.6	56.9	$30,585.60
Nov 5, 2015	UK MPC Official Bank Rate Vote	1-0-8	1-0-8	1-0-8	No Trade
Nov 5, 2015	UK Interest Rate Decision	0.50%	0.50%	0.50%	No Trade
Nov 5, 2015	UK BOE Carney Speech				$16,895.83
Nov 6, 2015	CAD Empl. Change	44.4K	9.5K	12.1K	$121,773.60
Nov 6, 2015	CAD Unemployment Rate	7.0%	7.1%	7.1%	Shared
Nov 6, 2015	US NFP	271K	181K	137K -r	$385,309.33
Week 2 Nov
Nov 12, 2015	AUD Empl. Change	58.6K	14.8K	-0.8K -r	$308,691.18
Nov 12, 2015	AUD Unemployment Rate	5.9%	6.2%	6.2%	Shared Result
Nov 13, 2015	German Prelim GDP q/q	0.3%	0.3%	0.4%	No Trade
Nov 13, 2015	US Core Retail Sales m/m	0.2%	0.4%	-0.4% -r	$131,119.07
Week 3 Nov
Nov 17, 2015	UK CPI y/y	-0.1%	-0.1%	-0.1%	$79,867.25
Nov 17, 2015	US Core CPI m/m	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	-$87,325.95
Nov 19, 2015	UK Retail Sales m/m	-0.6%	0.4%	1.7% -r	-$87,571.41
Nov 20, 2015	CAD Core CPI m/m	0.3%	0.2%	0.2%	-$374,123.80
Nov 20, 2015	CAD Core Retail Sales m/m	-0.5%	-0.3%	0.0%	Shared Result
TOTAL					$681,283.23
Week 1 Dec	New Test Account $100K - Closed
Dec 1, 2015	AUD Int. Rate/Rate Statement	2.00%	2.00%	2.00%	-$27,766.04
Dec 1, 2015	BOE Gov. Carney Speech				No Trade
Dec 1, 2015	UK Manufacturing PMI	52.7	53.7	55.2 -r	No Trade
Dec 1, 2015	CAD GDP m/m	-0.5%	0.1%	0.1%	$64,299.69
Dec 1, 2015	US ISM Non Man PMI	48.6	50.6	50.1	$2,676.94
Dec 3, 2015	EUR Interest Rate Decision	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%	Margin Call
TOTAL					$-120.00
Week 1 Dec	**New Test Account II $100,000.00
Dec 3, 2015	USD ISM Non-Man PMI	55.9	58.1	59.1	$11,378.66
Dec 4, 2015	AUD Retail Sales m/m	0.5%	0.4	0.4	No Trade
Dec 4, 2015	USD NFP	211K	201K	298K -r	$25,334.26
Dec 4, 2015	CAD Empl. Change/Unem Rate	-35.7K	-9.7K	44.4K	$23,516.94
Week 2 Dec
Dec 9, 2015	NZD Interest Rate	2.50%	2.50%	2.75%	Miss Trade
Dec 9, 2015	NZD RBNZ Press Conference				$11,645.55
Dec 10, 2015	AUD Empl. Change/Unem Rate	71.4K	-10.0K	56.1K -r	Miss Trade
Dec 10, 2015	CHF Libor Rate	-0.75%	-0.75%	-0.75%	Miss Trade
Dec 10, 2015	CHF SNB Press Conference				$29,528.78
Dec 10, 2015	UK Bank Rate Votes	1-0-8	1-0-8	1-0-8	Shared Result
Dec 10, 2015	UK Interest Rate	0.50%	0.50%	0.50%	$111,487.37
Dec 11, 2015	US Core Retail Sales m/m	0.4%	0.3%	0.1% -r	$4,573.13
Week 3 Dec
Dec 15, 2015	UK CPI y/y	0.1%	0.1%	-0.1%	-$59,994.10
Dec 15, 2015	US Core CPI m/m	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	No Trade
Dec 16, 2015	US FOMC Interest Rate	0.50%	0.50%	0.25%	Missed Trade
Dec 16, 2015	US FOMC Press Conference				$216,893.82
Dec 16, 2015	NZD GDP q/q			0.4%	Pending
Dec 17, 2015	UK Retail Sales m/m	1.7%	0.4%	-0.5% -r	Missed Trade
Dec 18, 2015	CAD Core CPI m/m	-0.3%	0.0%	0.3%	$106,941.33
Dec 23, 2015	CAD Core Retail Sales m/m	0.0%		-0.5%	-$451,659.85
TOTAL					$85,374.19

