In an effort to de​liver a con​si​stent and po​si​tive tra​der expe​rien​ce, we at Spo​twa​re de​ci​ded to issue a gui​de, hi​g​hli​g​hting the full sco​pe of FXStreet Eco​no​mic Ca​len​dar in​te​g​ra​tion be​ne​fi​ts.

The Eco​no​mic Ca​len​dar can be lo​ca​ted on the ri​g​ht-hand side of the cTra​der Web pla​tform by cli​cking on the “Ca​len​dar” tab. Ca​len​dar data is di​spla​yed in chro​no​lo​gi​cal or​der, divi​ded by day.

Why FXStreet Eco​no​mic Ca​len​dar?

In a pool of fun​da​men​tal ana​lysis too​ls, FXStreet Eco​no​mic Ca​len​dar stan​ds out as a mar​ket lea​der due to its le​gi​ti​ma​cy, re​lia​bi​li​ty and full pla​tform in​te​g​ra​tion option. It's ri​g​htfu​lly re​fer​red to as one of the most co​mple​te, accu​ra​te and ti​me​ly eco​no​mic ca​len​dars on the Fo​rex are​na－ a top choi​ce for both, bro​kers and tra​ders.

• 1,000 even​ts from 42 coun​tries
• Au​to​ma​ted re​fre​sh
• Coun​tdo​wn of time left be​fo​re event/data re​lea​se
• Cu​sto​mi​za​ble lo​cal time
• User-frien​dly in​ter​fa​ce

Why FXStreet Ca​len​dar on cTra​der?

• Ca​len​dar with full cTra​der pla​tform in​te​g​ra​tion and sea​mle​ss embe​dment
• Tra​ders in​for​med on even​ts in par​ti​cu​lar mar​ke​ts of their in​te​re​st
• Con​tent-rich tra​ding jour​ney di​re​ctly on the pla​tform
• Tra​der noi​se expo​su​re re​du​ction in on​li​ne con​tent sear​ch
• Attri​bu​tion to more tra​der ideas
• One more step to​war​ds an all-in-one tra​ding expe​rien​ce

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How to Read FXStreet Eco​no​mic Ca​len​dar?

Ove​rview

Ca​len​dar data is di​spla​yed in chro​no​lo​gi​cal or​der, divi​ded by day. Ge​ne​ra​lly spea​king, the in​for​ma​tion one en​coun​ters in an eco​no​mic ca​len​dar can be se​pa​ra​ted into even​ts and data re​lea​ses. Even​ts in​clu​de occur​ren​ces, such as Fe​de​ral Re​se​rve (Fed) Offi​cia​ls’ Spee​ches or ECB (Eu​ro​pean Cen​tral Bank) Mee​tings, whe​reas data in​clu​des eco​no​mic re​por​ts, such as GDP (Gro​ss Do​me​stic Pro​du​ct), NFP (Non​farm Pa​yro​lls), Une​mplo​yment Rate and more.

Both, even​ts and data re​lea​ses, have an impa​ct on fi​nan​cial mar​ke​ts, and are hen​ce used by tra​ders to take more in​for​med de​ci​sions. The ca​len​dar is au​to​ma​ti​ca​lly upda​ted to en​su​re tra​ders sta​ys on tra​ck of the mar​ket si​tua​tion.

Re​lea​sed data and past even​ts in the FXStreet Eco​no​mic Ca​len​dar on cTra​der Web con​tain the time of re​lea​se/event occur​ren​ce (i.e: 2 hours ago), whe​reas fu​tu​re data and even​ts con​tain the time left un​til re​lea​se/event occur​ren​ce (i.e: in 37 mi​nu​tes). Past even​ts and re​lea​sed data have a grey name co​lor, whe​reas fu​tu​re even​ts and re​lea​ses - bla​ck, as you can see in the screen​shot be​low.

Data/Event De​scri​ption

Each data/event fie​ld is mar​ked by name of the data/event (i.e. Sen​fix Inve​stor Con​fi​den​ce). Addi​tio​nal in​for​ma​tion is made avai​la​ble by cli​cking on the fie​ld in que​stion, to expand the event/data re​lea​se as sho​wn be​low.

Cur​ren​cy and Coun​try

Flag icons in the ri​g​ht-hand co​lu​mn in​di​ca​te the coun​try of data re​lea​se, as well as its cur​ren​cy symbol (i.e: Spain: EUR)

Mar​ket Impa​ct

Vo​la​ti​li​ty － an in​di​ca​tor of the expe​cted impa​ct of data on mar​ket move​men​ts, can be obse​rved in the “Impa​ct” co​lu​mn. Red and long bars in​di​ca​te high expe​cted impa​ct, ye​llow and short bars － low, whe​reas oran​ge － in be​tween.

Actual/Con​sen​sus/Previous Data

The “Actual” nu​mber co​lu​mn di​spla​ys real data upon re​lea​se, and is lo​ca​ted on the ri​g​ht of the “Impa​ct” co​lu​mn.

The “Con​sen​sus” nu​mber is the ge​ne​ral fo​re​ca​st of exper​ts on the ou​tco​me of the nu​mber.

The “Previous” data co​lu​mn, on the other hand, re​fers to the data in the last re​lea​se (var​ying by fre​quen​cy of data re​lea​ses per event: last mon​th, last quar​ter, last year etc.)

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