Futures Trading Levels and Economic Reports for August 8, 2013

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Hello Traders,

For 2013 I would like to wish all of you discipline and patience in your trading! 

To expand on what I wrote few days ago:

Each market has different personalities, different behavior along with different times of the day when it is most active. If you are finding that the ES is not giving you enough risk/opportunities then start monitoring a couple of other markets and perhaps explore them in demo / simulated mode.

I will try over the next few blogs to shed some light on other markets I think are suitable for day-trading along with what is unique about these markets, personality and most active trading hours.

Yesterday I touched on the financial sector, mostly bonds and ten years. Today I would like to talk a little about the currency futures markets.  

I personally prefer currency futures over FOREX any day. More than a few reasons but the main ones are: currency futures trade on one, regulated main exchange ( CME) while FOREX trades through different interbanks and other means of transactions that are not necessarily regulated. FOREX are “commission free” but in reality there is a spread built in that dealer marks up each time you buy or sell which makes FOREX more expensive than futures.

The main ones I like to follow are:

The Euro , The Yen, The British Pound, The Australian. All are paired versus the US$.

Each market will have different times of higher volume which can allow for traders in all time zones to pick their market. Simply open an hourly chart, like the example i am showing below of the Australian $ and add the volume indicator to observe what times the market has the most action.

In the case of the Aussie, you can see there is good volume all the way from 7 pm central during our night time until the next morning 10 am central when volume dies out as Australia goes to sleep…..

1 Euro tick is $12.50

1 Yen tick is $12.50

1 Aussie tick is $10

1 British tick is $6.25

Currency futures will often trend better than other segments and will experience different levels of volatility during economic reports in the different parts of the world.

If you plan on following any currencies, start in demo mode, know what reports are coming that affect the specific currency you are trading, take a look at the daily, weekly charts to get a feel and monitor the action for a while.

Any questions and i will be happy to assist.

Aussie Dollar 60 Minutes

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