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2014 Wrap Up - The Good, The Bad And The Ugly

2014 came with expectations, lots of promises, hopes, wild dreams, and hot pursuits. But for some it was a tale of laughter, tears, dreams torn apart, aims not reached, and for others a journey they never ventured. We at FXTradeCity experienced it all. There were times we got frustrated, and sometimes it was endless joy, however when we look back since the year began, there's a glimpse of smile on our face because every new day promises better things, and so we look forward to a better year ahead. So we gladly give thanks to God Almighty for His Grace, Strength, Provision & Blessings to us and you in the good and bad times.

Despite the turbulence in the market, FXTradeCity experienced a huge growth in its community. We like to say this was possible due to your posts, comments, and suggestions. No matter how strong the storm blew, we never let our dreams die, we stuck to our mission, to provide quality Forex information, assistance, & services for every trader across the globe to achieve financial freedom. We will continue to do this until the market runs dry.

However we had our regrets too. We got our accounts burnt once a while. We experienced challenges beyond the ordinary, which ended as a bitter lesson to us. We couldn't fully support some of our innovative programs like FXTradeCity Forex Signals, Live News Trading Room, and other programs we had in mind this year. We apologize to our teeming fans, and subscribers who waited eagerly for this. We hope to kick start these programs in 2015.

Looking back in 2014, there are some great lessons to learn, and some mistakes to avoid in the coming year. Some of the habits that made 2014 an ugly year for most traders was procrastination, fear, lack of right investment/knowledge, greed, and the major culprit was not using stop loss. Probably some accounts would have scaled through to 2015 if the accounts were protected with stop loss.

As we look forward to 2015, I encourage you to put the past behind, and be determined to do it right this time. Yes you can if you are willing.

Wish you a wonderful and prosperous 2015.

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How I Trade The News - Part 3 Final Series

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In the previous section, we looked at the materials i use in trading the news and setting up my chart. I also explained some essential steps that helps me get set for the news, and some important market signs to look out prior to the news release.

In this conclusive part I'll clearly explain the trade actions (best pairs to trade), order placement/planning, chart setup, managing the trades and some other tips i use to trade the news. Before we start lets see some pre and after news event in the charts below.

INFO: "To straddle or not to straddle? Which is better? See; Straddling Vs Auto Click Trading System".

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Setting Up The Chart

In order to manage my system resources I do not setup every chart with the template above. Some of the items in the template require consistent data download and updates, which is capable of impacting the platform's efficiency during high impact news release. The session time indicator and pivot indicator are proprietary indicators designed by Forex21 (ProFx3.0.5). They are not included in the download link. (Download full chart setup materials: Zip File ).

I recommend 30 Minutes chart. Be very careful trading the news with lower timeframes.

First Thing First - What Pair Should I Trade?

A deep understanding of Forex currencies with regards to their correlation, similarities, dominance, and political/economic relevance with other currencies would help you to an extent to know which pairs are best to trade for a particular news release. Also it is common for some currencies to be correlated with commodities & precious metals like Gold and Oil. The simple principle in news trading is that a good or bad economic outlook on a currency would positively or negatively reflect on its pair. For example if the UK CPI meets investors expectation for a particular period then some of the weaker pairs with the British Pound will experience a sudden negative effect because investors (traders) will sell them off and buy the GBP. So traders most often lookout for the stronger and weaker currency pairs to trade, while avoiding correlating pairs.

TIP: There is a utility designed by Henry Liu (www.currencynewstrading.com), which displays the real time economic outlook of currencies. The utility helps to decide which pair should be traded against each other. Download Henry Liu's Currency Strength Meter.

