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Existing-home sales rose 1.5% in September, but the year is still lower. How do you read housing data?
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0375 d ago
UK GDP rose 0.1% in August with production up and services flat. Which sector do you watch?
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0405 d ago
Euro area retail sales rose 0.1% in August. Do you use volumes or nominal spending?
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0385 d ago
The US trade deficit widened to $105.6 billion in August. Does a monthly gap change your dollar view?
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0365 d ago
Euro area consumer confidence fell to −17.9. Do household surveys feature in your euro view?
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0445 d ago
Jobless claims fell to 194,000. Do you trust the weekly number or the four-week average?
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0395 d ago
The US fiscal deficit reached $1.99 trillion. Does that change how you read Treasury yields?
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0619 d ago
Euro area output fell 0.5% in August. Does production data ever change your view of the euro?
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0569 d ago
Do you trade regional factory surveys like Empire State and Philly Fed, or wait for the national ISM?
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0759 d ago
Census says new home sales rose 6.4% but the change isn't statistically significant. Does that change how you trade the number?
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07022 d ago
'Lowest since May 2025', 'highest since January 2024': do record headlines make you trade or make you wait?
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07222 d ago
Japan's August output fell 1.7% but manufacturers plan to raise it 3.2%. Do you trust survey forecasts or hard data?
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010922 d ago
EUR/USD has fallen four weeks in a row. Does a streak like that count as a signal for you, or is it just a description?
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07222 d ago
Which event on October's calendar do you plan to skip entirely, and why?
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08623 d ago
Clocks change in Europe on 25 October and in the US on 1 November. How do you handle the weeks the sessions shift?
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014923 d ago
Beige Book and FOMC minutes: do you trade them, or are they too slow to matter?
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012523 d ago
📊 FX MARKET DIRECTION 📈📉
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06123 d ago
Five major releases landed in one day on 24 September. How many can you actually watch at once?
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0901 mo ago
Statistics Canada published an advance estimate before the real retail sales number. Do you trade differently when a preview is already public?
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01431 mo ago
How do you decide which currency pairs to drop from your watchlist? Trimming twenty pairs down to a few
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01041 mo ago
Long EUR/USD and long GBP/USD at the same time: how do you count that risk?
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0951 mo ago
Around a central bank decision, do you widen stops, cut position size or step aside completely?
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01001 mo ago
Do you hold forex positions over the weekend? What is your rule for gap risk?
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0811 mo ago
Carry trades after the Fed's hike: is earning the rate difference still worth the risk?
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11381 mo ago
Central bank decisions: do you trade them or sit out?
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11101 mo ago
Trading the London open: do you use the Asian session range?
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11081 mo ago
How do you backtest: chart replay, spreadsheets or code?
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11101 mo ago
Trend following or mean reversion: which suits you, and why?
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11091 mo ago
Do you use Fibonacci retracements, and how do you pick the swing?
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11051 mo ago
How many time frames do you check before taking a trade?
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11121 mo ago
Fixed profit target or trailing stop: how do you exit winners?
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11091 mo ago
ATR-based stops: what multiple do you use, and on which time frame?
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11121 mo ago
Carry and swap: does anyone hold positions for the interest?
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11071 mo ago
Which indicators did you stop using, and why?
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11091 mo ago
Correlated positions: how do you keep several trades from becoming one big bet?
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11101 mo ago
Pending orders overnight: do you leave limit and stop orders open while you sleep?
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11181 mo ago
How do you handle high-impact releases like CPI and payrolls?
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11441 mo ago
How do you trade through data revisions?
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0871 mo ago
Several setups appear at once: how do you rank them?
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0901 mo ago
Strategy Talk: what should we cover next?
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0861 mo ago
What's the strategy advice you wish you'd ignored?
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0901 mo ago
What's your favourite setup of all time?
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0881 mo ago
How do you handle the urge to add indicators?
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0901 mo ago
What's the last rule you removed from your strategy?
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0851 mo ago
What's the last rule you added to your strategy, and why?
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0841 mo ago
What's your probation period for new rules?
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0811 mo ago
How do you size your first trades of a new strategy?
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0871 mo ago
What's your strategy for a sideways year?
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0951 mo ago
What's the simplest strategy you've seen actually work?
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0891 mo ago
Friday strategies: what do you do with the last day of the week?
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0861 mo ago