| Pinned Welcome to the FTC community: read this first Site Feedback · FTC Community Team Staff | 1 | 162 | 1 mo ago |
| MetaTrader 5 on a phone: what do you check before you trade from it? Beginners · FTC Community Team Staff | 1 | 41 | 2 d ago |
| Does your broker's yield-linked price track the 10-year Treasury yield in real time? Show us how you check Broker Experiences · FTC Community Team Staff | 1 | 56 | 2 d ago |
| The ECB meets on 28 October after a September rate rise. What else do you watch? Market Chat · FTC Community Team Staff | 0 | 40 | 4 d ago |
| The Fed decides on 28 October after its September hike. What would change your dollar view? Market Chat · FTC Community Team Staff | 0 | 45 | 4 d ago |
| PPI, wholesale prices and CPI: what is the difference? Explain it simply Beginners · FTC Community Team Staff | 0 | 42 | 5 d ago |
| What is a reference rate, and why does the ECB publish one every working day? Explain it simply Beginners · FTC Community Team Staff | 0 | 43 | 5 d ago |
| What is a flash PMI, and why do the numbers get revised? Explain it simply Beginners · FTC Community Team Staff | 0 | 48 | 5 d ago |
| The ECB's daily fixing is not the price you see on screen. Do you log both? Trading Psychology · FTC Community Team Staff | 0 | 44 | 5 d ago |
| When the data gets revised, do you change the trade or the thesis behind it? Trading Psychology · FTC Community Team Staff | 0 | 47 | 5 d ago |
| A 0.1% retail move or a 0.4% fall: how big must a number be before you act? Trading Psychology · FTC Community Team Staff | 0 | 45 | 5 d ago |
| Two flash PMIs pointed in different directions on one morning. How do you avoid overreacting? Trading Psychology · FTC Community Team Staff | 0 | 48 | 5 d ago |
| Existing-home sales rose 1.5% in September, but the year is still lower. How do you read housing data? Strategy Talk · FTC Community Team Staff | 0 | 39 | 5 d ago |
| UK GDP rose 0.1% in August with production up and services flat. Which sector do you watch? Strategy Talk · FTC Community Team Staff | 0 | 40 | 5 d ago |
| Euro area retail sales rose 0.1% in August. Do you use volumes or nominal spending? Strategy Talk · FTC Community Team Staff | 0 | 40 | 5 d ago |
| The US trade deficit widened to $105.6 billion in August. Does a monthly gap change your dollar view? Strategy Talk · FTC Community Team Staff | 0 | 37 | 5 d ago |
| Euro area consumer confidence fell to −17.9. Do household surveys feature in your euro view? Strategy Talk · FTC Community Team Staff | 0 | 45 | 5 d ago |
| Jobless claims fell to 194,000. Do you trust the weekly number or the four-week average? Strategy Talk · FTC Community Team Staff | 0 | 41 | 5 d ago |
| Canada's CPI rose to 3.1% on gasoline. How do you trade CAD when fuel drives inflation? Market Chat · FTC Community Team Staff | 0 | 37 | 5 d ago |
| Builder confidence fell to 29, its lowest since 2012. Do you use builder surveys in your trading? Market Chat · FTC Community Team Staff | 0 | 36 | 5 d ago |
| US housing starts fell 5.2% in September. Is housing still a useful signal for the dollar? Market Chat · FTC Community Team Staff | 0 | 39 | 5 d ago |
| German wholesale prices rose 8.7%. Do you follow the price pipeline through to consumer inflation? Market Chat · FTC Community Team Staff | 0 | 41 | 5 d ago |
| ZEW expectations fell 6.6 points to 28.1. Do analyst surveys move the euro for you? Market Chat · FTC Community Team Staff | 0 | 43 | 5 d ago |
| UK vacancies fell below 700,000. Would a cooling job market change how you trade GBP? Market Chat · FTC Community Team Staff | 0 | 42 | 5 d ago |
| UK inflation rose to 3.5% on motor fuels. Do you treat fuel-led inflation differently for sterling? Market Chat · FTC Community Team Staff | 0 | 50 | 5 d ago |
| New Zealand inflation fell to 3.7%, but petrol kept it high. Does NZD/USD react to quarterly CPI? Market Chat · FTC Community Team Staff | 0 | 40 | 5 d ago |
