The beginner's guide to FX trading
Dec 8 | Sunday | Impact | Actual | Forecast | Previous | Details | |
| All Day | CNY | Chinese Exports (y/y) | high | -1.1% | 0.8% | -0.8%* | |
| All Day | CNY | Chinese Imports (y/y) | high | 0.3% | -1.4% | -6.2%* | |
| All Day | CNY | Chinese Trade Balance | med | 38.73B | 44.5B | 42.54B* | |
| 23:50 | JPY | GDP (sa) (q/q) | med | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.1% | |
| 23:50 | JPY | Bank Lending Data (Ex trusts) (y/y) | low | 2.3% | 2.2% | ||
Dec 9 | Monday | Impact | Actual | Forecast | Previous | Details | |
| 05:00 | JPY | Economy Watchers Survey | med | 45.7 | 44.6 | 43.7 | |
| 06:45 | CHF | Unemployment (sa) | low | 2.3% | 2.3% | 2.3% | |
| 07:00 | EUR | German Current Account (nsa) | low | 22.7B | 24.9B* | ||
| 07:00 | EUR | German Trade Balance | low | 21.5B | 21.2B* | ||
| 07:30 | EUR | French BoF Business Sentiment | low | 97.0 | 98.0 | ||
| 09:30 | EUR | Sentix Investor Confidence | med | 0.7 | -5.3 | -4.5 | |
| 13:15 | CAD | Housing Starts | low | 201.3k | 215.0k | 202.0k | |
| 13:30 | CAD | Building Permits (m/m) | med | -1.5% | 2.8% | -5.9%* | |
| 18:00 | USD | 3 year note auction | med | ||||
| 22:05 | AUD | RBA's Lowe speaks in Sydney | med | ||||
| 23:50 | JPY | M2 Money Supply (y/y) | med | 2.8% | 2.5% | 2.5% | |
Dec 10 | Tuesday | Impact | Actual | Forecast | Previous | Details | |
| 00:30 | AUD | NAB Business Conditions | med | 4.0 | 4.0* | ||
| 00:30 | AUD | NAB Business Confidence | med | 0.0 | 2.0 | ||
| 01:30 | CNY | Chinese CPI (y/y) | med | 4.5% | 4.3% | 3.8% | |
| 01:30 | CNY | Chinese PPI (y/y) | med | -1.4% | -1.5% | -1.6% | |
| 01:30 | AUD | House Price Index (q/q) | med | 2.4% | 1.5% | -0.7% | |
| 07:45 | EUR | French Manufacturing Production (m/m) | med | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4%* | |
| 07:45 | EUR | French Manufacturing Production (y/y) | med | -0.2% | -0.2% | 0.2%* | |
| 09:03 | CNY | Chinese Aggregate Financing | med | 1,750.0B | 1,485.0B | 618.9B | |
| 09:03 | CNY | Chinese M2 Money Supply (y/y) | med | 8.2% | 8.4% | 8.4% | |
| 09:03 | CNY | Chinese New Loans | med | 1,390.0B | 1,200.0B | 661.3B | |
| 09:30 | GBP | Construction Output (m/m) | med | -2.3% | -0.2% | -0.2% | |
| 09:30 | GBP | Construction Output (y/y) | med | -2.1% | -0.1% | 0.5% | |
| 09:30 | GBP | GDP (m/m) | high | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.1% | |
| 09:30 | GBP | Index of Services (q/q) | med | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.4% | |
| 09:30 | GBP | Index of Services (m/m) | med | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |
| 09:30 | GBP | Industrial Production (m/m) | med | 0.1% | 0.3% | -0.3% | |
| 09:30 | GBP | Industrial Production (y/y) | med | -1.3% | -1.2% | -1.4% | |
| 09:30 | GBP | Manufacturing Production (m/m) | high | 0.2% | 0.2% | -0.4% | |
| 09:30 | GBP | Manufacturing Production (y/y) | high | -1.2% | -1.2% | -1.8% | |
| 09:30 | GBP | Trade Balance (Non-EU) | med | -5,729.0M | -3,500.0M | -2,952.0M* | |
| 09:30 | GBP | Visible Trade Balance | med | -14,486.0M | -11,673.0M | -11,521.0M* | |
| 10:00 | EUR | ZEW (Economic Sentiment) | high | 11.2 | -1.0 | ||
| 10:00 | EUR | German ZEW (Current Conditions) | med | -19.9 | -22.0 | -24.7 | |
| 10:00 | EUR | German ZEW (Economic Sentiment) | med | 10.7 | 3.5 | -2.1 | |
| 11:00 | USD | NFIB Small Business Optimism | low | 104.7 | 103.0 | 102.4 | |
| 13:30 | USD | Non-Farm Productivity (q/q ann) | low | -0.2% | -0.1% | -0.3% | |
| 13:30 | USD | Unit Labor Costs (q/q) | med | 2.5% | 3.4% | 3.6% | |
| 18:00 | USD | 10 year note auction | med | ||||
| 23:50 | JPY | PPI (m/m) | med | 0.2% | 0.1% | 1.1% | |
