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  1. School of Pipsology
  2. Undergraduate - Freshman
  3. Currency Crosses

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  1. Fundamental Analysis: A Macro Fundamentals Approach New
    1. What Is Fundamental Analysis? And Why It’s Really Macro
    2. The Economic Cycle: Where Every Fundamental Analysis Starts
    3. Economic Growth: The Force That Shapes Central Bank Thinking
    4. Inflation: The Force That Moves Central Banks
    5. What Central Banks Actually Do: A Guide to Monetary Policy
    6. Hawkish vs. Dovish: How to Read Central Bank Language
    7. Interest Rates: The Force That Moves Currencies
    8. Central Banks: The Institutions Behind Every Currency Move
    9. Central Banks Have Personalities: Decode Their Behavior
    10. How to Trade Central Bank Decisions Using Market Expectations
    11. Beyond the Central Bank: How Fiscal Policy Also Moves Currencies
    12. QUIZ: Fundamental Analysis: A Macro Fundamentals Approach
  2. Economic Data and Market Reactions New
    1. Key Economic Indicators: The Data That Moves Currencies
    2. Market Expectations: Why Good News Can Tank a Currency
    3. Nowcasting: How to Read the Economy Before the Official Data Drops
    4. Where to Find Forex News and Market Data
    5. From Data to Price Action: What Happens When Big News Hits
    6. QUIZ: Economic Data and Market Reactions
  3. Country Risk, Geopolitics, and Market Interventions New
    1. The Danger Premium: How Country Risk Moves Currencies
    2. Geopolitical Risk, Trade Policy, and Safe Haven Flows
    3. Currency Intervention: When Central Banks Enter the Market
    4. QUIZ: Country Risk, Geopolitics, and Market Interventions
  4. Applying Macro Fundamentals New
    1. Building a Top-Down Macro Fundamental Trade Thesis
    2. QUIZ: Applying Macro Fundamentals
  5. Currency Crosses New
    1. What Are Currency Crosses?
    2. The Hidden Force Moving Your Dollar Pairs
    3. Which Trade Do You Take? Ask the Cross.
    4. How to Trade Your Fundamental View With a Cross Pair
    5. Which Crosses Are Actually Worth Trading?
    6. QUIZ: Currency Crosses
  6. Carry Trade New
    1. What is the Carry Trade?
    2. How Does the Carry Trade Work in Forex?
    3. Finding a Carry Trade: Criteria and Currency Pairs
    4. A Carry Trade in Action: The USD/JPY Case Study
    5. When Carry Trades Work and When They Don’t
    6. Carry Trade Unwind: When It All Goes Wrong
    7. Carry Trade Risk Management
    8. Nothing Lasts Forever (Especially a Good Carry Trade)
    9. QUIZ: Carry Trade
  7. Understanding and Trading the News New
    1. Why News Moves the Forex Market
    2. The Two-Speed Market: Where You Fit In When News Hits
    3. News Literacy: A Skill Every Trader Needs
    4. Which Releases Actually Matter, and Why That Changes Over Time
    5. What Has the Market Already Priced In?
    6. Central Bank Communication: How to Read the Signal, Not Just the Decision
    7. Off-Calendar Risk: How to Trade the News You Can’t Prepare For
    8. The Dangers of Trading the News
    9. Pre-Positioning: Build Your Trade Before the Data Print
    10. Trade After the Spike: The Post-Release Confirmation Entry
    11. The Straddle Trap: Why News Traders Get Burned
    12. How Long Does a Catalyst Last? Understanding Catalyst Decay
    13. How Often Should You Reassess the Market Environment?
    14. The Revision Problem: Don’t Mistake the First Print for the Truth
    15. Your News Trading Toolkit
    16. QUIZ: Understanding and Trading the News
    17. Hawkish Cut, Dovish Hike? A Cheat Sheet to Decode What the Fed Is Really Saying
  8. Sentiment Analysis New
    1. What Is Market Sentiment?
    2. The Contrarian Principle: Why the Crowd Is Usually Wrong
    3. The COT Report: What It Is, Where to Find It, and How to Read It
    4. Trading with the COT Report: Spotting Extreme Positioning
    5. COT in Action: Setup, Divergences, and Confirmation
    6. Retail Sentiment: How Crowd Positioning Becomes a Warning Sign
    7. How to Read Retail Sentiment: No Account Required
    8. The Fear & Greed Index: Reading the Market’s Emotional Temperature
    9. The VIX: What Wall Street’s Fear Gauge Tells Forex Traders
    10. The MOVE Index: What the Bond Market’s Fear Gauge Tells Forex Traders
    11. The CVIX: The FX Market’s Own Fear Gauge
    12. Risk-On / Risk-Off: How Global Mood Moves Currencies
    13. Putting It All Together: The Sentiment Confluence Framework
    14. What You’ve Learned: Sentiment Analysis Review
    15. QUIZ: Market Sentiment Analysis
    16. The Babypips Risk-On / Risk-Off Meter: Your Pre-Trade Risk Environment Check
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