Fundamentals in forex
Fundamental analysis values a currency by the strength of the economy behind it: growth, inflation, jobs and the interest rate its central bank sets in response. When the data run hot a central bank tends to keep rates high, which pulls capital toward that currency; when the data cool, the reverse.
These guides show how to read that chain of cause and effect, from a single data release through to the central bank reaction and the currency move, so you trade the driver rather than chase the price.
Guides
2 in-depth guides on fundamentals.
Mastering Fundamental Analysis Forex: Where to Begin
Learn the essentials of fundamental analysis forex, including macroeconomic factors, news events, and how institutions forecast currency trends.
Introduction to Fundamental Analysis in Forex
What is fundamental analysis in forex? Learn the 6 key economic factors that move currency prices and how to apply them in your trading.
Key terms
Plain-language definitions of the terms behind fundamentals.
Confluence
What is confluence in trading? Multiple independent factors pointing the same way on the same trade. More agreement means more conviction, if the factors are truly independent.
Fundamental Bias
What is a fundamental bias? A directional lean on a currency, bullish, bearish or neutral, derived from macro data rather than the chart. A filter for trades, not an entry.
Risk-On / Risk-Off
What is risk-on and risk-off? The market's mood switch: risk-on sends capital into higher-yielding assets, risk-off sends it into safe havens like the yen, franc and dollar.
Releases that move this
The scheduled data and decisions where fundamentals show up in price.