Plain-English guides for active traders. How to trade the releases that move markets, and clear explainers on the tools and terms you meet every day. Written by a trader, for traders.
The US jobs report: the components, the surprise that moves the dollar, and the first-minutes whipsaw.
US inflation: core versus headline, and why the print reprices the path of interest rates.
Four volatility events in one afternoon: the decision, the statement, the dot plot and the press conference.
The two-stage move, and the periphery spreads that often lead the euro.
The quarterly growth read: the advance estimate, the components, and the deflator inside the report.
The trading-desk tool that reads market-moving news aloud in real time.
The columns, the impact ratings, and how to read a beat versus a miss.
The two US inflation gauges, and which one the Fed actually targets.
What a central bank's stance means, and how it moves currencies, bonds and gold.
The sentiment regimes that move forex, indices, commodities and crypto together.
Why finance measures rate moves in bps, with a quick conversion table.
Luís is a forex and macro trader with 13+ years of experience trading European session opens and U.S. data releases. He writes and reviews these guides, and oversees how Trading News Terminal sources, times and classifies the news. See our methodology.
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