Forex Market Events

Welcome to our Forex Market Events section where we aim to keep you on top of the vast amount of information that floods the foreign exchange market everyday. Of course your ability to be a successful trader is influenced by the degree to which you can stay informed and how you break down and react to all of this information. So, we have put together an extensive set of tools to help keep you 'in the loop'. Enjoy!

Calendar Service

Forex Calendar - Economic Data Calendar
Our Forex and Economic Data release calendar is designed to meet the needs of advanced users who need an extensive guide to the week’s coming data. We provide details on releases that influence all major currencies, including: USD, EUR, GBP, JPY, CHF, AUD, NZD and CAD (3-letter code list).

For each piece of economic data we provide you with the following:

An advanced definition using our Financial Terms Dictionary
The expected market volatility each data announcement is likely to create
Previous figures - what was the reported figure at the last release?
Expected figures - how do analysts expect the data to come out this time?
Actual figures - updated throughout the day
Revisions to previous releases are also indicated

Once the current week has come to an end the calendar is added to the archive section to make it available for reference.

Economic Speeches and Comments
The forex market doesn’t just watch economic data; every week there are speeches, press conferences and comments made by government and central bank officials and economists. Traders keep a close eye on these events and are usually looking for any insights into economic conditions, inflationary/ deflationary pressure and future interest rate announcements. Just as our economic and forex calendar keeps you up-to-date with data our economic speeches section delivers information on what can be expected over the coming week in terms of official statements (archive included).

Bank Holidays, National Holidays - Banks and Exchanges Closed
A useful feature, as well as indicating national holidays in our economic calendar we have them listed ahead of time for the coming year. On these dates stock market exchanges are closed and there is likely to be very little volume entering the foreign exchange market from these territories. When volume is light price action tends to stick to a tight range but it can become sporadic should any large orders go through. By using this feature you will be able to identify these dates ahead of time.

Holiday Calendar 2007 - Holiday Calendar 2008

Forex News - Market Update
Our Market News section gives us the opportunity to report announcements and stories of interest that break during the day. We will not be reporting all of the economic data here; that is for the economic calendar, but it does give us the opportunity to expand on these announcements. For example, specific comments from a central banker after an interest rate statement could be reported if they move the market. There is also a large amount of news that is not pre-scheduled but may still be of interest to you. The Market News page will also feature chart of the day and weekly market updates.

Daily Forex Market Report
Our Daily Report is an email based service but we do publish to our website as well in order to keep an archive. Whether you decide to sign up to receive the Daily Report via email, read the reports on our website, or both the service is completely free.

Once a day (Mon-Fri) we publish our daily report which gives a round up of the last 24 hours in the forex market. The report is a professional summary of economic releases, how data has influenced price action, news stories and speeches and the technical picture.