Monthly Archives: January 2019

Forex News Trading: Trade for Friday, February 1, 2019

Posted on January 31, 2019 by Barry Battista

8:30 AM EDT US Non-Farm Employment Change EUR/USD In November we saw 56, 0, and 0 with a 7 pip spike. The zero deviation on unemployment and more importantly average hourly earnings caused the nearly non-existent movement. In December we … Continue reading →

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Forex News Trading: Trade for Thursday, January 31, 2019

Posted on January 30, 2019 by Barry Battista

8:30 AM EDT CAD GDP USD/CAD In October we saw .1 with an 8 pip spike. Little movement on a small deviation. In November we saw -.2 with a 25 pip spike. It spiked up 25 then retraced half way … Continue reading →

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Forex News Trading: Trade for Wednesday, January 30, 2019

Posted on January 29, 2019 by Barry Battista

2:00 PM EDT US Federal Funds Rate EUR/USD There is no expectation the Fed will raise the rate again this month. The discussion is whether they will raise it this year, with many believing they will despite pressures to leave … Continue reading →

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Forex News Trading: Trade for Tuesday, January 29, 2019

Posted on January 28, 2019 by Barry Battista

7:30 PM EDT AUD CPI q/q AUD/USD There are two components to this, the CPI and Trimmed Mean CPI. Both carry a lot of weight but the last time either had any deviation at all was a year ago. If … Continue reading →

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Forex News Trading: Trades for week of January 27 – February 1, 2019

Posted on January 25, 2019 by Barry Battista

I missed the AUD Employment trade this past week because company showed up. Looking forward to things getting back to normal. The deviation on the AUD trade was very small so it is doubtful there was any movement. The EUR … Continue reading →

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Forex News Trading: Trade for Thursday, January 24, 2019

Posted on January 23, 2019 by Barry Battista

7:45 AM EDT EUR Minimum Bid Rate EUR/USD The ECB had talked about raising the rate maybe this coming summer, but at this point with risks being tilted to the downside due to lower global growth, trade tensions, and Brexit, … Continue reading →

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Forex News Trading: Trade for Wednesday, January 23, 2019

Posted on January 21, 2019 by Barry Battista

We are back from the cruise today. Had a lot of fun. Too much fun…. 7:30 PM EDT AUD Employment Change AUD/USD In October we saw -9.6 and -.3 with a 10 pip spike. The data on this was very … Continue reading →

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Forex News Trading: Trades for week of January 20 – 25, 2019

Posted on January 13, 2019 by Barry Battista

These are the trades I will post for the week: Wed 7:30 PM – AUD Employment Change Thu 7:45 AM – EUR Main Refinancing Rate That’s it. You could try the NZD CPI q/q on Tuesday but the NZD trades … Continue reading →

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Forex News Trading: Trades for Friday, January 18, 2019

Posted on January 13, 2019 by Barry Battista

4:30 AM EDT UK Retail Sales GBP/USD In October we saw -.4 with a 5 pip spike. It appears it took a very small spike down, then retraced way past where it started. This was a relatively small deviation for … Continue reading →

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Forex News Trading: Trade for Wednesday, January 16, 2019

Posted on January 13, 2019 by Barry Battista

4:30 AM EDT UK CPI y/y GBP/USD In October we saw -.2 with a 32 pip spike. The spike down was decent but it retraced most of the way in the first minute and farther after 5 minutes. In November … Continue reading →

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