Monthly Archives: February 2019

Forex News Trading: Trade for Thursday, February 28, 2019

Posted on February 26, 2019 by Barry Battista

NOTE: We will be heading out for a couple days on Wednesday and I don’t plan to bring the laptop so I will do all the posts for the week before leaving. 8:30 AM EDT US Advance GDP q/q EUR/USD … Continue reading →

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Forex News Trading: Trade for Wednesday, February 27, 2019

Posted on February 25, 2019 by Barry Battista

8:30 AM EDT CAD CPI USD/CAD In November the deviation was .2 and -.2 with a 33 pip spike. It spiked down about 33 then retraced the entire way within the first minute and continued up another 30 pips over … Continue reading →

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Forex News Trading: Trades for week of February 24 – March 1, 2019

Posted on February 22, 2019 by Barry Battista

The one Straddle trade this past week didn’t do anything but the swing trade worked out pretty well (a trade entered the week before). On the 3 entries I took, I made 70 pips, 110 pips, and 40 pips. This … Continue reading →

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Forex News Trading: Trade for Wednesday, February 20, 2019

Posted on February 19, 2019 by Barry Battista

7:30 PM EDT AUD Employment Change AUD/USD In November we saw 12.9 and -.1 with a 28 pip move. It pushed up 28 in the first minute with very little retracement. It continued up another 10 in the next 2 … Continue reading →

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Forex News Trading: Trades for week of February 17 – 23, 2019

Posted on February 16, 2019 by Barry Battista

This past week there wasn’t much to talk about regarding news trades however we are in a couple of the longer term ones so the jury is still out on those. The upcoming week doesn’t have much in the way … Continue reading →

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Forex News Trading: Trade for Friday, February 15, 2019

Posted on February 14, 2019 by Barry Battista

4:30 AM EDT UK Retail Sales GBP/USD In November we saw -.7 with no spike at all. This was a big deviation and should have caused a very substantial move, but about 40 minutes before this release there were strong … Continue reading →

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Forex News Trading: Trades for Wednesday, February 13, 2019

Posted on February 12, 2019 by Barry Battista

48:30 AM EDT UK CPI y/y GBP/USD Looks like forgot to add this into the weekly post. In November this came out at .1 with a 12 pip spike. It moved 12 pips up in the first minute despite the … Continue reading →

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Forex News Trading: Trade for Tuesday, February 12, 2019

Posted on February 11, 2019 by Barry Battista

8:00 PM EDT NZD Official Cash Rate NZD/USD The RBNZ is expected to keep the rate at 1.75% for the foreseeable future. Back in November they said they are planning to leave the rate at 1.75% through 2019 and into … Continue reading →

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Forex News Trading: Trade for Monday, February 11, 2019

Posted on February 9, 2019 by Barry Battista

4:30 AM EDT UK GDP and UK Prelim GDP q/q GBP/USD In November we saw -.1 and 0 with a 25 pip spike. This was UK GDP m/m and Prelim GDP q/q. It looks like it spiked down about 25 … Continue reading →

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Forex News Trading: Trades for week of February 10 – 15, 2019

Posted on February 8, 2019 by Barry Battista

This week had some potential. The GBP Official Bank rate came out with all members voting to keep rates steady so that one didn’t work out. The NZD Employment Change and the CAD Employment Change both had strong deviations with … Continue reading →

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