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New Traders' Tools: Economic Dashboard and Commitments of Traders
Your Trading is a Business. Formulate a Plan.
Economic Reports and Expiration Notices
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About the Economic Dashboard
Follow the fundamentals every day with our Economic Dashboard, featuring updated numbers on GDP, Unemployment, Money Supply, Fed Funds, 30-year Bonds, Consumer Price Index, and the National Debt.
The Commitments of Traders (COT) reports provide a breakdown of each Tuesday's open interest for market reports in which 20 or more traders hold positions equal to or above the reporting levels established by the CFTC.
View the Commitments of Traders here.
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by John Thorpe, Senior Broker, Cannon Trading
Unbelievably, many do just that and, for the most part, their businesses end up in the recycle bin.
Your trading activity is a business and you need to treat it as such. So, this week we are going to talk about the importance of a trading plan as well as some of the elements that should be included in that plan.
We will start with one question that I encourage you to seriously contemplate. In order to create a plan, you must formulate a solid and well thought out answer to the question. Each of you may answer the following questions differently and that's okay. But each of you should answer the question! It only takes a few minutes and could be very rewarding long-term.
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| Date | Reports | Expiration & Notice Dates |
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| 02/26 Thu |
7:30 AM CDT - Durable Orders(Jan)
7:30 AM CDT - USDA Weekly Export Sales 7:30 AM CDT - Initial Claims-Weekly 9:00 AM CDT - New Home Sales(Jan) 9:35 AM CDT - EIA Gas Storage 3:30 PM CDT - Money Supply |
FN: Mar Natural Gas(NYM)
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| 02/27 Fri |
7:30 AM CDT - Dairy Products Prices
7:30 AM CDT - GDP-Prel(Q4) 7:30 AM CDT - Chain Deflator-Prel(Q4) 8:45 AM CDT - Chicago PMI(Feb) 8:55 AM CDT - Mich Sentiment-Rev(Feb) 2:00 PM CDT - Agricultural Prices |
FN: Mar 2-5 & 10 Year Notes(CBT)
Mar Silver(CMX) Mar Copper(CMX) Mar Gold(CMX) Mar Silver(CMX) Mar Platinum(CMX) Mar Palladium(CMX) Mar Wheat(CBT) Mar Oats(CBT) Mar Soybeans(CBT) Mar Soybean Meal(CBT) Mar Soybean Oil(CBT) Mar Rough Rice(CBT) LT: Feb Live Cattle(CME) Mar Heating Oil(NYM) Mar RBOB Gasoline(NYM) Feb Fed Funds Options(CBT) Mar Lumber Options(CME) |
| 03/02 Mon |
7:30 AM CST - Personal Income & Spending(Jan)
9:00 AM CST - Construction Spending(Jan) 9:00 AM CST - ISM Index(Feb) |
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| 03/03 Tue |
9:00 AM CST - Pending Home Sales(Jan)
Auto& Truck Sales |
FN: Mar Heating Oil(NYM)
Mar RBOB Gasoline(NYM) |
| 03/04 Wed |
9:00 AM CST - ISM Services(Feb)
9:35 AM CST - API & DOE Energy Stats 1:00 PM CST - Fed Beige Book |
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| 03/05 Thu |
7:30 AM CST - Productivity-Rev(Q4)
7:30 AM CST - USDA Weekly Export Sales 7:30 AM CST - Initial Claims-Weekly 9:00 AM CST - Factory Orders(Jan) 9:35 AM CST - EIA Gas Storage 3:30 PM CST - Money Supply |
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* Please note that the information contained in this letter is intended for clients, prospective clients, and audiences who have a basic understanding, familiarity, and interest in the futures markets.
** The material contained in this letter is of opinion only and does not guarantee any profits. These are risky markets and only risk capital should be used. Past performances are not necessarily indicative of future results.
*** This is not a solicitation of any order to buy or sell, but a current market view provided by Cannon Trading Inc. Any statement of facts herein contained are derived from sources believed to be reliable, but are not guaranteed as to accuracy, nor they purport to be complete. No responsibility is assumed with respect to any such statement or with respect to any expression of opinion herein contained. Readers are urged to exercise their own judgment in trading!
