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Our calendar provides access to key economic indicators and data releases from over 1,000 economic events from 55 countries around the world, allowing traders to stay ahead of the curve.
Powered by the latest cutting-edge technology, our calendar uses advanced sentiment analysis and machine learning algorithms to analyze institutional publications, news and market events, ensuring traders are always up to date with key information on market impacting events and sentiment shifts.
By leveraging our economic calendar our traders enjoy unrestricted access to price, sentiment and potential range charts, integrated directly in their trading platform of choice through EAs and Widgets so that they can stay ahead of global economic events and make better informed decisions. As a Trader you can unlock the calendar’s full potential by:
Filtering Results: Use filtering options to customize and narrow down the calendar by region, impact and event type.
Planning Ahead: Staying updated on upcoming economic events and data release is crucial in our industry. By planning ahead, you can anticipate potential market movements and adjust accordingly.
Using AI Widgets: Take advantage of our AI-powered widgets, ranging from calendar timelines, forecasts, market confidence, and data publication notifications.
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A forex economic calendar is a tool that helps traders track important economic events and data releases in chronological order. It provides a schedule of upcoming events that can influence financial markets, such as central bank speeches or key data announcements. Using an economic calendar is a core part of fundamental analysis, as it highlights the macroeconomic factors driving currency movements.
An economic calendar typically covers a wide range of global macroeconomic data. These indicators include GDP growth reports, inflation data such as the Consumer Price Index (CPI), employment reports from agencies like the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and central bank interest rate decisions. By providing data from multiple economies, the calendar offers traders a comprehensive overview of global market drivers.
A real-time economic calendar helps traders anticipate potential volatility. For example, high-impact releases such as the US Non-Farm Payrolls often cause significant price swings in major currency pairs like EUR/USD. By knowing when events are scheduled, traders can prepare strategies in advance—whether that means adjusting exposure, setting stop-losses, or identifying new opportunities.
Economic calendars generally present data in a structured format, including:
By comparing the forecast with the actual result, traders can gauge how markets might react to the surprise element of the data.
Trading during major economic events carries heightened risk. Market volatility can cause sharp and unpredictable price movements, which may result in rapid gains or losses. Past market reactions to data releases do not guarantee future outcomes. For this reason, it is important to have a robust risk management plan before trading around key announcements.
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