Today was the release of US Core Retail Sales. I decided to test trading both the mini-S&P and also the Japanese Yen Futures. We set up an autoclick program to buy or sell depending on the deviation. Core Retail Sales was expected at 0.5% but came in at 1.2% causing the YEN futures contract to [...]

Today was the release of Non-Farm Employment Change and Unemployment Rate. We set up an autoclick program to buy or sell depending on the deviations of both numbers. Employment Change was expected at -119K but came in at -11K causing the E-Mini S&P futures contract to shoot up. Since I was STILL a bit gun [...]

Today was the release of Canadian Employment Change and Unemployment Rate. We set up an autoclick program to buy or sell depending on the deviations of both numbers. Employment Change was expected at 15.3K but came in at 79.1K causing the CAD futures contract to shoot up. Since I was a bit gun shy today, [...]

Today was the monthly release of ADP Non-Farm Employment Change. Estimated change in the number of employed people during the previous month, excluding the farming industry and government. Being Nov, we trade the Dec ES contract. It was forecast to come in at -188K, and ended up being -203K, so the ES went down. You [...]

Today was the monthly release of New Home Sales. Annualized number of new single-family homes that were sold during the previous month. Being Sep, we trade the Dec ES contract. It was forecast to come in at 442K, and ended up being 429K, so the ES went down. You can see my trade by clicking [...]

Yesterday was the weekly release of Crude Oil Inventories. This measures the change in the number of barrels of crude oil held in inventory by commercial firms during the past week. Being late Sep, we trade the Nov contract. It was forecast to come in at -1.4 million barrels, and ended up being +2.8 million [...]

Today was the weekly release of CB Consumer Confidence. Survey of about 5,000 households which asks respondents to rate the relative level of current and future economic conditions including labor availability, business conditions, and overall economic situation. Being Aug, we trade the Sep ES contract. It was forecast to come in at 48.1, and ended [...]

Today was the weekly release of Crude Oil Inventories. This measures the change in the number of barrels of crude oil held in inventory by commercial firms during the past week.  Being late Aug, we trade the Oct contract. It was forecast to come in at 1.1 million barrels, and ended up being -8.4 million [...]

I also traded Natural Gas at 1030 AM EST. Natural Gas Storage was 63B v 71B. Just before the news came out I placed stop orders close to where it was trading, using the stop orders to enter the market. The long stop was filled at 3.417. I got out 10 seconds later at 3.500. [...]

This morning I waited for the Business Inventories numbers at 10 AM EST. There was a 6 point opening gap upwards, so the market started moving to fill that gap. At 10 the Business Inventory was -1.1% v -0.9%, which isn’t a big difference, so the news didn’t move the market. What did happen was [...]