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Advanced news trading strategies
What you'll learn
Master how to interpret high-impact economic news and assess its potential market reaction
Learn pre-news planning techniques, including entry setups and scenario mapping
Understand market psychology and price behavior during major news releases
Discover advanced strategies like:
Straddle entries
Spike and fade reversals
Post-news breakout confirmation trades
Learn how to avoid fakeouts and whipsaws using timing, filters, and sentiment tools
Apply precise risk management frameworks tailored to high-volatility trading
Analyze real-world trade examples from historical events
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Macro trading
What you'll learn
Understand the core principles of macro trading and how it differs from technical trading
Learn how central bank policies, inflation, interest rates, and economic data affect markets
Discover how to analyze macro indicators such as GDP, CPI, PMI, and NFP reports
Explore how to trade macro themes through Forex, commodities, indices, and bonds
Gain insight into risk management and position sizing for longer-term, macro-based trades
Analyze historical case studies of successful macro trades and market shifts
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What Is Livestock Trading?
What you'll learn
What livestock trading is and which animals are most commonly traded (e.g., live cattle, feeder cattle, lean hogs)
How livestock futures contracts work and where they’re traded (e.g., CME Group)
Key factors affecting livestock prices, including feed costs, weather, and global demand
Strategies for trading livestock: speculation, hedging, and spread trading
Risk management techniques specific to agricultural commodities
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Economic Indicators
What you'll learn
What economic indicators are and why they matter in financial markets
The difference between leading, lagging, and coincident indicators
Key indicators to watch (e.g., GDP, CPI, NFP, interest rates, PMI)
How economic data impacts currencies, stocks, bonds, and commodities
How to use economic calendars and plan around news releases
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Trade the Non-Farm Payrolls
What you'll learn
What the NFP report is, how it's calculated, and why it moves markets
How to interpret NFP data alongside unemployment rate and average hourly earnings
Pre-release strategies: how to prepare using forecasts, sentiment, and positioning
Live trading strategies for high-volatility conditions (breakouts, fades, traps)
Post-release analysis and how to adjust your trading plan based on the results
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Consumer Price Index
What you'll learn
What the Consumer Price Index (CPI) is and how it measures inflation
Why CPI is closely watched by central banks like the Federal Reserve and ECB
How CPI data impacts markets such as forex (USD pairs), gold, indices, and bonds
Pre-release analysis techniques, consensus expectations, and market positioning
Trading strategies for before, during, and after CPI announcements, including volatility setups
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A Guide to Trading the FOMC
What you'll learn
What the FOMC is, how it functions, and why its meetings move markets
How interest rate decisions and monetary policy statements impact asset prices (e.g., USD, gold, indices)
How to interpret the dot plot, economic projections, and Fed Chair press conferences
Pre-FOMC preparation: analyzing consensus, sentiment, and market positioning
Real-time and post-announcement trading strategies, including breakout and fade setups
Free
Introduction to Livestock
What you'll learn
Livestock Futures – Live Cattle
Live Cattle futures are designed to allow feedlot operators to hedge against a decline in price before they are able to sell the cattle for processing, and for buyers, such as meat packers, to manage the risk of an increase in the price of the cattle they are planning to purchase for processing, or to protect their profit margin for beef they have committed to ship in the future.
Live Cattle futures trade in units of 40,000 pounds and in minimum price increments of $10.00. They are listed for trading in the even months of February, April, June, August, October and December. Live Cattle is a physically-delivered futures contract, meaning that live steers are ultimately delivered. There are specific standards in terms of the quantity and USDA grade of cattle that can be delivered. The details on the delivery requirements and procedures for Live Cattle futures can be found in the CME Rulebook on the CME Group website.
Lean Hogs
Lean Hogs refers to a hog that is ready for processing at about 275 pounds. Hogs are mainly produced in the Midwest, and it typically takes about six months for a pig to become market-ready. The carcass of a market hog weighs about 200 pounds and will typically yield about 155 pounds of lean meat, which is the core of the lean hog futures contract.
Lean Hog futures allow sellers and buyers, such hog producers and packers, to manage the risk of adverse price movements in their operations. Lean Hog futures trade in units of 40,000 pounds of hog carcasses and in minimum price increments of $10.00. They are listed in February, April, May, June, July, August, October and December. As with Feeder Cattle, Lean Hog futures are settled in cash at expiration, to at a price equal to the CME Lean Hog Index on the last day of trading.