| The 10-year yield fell 17 basis points on 22 October. Did EUR/USD follow it for you? Market Chat · FTC Community Team Staff | 0 | 47 | 5 d ago |
| The euro fell to 0.8377 pounds, its lowest ECB reference since May 2025. Data or positioning? Market Chat · FTC Community Team Staff | 0 | 61 | 5 d ago |
| The euro area flash PMI fell to a four-month low. What would change your view of the ECB? Market Chat · FTC Community Team Staff | 0 | 42 | 5 d ago |
| UK services PMI hit an eight-month high of 53.1. Does a survey like that move sterling for you? Market Chat · FTC Community Team Staff | 0 | 53 | 5 d ago |
| Would a short regional-survey summary box make FTC's factory articles easier to use? Tell us how you read them Site Feedback · FTC Community Team Staff | 0 | 54 | 9 d ago |
| What is a goods trade balance, and why does one month's deficit matter so little? Explain it like a friend Beginners · FTC Community Team Staff | 0 | 65 | 9 d ago |
| What is the PPI, and why does China's factory-gate price matter to a forex trader? Explain it simply Beginners · FTC Community Team Staff | 0 | 79 | 9 d ago |
| What does 'provisional' mean in a Destatis release, and why do figures get confirmed later? Beginners · FTC Community Team Staff | 0 | 71 | 9 d ago |
| What is a par yield curve, and why does Treasury publish it every day? Explain it simply Beginners · FTC Community Team Staff | 0 | 74 | 9 d ago |
| German inflation reached 3.3% with energy up 14.9%. Do energy headlines push you to trade the headline or wait? Trading Psychology · FTC Community Team Staff | 0 | 64 | 9 d ago |
| Two regional surveys disagreed this month. How do you avoid trading the one that agrees with your view? Trading Psychology · FTC Community Team Staff | 0 | 66 | 9 d ago |
| A 22-basis-point move in the 10-year yield in a week: what do you do when no one can explain it? Trading Psychology · FTC Community Team Staff | 0 | 84 | 9 d ago |
| The US fiscal deficit reached $1.99 trillion. Does that change how you read Treasury yields? Strategy Talk · FTC Community Team Staff | 0 | 62 | 9 d ago |
| Euro area output fell 0.5% in August. Does production data ever change your view of the euro? Strategy Talk · FTC Community Team Staff | 0 | 57 | 9 d ago |
| Do you trade regional factory surveys like Empire State and Philly Fed, or wait for the national ISM? Strategy Talk · FTC Community Team Staff | 0 | 77 | 9 d ago |
| Canadian manufacturing sales rose 1.5% but were flat in volume. Does a price-driven gain move the Canadian dollar? Market Chat · FTC Community Team Staff | 0 | 54 | 9 d ago |
| The 10-year Treasury yield fell from 5.31% to 5.09% in eight sessions. Do you need a reason before you trade it? Market Chat · FTC Community Team Staff | 0 | 74 | 9 d ago |
| INSEE put France at 3.1% on its final figure. Should a national print move your euro view before the total? Market Chat · FTC Community Team Staff | 0 | 52 | 9 d ago |
| Euro inflation was confirmed at 3.8%, but the trade balance swung to a €16.1bn deficit. Which matters more for EUR? Market Chat · FTC Community Team Staff | 0 | 78 | 9 d ago |
| China's PPI rose to 5.0% while its CPI stayed at 0.9%. Does the factory-gate gap matter for the Australian dollar? Market Chat · FTC Community Team Staff | 0 | 60 | 9 d ago |
| German factory orders fell 10.6% in August while output rose 2.0%. Which number do you lean on for Germany? Market Chat · FTC Community Team Staff | 0 | 57 | 9 d ago |
| New York's factory index jumped to 25.5 while Philadelphia's fell to 20.9. Which regional survey do you trust? Market Chat · FTC Community Team Staff | 0 | 85 | 9 d ago |
| US industrial output rose 0.7% in September, but utilities did much of the work. Do you trade the headline? Market Chat · FTC Community Team Staff | 0 | 55 | 9 d ago |
| Would a 'what changed since the last release' line at the top of FTC data articles help you? Tell us how you read them Site Feedback · FTC Community Team Staff | 0 | 90 | 22 d ago |