Monthly Archives: May 2019

Forex News Trading: Trades for week of June 2 – 7, 2019

Posted on May 31, 2019 by Barry Battista

This past week saw a whole lotta nothing. Neither of the news trades had good deviations. On the swing trade front, I was flat at the end of last week and hoping to see some retracement in order to re-enter, … Continue reading →

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Forex News Trading: Trade for Friday, May 31, 2019

Posted on May 30, 2019 by Barry Battista

8:30 AM EDT CAD GDP USD/CAD In February the deviation was -.1 but I don’t have any movement data for this one, though it was likely minimal. In March we saw .2 with a 28 pip spike. The .2 deviation … Continue reading →

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Forex News Trading: Trade for Wednesday, May 29, 2019

Posted on May 28, 2019 by Barry Battista

10:00 AM EDT CAD Overnight Rate USD/CAD The BoC is not expected to change the rate tomorrow. They are looking at housing, oil, and the upcoming GDP on Friday to gauge the health of the economy, but for now seem … Continue reading →

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Forex News Trading: Trades for week of May 26 – 31, 2019

Posted on May 24, 2019 by Barry Battista

The only news trade this past week was a dud with the UK CPI coming out with a miss of -.1 and very little movement. The swing trading front had much more excitement. I Emailed an update to those participating. … Continue reading →

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Forex News Trading: Trade for Wednesday, May 22, 2019

Posted on May 21, 2019 by Barry Battista

4:30 AM EDT UK CPI y/y GBP/USD In February we saw -.1 with a 7 pip spike. It barely moved on the small deviation. In March we saw .1 with a 9 pip spike. Despite coming out in favor of … Continue reading →

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Forex News Trading: Trades for week of May 19 – 24, 2019

Posted on May 17, 2019 by Barry Battista

Of the two news trades this past week, one had a decent deviation and move. The AUD Employment Change came out at 13.2 and .2 with a small initial move of only 14, but pushed 33 pips in 30 seconds … Continue reading →

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Forex News Trading: Trades for Wednesday, May 15, 2019

Posted on May 14, 2019 by Barry Battista

8:30 AM EDT CAD CPI USD/CAD or EUR/CAD In February it came out at -.1 but I don’t have any movement data for this one. In March we saw .1 and -.1 with a 14 pip spike. It spiked down … Continue reading →

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Forex News Trading: Trades for week of May 12 – 17, 2019

Posted on May 10, 2019 by Barry Battista

This past week had some unusual trades. The two news trades of note were the two interest rate trades; the AUD Cash Rate and the NZD Official Cash Rate. The RBA raised the rate by a quarter point. Half the … Continue reading →

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Forex News Trading: Trades for Friday, May 10, 2019

Posted on May 9, 2019 by Barry Battista

4:30 AM EDT UK Prelim GDP q/q GBP/USD NOTE: The UK now has a version of GDP coming out every month but these have not moved the market at all so we will go back to only looking at the … Continue reading →

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Forex News Trading: Trades for Tuesday, May 7, 2019

Posted on May 6, 2019 by Barry Battista

12:30 AM EDT AUD Cash Rate AUD/USD It looks like a lot of economists think the RBA will lower the rate by a quarter point, though it seems to be hovering around 50/50. The CPI numbers have not been what … Continue reading →

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