Basic rule of selecting a currency pair:

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1. In expectation of a positive news outcome, BUY the stronger currency, and SELL the weaker one.

2. In expectation of a negative news outcome, SELL the dominant stronger currency, and BUY a relative stronger one. In some cases the weaker currencies could be bought but the position should not be held for too long.

CAUTION: In some cases we've seen a good

economic outlook on some country's economic data but with an opposite reaction after the news release. This implies that a positive economic outlook of a currency does not mean you have to buy it and sell the weaker currency. It is necessary to consider other fundamental macro economic factors coupled with the recent economic performance history of the currency.

TOOL: Comprehensive list of all the news trading items with the recommended pairs to trade. Recommended Currency Pairs For News Trading

TRADE ACTIONS

Before you begin ensure you've understood pre-news market signs, and market behaviour prior to news release else refer to Part 2. Also you must have selected the right pairs to trade the news.

What Pairs Should I Trade?:

It is extremely important you pick the right pairs for every news trading. The rule of thumb is to pair the stronger/weaker currency pairs. In some cases you can trade certain commodities and precious metals also. For further guidance refer to: Recommended Pairs For News Trading.

 

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Placing Orders

Generally wait for at least 10 - 15 minutes before placing pending orders. This gives you a clearer picture of the best place to set pending orders. There are various methods i use in placing pending orders depending on the type of news and market initial reaction. Here are the two (2) main methods:

1. If The Market Is Static (i.e no quick up and down irrational movements):

Prior to most high impact news release, the market often times becomes static or move in a very narrow channel. This is one of the best market signs for news trading. In this case I set pending orders manually or with the guide of the Simple_SR Indicator. (For Take Profit, Stop Loss & Trailing Stop see Trade Management).

Illustration of narrow movement of price prior to the news release. Click to enlarge

2. If The Market Is Erratic (i.e. quick up and down small movements few minutes to the news release):

In this case the market reacts to traders psychology/sentiments towards the expectation of the news release. This is witnessed few minutes to the news release with a slow but steady movement of price to a direction and then it halts, goes back and continues again but not cutting across a certain price level or forming a resistance at a certain level. This often occurs when the analysis of the economic news components shows a high probability of an actual outcome. In other words there is a sure tendency by traders that the news outcome would certainly come out as expected. In this scenario it is quite difficult to place pending orders due to the uncertainty of the release, which could turn out with a disappointing result. In most cases if you are not patient and careful, your pending orders would be triggered before the actual time of the news release and this can be very disastrous if the expectation comes out against the triggered order.

Follow the steps below to set pending orders for this kind of scenario:

Step 1: Wait for at least 7 - 10 minutes before the news release to study the pulse of the market. This will help you to determine the immediate highest high and lower lows of the first five to ten candles or more.

Step 2: Place orders a little bit higher or lower than where price formed a resistance or support.

Step 3: Cautiously keep an eye on the fluctuation of the market in order to modify the position so as to avoid your orders getting triggered before the news release.

GBPUSD - Order Placement Prior to BOE Gov Carney's Speech - 9th Sept, 2014; 11:45am GMT +1. Click to Enlarge

GBPJPY - Order Placement Prior to BOE Gov Carney's Speech - 9th Sept, 2014; 11:45am GMT +1. Click to Enlarge

GBPCAD - Order Placement Prior to BOE Gov Carney's Speech - 9th Sept, 2014; 11:45am GMT +1. Click to Enlarge

How Much Order Should I Place?

This depends on your money management rules, broker spreads, and account size. You must understand that most brokers increase their spreads during news release. Not all brokers are news friendly so exercise great caution when selecting a broker if you are news trader. Personally in some very few cases i trade large lot sizes because of the certainty of the news release and market signs. However I do not advise you do the same. Ensure you do not trade more than 10% of your account size or free margin. It could be very dangerous.

TIP: To see the effects of lot sizes on news trading, carry out tests with Forex Simulation Tools.

Trade Management (Stop Loss, Take Profit, Reversals, Spikes, e.t.c.)

