How to Trade News Releases in Relation to Forex
News releases are announced in all countries, at the beginning of the day, between 9-10 am, but due to different time zones, news releases from around the world, are announced at different times around the 24 hours, causing more or less volatile movements. Australia and Japan are the first to issue their releases at 3:00 GMT timing, when they open, they are followed by china and the far east Asian countries, at 9:30 GTM timing, London releases its news followed by European countries, by 11:00 New York wakes up, and the U.S. releases its news. These are the major news releases which have the most impact on Forex trading , and market directions. Not all news releases are as impactful as others, some releases are expected to be released and these usually have a waiting crowd and expectations, generally the most important releases are, interest rate decisions, retail sales, inflation, unemployment, industrial production, business sentiment surveys, consumer confidence surveys, trade b...