Today we’ve got the most important announcement of them all, the FOMC statement and interest rate announcement.
Its been the largest mover in the last couple of years, its has been even more important than the non-farm payrolls report…
So be careful alright? This is the time of the month where most traders wipe out their trading accounts.
Also, on Thursday, we’ve got more important announcements:
News trading has become quite popular in Forex in the last few years.
Mostly because it offers an opportunity for traders to make a quick gain (based on the volatility generated by traders and investors trying to get a piece of the movement).
But the questions is, could it be possible to get positive and consistent results trading the news? I don’t think so, and here are the reasons.
There are two common strategies used to trade the news:
This technique consists on placing two entry orders before the fundamental release, an order to go long above current market activity and another one to go short below current market activity.
I didn’t, most of you already know I don’t like to trade news announcements. You never know what could happen, almost an infinite scenarios are possible:
We could get a good number and:
We could get a bad number and:
You never know…
So I’m just curious to see if there are still traders that trade news announcements.
Do you trade them?
Have a great weekend!
Raul Lopez
Forex Training