Monthly Archives: December 2017

Forex News Trading: Trades for January 1 – 5, 2018

Posted on December 30, 2017 by Barry Battista

Hope you all had a great Christmas and enjoyed time away from the markets. For the upcoming week the trades I will post are: Fri 8:30 AM – US Non-Farm Employment Change Fri 8:30 AM – CAD Employment Change There … Continue reading →

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Forex News Trading: Final post for the year

Posted on December 23, 2017 by Barry Battista

Well it looks like we ended the year on a high note, though unfortunately I personally missed the CAD GDP trade. Slept a bit late that morning and I guess thinking shortly after waking up is not something that happens … Continue reading →

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Forex News Trading: Trade for Friday, December 22, 2017

Posted on December 21, 2017 by Barry Battista

This will be the last trade for the year. I will make a year end summary post in the next few days. 8:30 AM EST CAD GDP USD/CAD In September we saw -.1 with a 41 pip spike. It spiked … Continue reading →

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Forex News Trading: Trade for Thursday, December 21, 2017

Posted on December 20, 2017 by Barry Battista

8:30 AM EST CAD CPI USD/CAD In September we saw -.1 with a 64 pip spike. There was a bunch of Canadian news that came out at the same time, all with small deviations one way or the other. This … Continue reading →

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Forex News Trading: Trades for week of December 17 – 22, 2017

Posted on December 18, 2017 by Barry Battista

NOTE: I wrote this whole thing on Friday and forgot to click the Publish button so it sat there unpublished all weekend. Maybe I need a break! Last week was another slow week for me. I missed a few of … Continue reading →

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Forex News Trading: Trades for Thursday, December 14, 2017

Posted on December 13, 2017 by Barry Battista

I’m going to be brief today because I need to leave for the afternoon. 4:30 AM EST UK Retail Sales GBP/USD In September we saw .8 with a 67 pip move. Huge move of 67 in the first minute. I … Continue reading →

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Forex News Trading: Trades for Wednesday, December 13, 2017

Posted on December 12, 2017 by Barry Battista

8:30 AM EST US Core CPI USD/JPY In September we saw 0 and .1 with a 30 pip spike. It spiked 30 on the USD/JPY and 20 on the EUR/USD. Pretty good spike for a very small deviation. On both … Continue reading →

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Forex News Trading: Trade for Tuesday, December 11, 2017

Posted on December 11, 2017 by Barry Battista

4:30 AM EST UK CPI y/y GBP/USD In September we saw .1 with a 25 pip spike. It moved 25 pips in the first minute and probably spiked that far. It pushed to about 55 in 6 minutes before falling … Continue reading →

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Forex News Trading: Trades for week of December 10 – 15, 2017

Posted on December 8, 2017 by Barry Battista

Well, this past week was kind of a bummer. The AUD GDP q/q turned out to be a terrible trade for me because I decided in my infinite wisdom to set buy/sellPips to 8 instead of 12 to 15 where … Continue reading →

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Forex News Trading: Trade for Friday, December 8, 2017

Posted on December 7, 2017 by Barry Battista

8:30 AM EDT US Non-Farm Employment Change USD/JPY or EUR/USD In September we saw -24 and .1 with a 25 pip spike. The deviation wasn’t huge and would have done a bit better if it had come out in favor … Continue reading →

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