{"id":82898,"date":"2015-12-23T06:23:15","date_gmt":"2015-12-23T11:23:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/?p=82898"},"modified":"2015-12-23T06:23:15","modified_gmt":"2015-12-23T11:23:15","slug":"market-volatility-with-regard-to-economic-calendars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/2015\/12\/market-volatility-with-regard-to-economic-calendars\/","title":{"rendered":"Market Volatility with Regard to Economic Calendars"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"inves-1074730196\" class=\"inves-below-title-posts inves-entity-placement\"><div id =\"posts_date_custom\"><div align=\"left\">December 23, 2015<\/div><hr style=\"border: none; border-bottom: 3px solid black;\">\r\n<\/div><\/div><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To many traders, as well as technical and fundamental analysts, it\u2019s a known fact that the foreign exchange market is a highly volatile market. This suggests that regardless of strong market trends and favorable conditions, the market direction can suddenly pursue a different path; the outcome can still be unpredictable. However, by understanding the data featured in economic calendars, a trader can raise his chances of faring well in the forex market.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>Economic Calendar Definition<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An economic calendar, or economic indicator to some, is a tool that jots down informative and specific details about economic activities. The report is presented weekly, monthly, and quarterly. They are suggestive of anticipated events and their impacts on the market. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An economic calendar is often called economic indicator by some trading fellows; there\u2019s a slight difference, however, between the two. An economic calendar is focused on reporting market events with regard to dates. An economic indicator, on the other hand, tends to come without any date significance.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>The Impact of Monetary Policy<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the constant data that can be found in an economic calendar is an update on monetary policies. This is possible due to the contribution of central banks and other financial institutions; the leaders intend to promote taking the best actions to growth and stability. Since major authorities hold meetings within a year, reports are presented for the achievement of improved economies worldwide.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>Calendar Findings<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As indicated, it\u2019s no secret that the forex market is a highly volatile market; an economic calendar can gauge the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Volatility_(finance)\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">market\u2019s volatility level<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It provides a list of usual and outstanding events regularly; other than that, it points out the intensity of volatile levels that are associated to such events.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Typical economic calendar events:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Consumer Price Index (or CPI)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Economic and industrial production<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Investments with regard to foreign events<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Monetary Policy Announcement<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Purchasing Manager\u2019s Index (or PMI)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Retail Sales<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>How to Use an Economic Calendar<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mtrading.com\/analytics\/forex-calendar\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Using an economic calendar is simple<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; understanding the purpose of particular features is the key. It goes in light with the fact that the market volatility that is shown tends to vary; the results will be dependent on the type of event, as well as on event frequency.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Economic calendar features:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Green-colored levels indicate volatility level 1<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Orange-colored levels indicate volatility level 2<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Red-colored levels indicate volatility level 3<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Weekly identifiable events include: jobless claims and business performance reports<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Monthly identifiable events include: employment rate and production rates<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Quarterly identifiable events include: Gross Domestic Product (or GDP) and central bank money supply<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Article by Taylor Wilman<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To many traders, as well as technical and fundamental analysts, it\u2019s a known fact that the foreign exchange market is a highly volatile market. This suggests that regardless of strong market trends and favorable conditions, the market direction can suddenly pursue a different path; the outcome can still be unpredictable. However, by understanding the data [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","no-post-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82898"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82899,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82898\/revisions\/82899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}