Flashcards for the news-trading vocabulary, and ten questions on surprises, spreads, slippage, rate decisions, the three approaches and news-day preparation.
By the end you'll be able to
Recall the news-trading terms from the whole course
Answer mixed questions across all six lessons
Decide whether you are ready for Gold, Oil and Indices
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7 short lessons with quizzes and interactive tools
This course is about the few minutes around a release, so the check is mostly about those minutes: what moves, what it costs and what you do beforehand.
Flashcards
News-trading terms
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Course quiz
Course quiz: 10 questions
Question 1 of 10
CPI forecast 3.1%, previous 3.2%, actual 3.2%. How does the market read it?
Question 2 of 10
Why does price often skip levels in the release minute?
Question 3 of 10
Long 0.40 lots of EUR/USD from 1.0850, stop 1.0825. On the release it fills at 1.0813. What is the loss?
Question 4 of 10
You are short with a stop above price. The spread widens sharply but the bid chart stays below your stop. Can the stop still trigger?
Question 5 of 10
The Fed holds as expected at 19:00 UK and EUR/USD barely moves. When is the event over?
Question 6 of 10
In UK summer, what time does the ECB decision (14:15 Frankfurt) land in Iran?
Question 7 of 10
Payrolls beat by 50k but the two previous months are revised down by 80k in total. Jobs surprise including revisions?
Question 8 of 10
Account $4,000, risk 1%, stop 25 pips plus a 15-pip slippage allowance, $10 a pip per lot. Reduced size?
Question 9 of 10
You planned to stay flat. The first spike runs 40 pips. What does the plan say?
Question 10 of 10
The UK clocks have gone back and the US clocks have not. US jobs data lands at:
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