Why You Should Care About Forex News Trading PDF Print E-mail
Written by Edward Lomax   
Monday, 09 August 2010 19:11
Forex news, or Fundamental news, is the engine that drives the Forex markets. What happens is traders react to high impact news announcements, causing major shifts in the market and big moves. Therefore, by understanding how to benefit from these news events, you can both increase your profits and avoid costly trading mistakes. Forex News Trading can be a big benefit to your trading performance and profits.
by EdwardLomax


Forex news, or Fundamental news, is the engine that drives the Forex markets. What happens is traders react to high impact news announcements, causing major shifts in the market and big moves. Therefore, by understanding how to benefit from these news events, you can both increase your profits and avoid costly trading mistakes. Forex News Trading can be a big benefit to your trading performance and profits.

A lot of traders don't understand how news effects the market. New traders often get "caught" by a news announcement and see a perfectly profitable trade turn into a quick and costly loser. Some more experienced traders avoid trading when news announcements are scheduled to take place. But the best traders learn how to trade the news to add daily pips to their profits on a consistent manner.

Just think about it. The Forex market is not made up of machines, but traders which are people just like you and me. And as much as you hear you should not let your emotions influence your trading decisions, they do. After all, we are only human. Therefore, hearing bad news makes us want to avoid a currency. On the other hand, if there is good news that effects a currency, risk appetite kicks in and you decide this is a good place to make profits.

Unfortunately, many of the "Forex News Trading Strategies" simply don't work. Or more to the point, are not consistent and too difficult under live market conditions. If you try to trade right at the time of a big new announcement, like Non-Farm Payroll, you are faced with the problems of brokers increasing their spreads, trouble getting filled, slippage and platforms freezing. And while big profits CAN be made in a very short time, you can also suffer big losses.

The problems associated with news trading often lead traders into the arms of Technical trading systems. However, only focusing on technical analysis, without taking into account market sentiment, risk aversion and risk appetite could lead to making bad trading decisions. If you are looking for safe and consistent profits, a combination of news trading and technical trading seems to be the best.

Understanding how news effects the markets can tell you which currencies to trade, when and in which direction. The technical trading techniques can be used to find the best entries, protect profits and manage the trade for maximum profits. Basically, you can get the best of both worlds.

DISCLAIMER: This article is provided as information only and is not to be taken as financial advice.

Henry Liu is a Forex news trader who adds technical trading for the best possible results. His 10Kto1MM Forex Formula not only teaches you his trading system, but provides Forex signals for his live trades as he attempts to trade 10 thousand dollars to 1 million.