How did you learn to use the economic calendar?

The calendar looks simple until you notice every release has an actual, a forecast and a previous figure, and that only some of them move the pairs you trade.

Tell us how you got comfortable with it:

• which columns you check first
• how you found out which releases matter for your pairs
• what you do when a high-impact release is due during your session

The economic calendar guide explains the columns and the colour coding. The calendar on this site shows times in your own time zone.