Exiting a Trade might be more important than the entry….

• Where, When and how do I enter a trade?
• How do I define risk and implement any type of risk control, like placing stop orders, or implementing some sort of option protection?
• Where and how do I exit a trade, both in the event of a profitable trade and an unsuccessful one?

Trading Key Economic Reports

Every trader has done it. You’ve done it, your friends have done it, even your broker has done it at one point early in their career.

Here’s the scenario:

You’ve finally finished your futures education at Cannon Trading Company. You’ve done you’re homework on stops, limits, indicators and price movements for the market you’re trading. You’re ready to go, you enter your limit order and you wait.

**DING**

You get filled. Your heart rate picks up, a wry smile crosses your face and you begin to imagine the possibilities of the one trade you’re in: How much can I make? How much can I lose before it’s too much? You’ve waited through months of technical trading and deep meditation to get here, and now it’s finally paying off with one of your first trades in the live market. Sayonara paper trading; aloha live futures.

Then, all of a sudden, the top of the hour hits and the market starts acting up. It’s getting more volatile and more volatile; it’s picking up speed and taking an unforgiving turn against you. You can’t think straight, all you can think about is your losing position that could get worse and worse as the seconds go by. You race to put in a stop order, but you finally have to settle for a market order just to stop the bleeding. You stare.

**DING**

You’re out of the market. What the hell just happened? You stare at the screen; did your indicators lie to you? Is your system faulty? Did you not listen to your broker? Well, probably not. But you’re down several handles, you’ve lost some money and your pride is aching.

CME Group’s free online course “Learn About Key Economic Events” is a valuable tool that can help you understand:

Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

The Retail Sales Report

The Non-Farm Payroll Report

The Consumer Price Index and Producer Price Index

U.S. Housing Data

The European Central Bank

The FOMC Report

The Oil Data Report

The Importance of Consumer Confidence Surveys

Start learning about the key economic events that will impact your trading.

Take the Short FREE Online Course and Learn about GDP, NFP, FOMC and what it means for your trading!