Forex Trading Strategy For ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI 07/06/10

USA

ISM or Institute for Supply Management is releasing its PMI (Purchasing Manager Index) and it is similar to the UK Services PMI as this release is targeting the services sectors.  As a leading indicator, traders generally pay attention to this report for hints of economic trend.  Here’s the forecast:

10:00am NY Time  US ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI     Forecast 55.1  Previous 55.4
ACTION:   BUY 58.0     SELL 52.00      USD/JPY

Trading Plan For UK Services PMI 07/05/10

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We’ll be trading the UK Services Purchasing Manager Index today at 4:30am (NY Time).  This is a leading indicator similar to the Manufacturing PMI that was released last week, here’s the forecast:

4:30am (NY Time) UK Services PMI     Forecast 55.1     Previous 55.4
ACTION: GBP/USD                        BUY 57.5         SELL 52.5

Trading Plan For US ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI 06/03/10

USA

ISM or Institute for Supply Management is releasing its PMI (Purchasing Manager Index) and it is similar to the UK Services PMI as this release is targeting the services sectors.  As a leading indicator, traders pay attention to this report for hints of economic trend.  Here’s the forecast:

10:00am NY Time  US ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI     Forecast 55.7  Previous 55.4
ACTION:   BUY 58.0     SELL 53.00      USD/JPY

Trading Plan For UK Services PMI 06/03/10

CIPS

We’ll be trading the UK Services Purchasing Manager Index today at 4:30am (NY Time).  This is a leading indicator similar to the Manufacturing PMI that was released earlier this week, here’s the forecast:

4:30am (NY Time) UK Services PMI     Forecast 55.6     Previous 55.3
ACTION: GBP/USD                        BUY 58.0         SELL 53.0

How To Trade US ISM Manufacturing PMI 06/01/10

USA

ISM Manufacturing PMI is similar to the UK Manufacturing PMI, which is also a leading indicator and it is usually released at the beginning of the month; traders monitor this release as it may indicate an early change of sentiment of the economy.  Here’s the forecast for this event:

10:00am NY Time  US ISM Manufacturing PMI     Forecast 59.3  Previous 60.4
ACTION:   BUY 62.0      SELL 57.0      USD/JPY

US ISM Manufacturing PMI Trading Plan 05/03/10

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ISM Manufacturing PMI is a leading indicator and it is usually released at the beginning of the month; traders monitor this release as it may indicate an early change of sentiment of the economy.  Here’s the forecast for this event:

10:00am NY Time  US ISM Manufacturing PMI     Forecast 60.0  Previous 59.6
ACTION:   BUY 62.5      SELL 57.5      USD/JPY

UK Services PMI 04/07/10

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4:30am (NY Time) UK Services PMI     Forecast 58.1     Previous 58.4
ACTION: GBP/USD                        BUY 60.0         SELL 56.0

We’ll be focusing on the Services PMI figure today out of UK and our minimum tradable difference is 2.0 between the forecast release figure and the actual release.  If we get at least 60.0 or better, we could see some demand in the GBP and we will consider BUYING GBP/USD or GBP/JPY pairs.  If we get a 55.0 or worse release, GBP could weaken and we should look to SELL GBP/USD or GBP/JPY pairs.

US ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI 04/05/10

USA

10:00am NY Time  US ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI     Forecast 54.2  Previous 53.0
ACTION:   BUY 57.0     SELL 51.00      USD/JPY