Ideally stop loss for Sell Stop pending orders should be placed beneath the recent support line or depending on the type of news they can be placed at a safer distance to avoid price fluctuations and and instant reversals that will erroneously hit the stop loss. Often times I have experienced instant price reversals within seconds or few minutes after the news release. This causes the stop loss to some pips above the resistance line as well.

Personally I do not have any fixed rule for Take Profit because I always use Trailing Stops to manage the trades. I recommend using the minimal trailing stop of 30 points & 50 points. 

INFO: An instant spike in a very high impact news release can move the market as far as 30 - 40 pips in few seconds, and then over 100 pips hours later. If you are trading the spike then stick to 20 - 30 pips maximum.

TIP: When a sharp spike occurs there are 80% chances of an instant reversal. In some cases the best time to enter a news trade is during the price reversal (i.e enter in the opposite direction of the reversal).

Trading Press Conference Speeches/Statements

Trading this type of news is quite difficult but very lucrative if you know how to interpret the statements of the speaker. Financial/Economic speeches or reports such as ECB President Speech/Press Conference, US FOMC Statements, BOJ Press Conference, BOE Governor's Speech, e.t.c usually come with very high impact due to the personalities involved, and the effects of their policy statements.

TIP: News speeches are interpreted into Hawkish or Dovish statements. Hawkish statements are aggressive. For example when the authority of a Federal Reserve Bank is bent on favouring an increase in interest rate or showing clear signs of imminent implementation of stimulus then that is a Hawkish Statement. The opposite of this is Dovish.

Since press conferences and speeches is more of an audible conversation you will need the following news services media to conveniently trade them:

1. News Wire Services: - Reuters, Associated Press, Agence France Presse, BNO News, Deutsche Presse-Agentur, All Headline News, United Press International, e.t.c
2. Satellite Cable Network Services (Business News): - CNBC, Bloomberg Television  Fox Business Network, MSNBC, e.t.c.
3. Radio: - RANSquawk.com, FXMMradio, e.t.c.

Personally i most often do not hook up with them except for CNBC Squawk on Television. I use either of the news trading methods to trade news speeches.

Documentation

It is a good practice to document your trades by leaving comments. This helps to analyze your performance on your trade journals. 

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Other Tips & Guidelines

1. Cancel or delete pending orders immediately if a conflicting release comes out. 
2. Do not setup your trades 20 minutes or more before the news release.
3. If you have an existing position on the currency you wish to trade the news, either adjust the stop loss or close the position before the news release.
4. In most cases orders cannot be manually modified or entered 1 - 2 minutes before the news release. In fact it is suicidal. Only automated (EA) systems have the capability to do so but not all the time due to platform hangs and server overloads.
5. Avoid using too tight stop loss.
6. Ensure that you have taken care of all physical distractions prior to trading the news.
7. Consult news expert pre-analysis and match it with your decisions before trading the news.

We've finally come to the conclusive part of this series. Feel free to leave your comments, inquiries and suggestions.

Happy Trading.

List of Recommended Pairs For Forex News Trading

GUIDELINES: The recommended pairs were derived from the historical behavioral pattern of currency pairs during

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news release taking into consideration the economy outlook of the strength and weakness of the pairs. 

To trade the news e.g. Australian Building Approval i would pair the (AUD) with any of the recommended pairs like USD, or JPY. I strongly advise trading against the weaker pairs for anticipated positive outcome on the major currencies, and counter/opposite or middle/stronger pairs for anticipated negative outcome. For more guidelines: See the article on how i trade the news Part 1, 2 & 3. 

Please see risk disclaimer notice below before applying any of these recommendations.