| 23:50 | JPY | PPI (y/y) | med | 0.1% | 0.0% | -0.4% | |
Dec 11 | Wednesday | Impact | Actual | Forecast | Previous | Details | |
| 13:30 | USD | CPI (m/m) | high | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.4% | |
| 13:30 | USD | Core CPI (m/m) | high | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |
| 19:00 | USD | Federal Funds Rate | high | 1.75% | 1.75% | 1.75% | |
| 19:00 | USD | Federal Budget Balance | low | -208.8B | -206.2B | -134.5B | |
| 21:45 | NZD | Food Prices (m/m) | med | -0.7% | -0.3% | ||
| 23:50 | JPY | Core Machine orders (y/y) | high | -6.1% | -1.9% | 5.1% | |
Dec 12 | Thursday | Impact | Actual | Forecast | Previous | Details | |
| All Day | GBP | UK General Election | high | ||||
| 00:01 | GBP | RICS Housing Survey | med | -12.0% | -5.0% | -5.0% | |
| 01:30 | JPY | BoJ's Amamiya speaks in Tokyo | med | ||||
| 07:00 | EUR | German CPI (m/m) | med | -0.8% | -0.8% | -0.8% | |
| 07:00 | EUR | German CPI (y/y) | med | 1.1% | 1.1% | 1.1% | |
| 07:00 | EUR | German HICP (m/m) | low | -0.8% | -0.8% | -0.8% | |
| 07:00 | EUR | German HICP (y/y) | low | 1.2% | 1.2% | 1.2% | |
| 07:45 | EUR | French CPI (m/m) | low | -0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |
| 07:45 | EUR | French CPI (y/y) | low | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1.0% | |
| 07:45 | EUR | French HICP (m/m) | low | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |
| 07:45 | EUR | French HICP (y/y) | low | 1.2% | 1.2% | 1.2% | |
| 08:30 | CHF | SNB Sight Deposit Interest Rate | med | -0.75% | -0.75% | -0.75% | |
| 10:00 | EUR | Industrial Production (y/y) | med | -2.2% | -2.4% | -1.7% | |
| 11:45 | EUR | ECB Deposit Rate | high | -0.5% | -0.5% | -0.5% | |
| 11:45 | EUR | ECB Interest Rate Decision | high | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
| 13:30 | USD | Unemployment Claims | med | 252.0k | 214.0k | 203.0k | |
| 13:30 | USD | PPI (m/m) | high | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.4% | |
| 13:30 | USD | Core PPI (m/m) | med | -0.2% | 0.2% | 0.3% | |
| 13:30 | EUR | ECB's Lagarde speaks in Frankfurt | high | ||||
| 17:30 | CAD | BoC's Poloz speaks in Toronto | med | ||||
| 18:00 | USD | 30 year bond auction | med | ||||
| 21:30 | NZD | Business NZ Manufacturing PMI | med | 51.4 | 52.6 | ||
| 23:50 | JPY | Tankan Large Manufacturers | med | 0.0 | 3.0 | 5.0 | |
Dec 13 | Friday | Impact | Actual | Forecast | Previous | Details | |
| All Day | GBP | Russia Sovereign Debt rated by Moody's | med | ||||
| All Day | GBP | UK Sovereign Debt rated by DBRS | med | ||||
| 04:30 | JPY | Capacity Utilization Rate (m/m) | low | -4.5% | 1.0% | ||
| 04:30 | JPY | Industrial Production (m/m) | med | -4.5% | -4.2% | ||
| 04:30 | JPY | Industrial Production (y/y) | med | -7.7% | -7.4% | ||
| 07:00 | EUR | German Wholesale Price Index (y/y) | low | -2.5% | -2.3% | ||
| 08:30 | EUR | ECB's Villeroy speaks in Paris | med | ||||
| 13:30 | USD | Import Price Index (m/m) | low | 0.2% | 0.1% | -0.5% | |
| 13:30 | USD | Retail Sales (m/m) | high | 0.2% | 0.5% | 0.4%* | |
| 13:30 | USD | Retail Sales (ex Autos) (m/m) | high | 0.1% | 0.4% | 0.3%* | |
| 15:00 | USD | Business Inventories (m/m) | med | 0.2% | 0.2% | -0.1%* | |
| 16:00 | USD | Fed's Williams discusses monetary policy | med | ||||
| 17:00 | EUR | ECB's de Guindos speaks in Madrid | med | ||||
The market does not know if you are long or short and could not care less. You are the only one emotionally involved with your position. The market is just reacting to supply and demand and if you are cheering it one way, there is always somebody else cheering it just as hard that it will go the other way.Marty Schwartz