Trading the economic calendar

Surprises, consensus and risk around events

Professional - Gold & Platinum

In this lesson

Read economic releases against consensus, understand typical market reactions, and manage risk around events.

Key takeaways

Markets react to the surprise versus consensus, not to the headline number itself.
A hot inflation surprise typically lifts yields and the dollar and pressures stocks and crypto.
Highest-impact releases: inflation, jobs, central-bank decisions, GDP.
Around events, reduce size, expect wider spreads and slippage, or wait.

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