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S/N	COUNTRY	NEWS	RECOMMENDED PAIRS
1	Australia (AUD)	Building Approvals	USD, JPY, CHF, NZD
2	Australia (AUD)	Retail Sales m/m	USD, JPY, CAD, CHF, NZD
3	Australia (AUD)	Employment Change	USD, CAD, JPY, EUR, NZD
4	Australia (AUD)	Unemployment Rate	USD, CAD, JPY, EUR, NZD
5	Australia (AUD)	CPI q/q	USD, CAD, JPY, EUR, NZD
6	Australia (AUD)	RBNZ Rate Statement	USD, JPY, NZD, CAD
7	Australia (AUD)	PPI q/q	USD, JPY
8	Australia (AUD)	RBA Rate Statement	USD, JPY, EUR, CAD
9	Australia (AUD)	Trade Balance	USD, CAD, JPY
10	Canada (CAD)	Trade Balance	USD, GBP, JPY, EUR
11	Canada (CAD)	Ivey PMI	USD, GBP, JPY, EUR
12	Canada (CAD)	Building Permits	USD, GBP, JPY
13	Canada (CAD)	Employment Change	USD, GBP, JPY, CHF, AUD
14	Canada (CAD)	Unemployment Rate	USD, GBP, JPY, CHF, AUD
15	Canada (CAD)	Manufacturing Sales m/m	USD, GBP, JPY
16	Canada (CAD)	Bank of Canada (BOC) Monetary Policy Report	USD, GBP, JPY, CHF, AUD
17	Canada (CAD)	Bank of Canada (BOC) Rate Statement	USD, GBP, JPY, CHF, AUD
18	Canada (CAD)	Bank of Canada (BOC) Press Conference	USD, GBP, JPY, CHF, AUD
19	Canada (CAD)	Core Retail Sales m/m	USD, GBP, JPY, CHF, AUD
20	Canada (CAD)	Retail Sales m/m	USD, GBP, JPY
21	Canada (CAD)	Core CPI m/m	USD, GBP, JPY, CHF, AUD
22	Canada (CAD)	GDP m/m	USD, JPY, GBP, EUR, AUD
23	China (CNY)	Manufacturing PMI	USD, GBP, EUR, CAD
24	China (CNY)	CPI y/y	USD, GBP, CHF, EUR, CAD
25	China (CNY)	PPI y/y	USD, GBP, CHF
26	China (CNY)	Trade Balance	USD, GBP, EUR
27	China (CNY)	GDP q/q	USD, GBP, CAD, CHF, AUD
28	China (CNY)	HSBC Flash Manufacturing PMI	USD, GBP, EUR, CAD
29	Euro (EUR)	French Flash Manufacturing PMI	USD, GBP, JPY
30	Euro Zone (EUR)	CPI Flash Estimate y/y	USD, GBP, JPY, CAD
31	Euro Zone (EUR)	Core CPI Flash Estimate y/y	USD, GBP
32	Euro Zone (EUR)	Retail Sales m/m	USD, GBP, JPY, CAD
33	Euro Zone (EUR)	Unemployment Rate	USD, GBP, JPY, AUD, CAD
34	Euro Zone (EUR)	ECB Press Conference	USD, GBP, JPY, CAD, AUD, GOLD, CHF
35	Euro Zone (EUR)	ECB President Draghi Speaks	USD, JPY, GBP, AUD, CAD, GOLD
36	France (CHF)	CPI m/m	USD, JPY, GBP, CAD
37	German States (EUR)	German Prelim CPI m/m	USD, GBP, JPY, AUD, CAD
38	Germany (EUR)	German Retail Sales m/m	USD, GBP, JPY, CAD
39	Germany (EUR)	German ZEW Economic Sentiment	USD, GBP, JPY, CAD
40	Germany (EUR)	German Flash Manufacturing PMI	USD, GBP, JPY
41	Japan (JPY)	Monetary Policy Statement	USD, GBP, EUR
42	Japan (JPY)	Bank of Japan (BOJ) Press Conference	USD, GBP, EUR, CAD
43	New Zealand (NZD)	CPI q/q	USD, JPY, AUD, CHF
44	New Zealand (NZD)	Trade Balance	USD, JPY, CHF, AUD
45	New Zealand (NZD)	Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) Governor Speech	USD, JPY, CHF
46	New Zealand (NZD)	Employment Change q/q	USD, JPY, CHF, AUD
47	New Zealand (NZD)	Unemployment Rate	USD, JPY, CHF, AUD
48	UK (GBP)	Manufacturing PMI	USD, CAD, JPY, EUR
49	UK (GBP)	Construction PMI	USD, CAD, EUR, JPY
