Macroeconomics and trading: reading the economic calendar and anticipating markets
How macroeconomics moves markets, which events to follow, and how to turn the economic calendar into a discipline of preparation.
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Frequently asked questions
- Should you trade macro releases?
- Trading the release itself (just before or during) is very risky because of widened spreads and slippage. Most retail traders do better avoiding the moment of the release and trading the trend that forms afterwards.
- Which macro events have the most impact?
- Central bank rate decisions (Fed, ECB), US employment figures (NFP) and inflation prints (CPI) are among the most decisive for forex and indices.
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