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Published by CalendaFX — Trade the Economic Calendar When you first look at Forex, you meet three words straight away: pips, lots, and leverage. They sound technical, but each one is simple once explained plainly. Here is what they mean and why they matter. What is a pip? A pip is the smallest standard move […]

Published by CalendaFX — Trade the Economic Calendar The economic calendar is the single most useful tool a news trader has. It tells you, in advance, exactly when the market is likely to move. Yet many beginners find it confusing at first. Here is a simple guide to reading it with confidence. What the economic […]

Published by CalendaFX — Trade the Economic Calendar Imagine learning to drive by heading straight onto a motorway with no lessons. That is what trading real money before practising feels like. This is why a demo account is one of the smartest first steps any beginner can take. Here is a simple explanation. What a […]

Published by CalendaFX — Trade the Economic Calendar If you have ever watched gold spike the moment a US jobs report hits the wire, you have seen the economic calendar in action. Commodities — gold, silver, and oil in particular — are some of the most reactive markets to scheduled economic news. Understanding why they […]

Published by CalendaFX — Trade the Economic Calendar If you are new to news trading, one thing will confuse you more than anything else: you will watch a country release a strong economic number — great job growth, rising inflation, solid retail sales — and then watch its currency fall. It feels backwards. Surely good […]

Published by CalendaFX — Trade the Economic Calendar When people ask “how is the economy doing?”, the single number that answers that best is GDP. It is one of the headline figures on the economic calendar. Here is a simple explanation of what it means and how it affects the markets. What GDP means GDP […]