50	UK (GBP)	Services PMI	USD, CAD, EUR, JPY
51	UK (GBP)	Halifax HPI m/m	USD, JPY, EUR
52	UK (GBP)	Manufacturing Production m/m	USD, CAD, JPY, CHF, NZD
53	UK (GBP)	CPI y/y	USD, CAD, JPY, EUR
54	UK (GBP)	Bank of England (BOE) Governor Speech	USD, CAD, JPY, EUR, CHF
55	UK (GBP)	Retail Sales m/m	USD, CAD, JPY
56	UK (GBP)	Claimant Count Change	USD, CAD, EUR, JPY
57	UK (GBP)	MPC Asset Purchase Facility Votes	USD, CAD, EUR, JPY
58	UK (GBP)	MPC Official Bank Rate Votes	USD, CAD, EUR, JPY
59	UK (GBP)	Unemployment Rate	USD, CAD, JPY, EUR, CHF
60	UK (GBP)	Prelim GDP q/q	USD, CAD, JPY, CHF
61	UK (GBP)	Bank of England (BOE) Inflation Report	USD, CAD, JPY, EUR, CHF
62	USA (USD)	Unemployment Claims	EUR, JPY, NZD, AUD, CAD
63	USA (USD)	ISM Manufacturing PMI	EUR, JPY, NZD, AUD, CAD
64	USA (USD)	Fed Chairman Bernanke Speaks	JPY, NZD, EUR, GBP, AUD
65	USA (USD)	FOMC Statement	JPY, NZD, EUR, GBP,
66	USA (USD)	ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI	EUR, JPY, NZD
67	USA (USD)	Trade Balance	JPY, NZD, EUR
68	USA (USD)	ADP Non-Farm Employment Change	JPY, NZD, EUR, AUD, CAD, GOLD, CHF
69	USA (USD)	Unemployment Claims	JPY, NZD, GBP, EUR, AUD, CAD, GOLD, CHF
70	USA (USD)	Non-Farm Employment Change	JPY, NZD, GBP, EUR, AUD, CAD, GOLD, CHF
71	USA (USD)	Unemployment Rate	JPY, NZD, EUR, AUD, CAD, GOLD, CHF
72	USA (USD)	Core Retail Sales m/m	JPY, NZD, GBP, EUR, AUD, CAD, GOLD, CHF
73	USA (USD)	Retail Sales m/m	JPY, NZD, GBP, EUR, AUD, CAD, GOLD, CHF
74	USA (USD)	PPI m/m	JPY, NZD, EUR
75	USA (USD)	Core PPI m/m	JPY, NZD, EUR, CAD
76	USA (USD)	Core CPI m/m	JPY, NZD, EUR, AUD, CAD, GOLD, CHF
77	USA (USD)	Fed Chairman (Bernanke) Speech	JPY, NZD, GBP, EUR, AUD, CAD, GOLD, CHF
78	USA (USD)	Existing Home Sales	JPY, NZD, EUR, GBP
79	USA (USD)	New Home Sales	JPY, NZD, EUR, GBP, CAD
80	USA (USD)	Core Durable Goods Orders m/m	EUR, NZD, JPY, AUD
81	USA (USD)	Durable Goods Orders m/m	EUR, NZD, AUD
82	USA (USD)	Pending Home Sales m/m	EUR, JPY, NZD
83	USA (USD)	Federal Reserve Chairman Statement	JPY, NZD, GBP, EUR, AUD, CAD, GOLD, CHF

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RISK DISCLAIMER NOTICE: News Trading is associated with extreme volatility, which has the capacity to cause undesired effects on your account. The outcome from news release cannot be fully predicted, and released figures are sometimes subjected to reviews without notice. The negative effect of this is capable of causing huge draw down in your account in a split of seconds especially when you over leverage. There are strong possibilities that certain unexpected change in some economic factors could cause strange behaviour on currency pairs hence FXTradeCity would not be held liable for any undesired results arising from the decisions taken by you when applying these recommendations. Please use Stop Loss, seek further financial advice, and apply best discretion always.