Trading the US jobs report (NFP): a 2026 guide
The 2026 release dates for US non-farm payrolls, how EUR/USD, gold and US indices usually react, five common ways traders approach the release, and the costs and risks to plan for.
Artículos de la mesa de análisis de NAMH Global sobre forex, oro, petróleo e índices bursátiles: avances de publicaciones de datos y decisiones de bancos centrales, repasos del mercado y artículos explicativos. Un artículo fechado describe el mercado el día en que se publicó.
Gold is moved mainly by real interest rates and the US dollar, then by central-bank buying, inflation and safe-haven demand, investment flows and supply. When…
EUR/USD is driven mainly by the gap between Fed and ECB interest rates, then by the broad US dollar, relative growth, risk appetite, inflation data and…
The US Dollar Index measures the dollar against six currencies, and the euro makes up more than half of it. How it is calculated, how it relates to gold and…
US30 is a common broker name for a CFD on the Dow Jones Industrial Average, an index of 30 large US companies weighted by share price. How the weighting works,…
NAS100 is a common broker name for a CFD on the Nasdaq-100, an index of 100 of the largest non-financial companies listed on Nasdaq. What is in it, what moves…
The Sydney, Tokyo, London and New York sessions in UTC and New York time, for winter and summer, with the overlaps, the clock changes and when spreads are…
What MetaTrader 5 is, who makes it, and how it differs from MT4: timeframes, order types, Depth of Market, position accounting and automated trading.
How leverage and margin work, with worked examples at 1:100, 1:500 and 1:1000, what happens at a margin call and a stop-out, and how to size a trade from your…
What a Saint Lucia company registration covers, what a securities regulator would add, and six things you can check yourself before you deposit with any…
What an ECN is, what brokers mean by an ECN account, how a raw spread plus commission compares with an all-in spread, and the terms of the NAMH Global ECN…
US payrolls rose 57,000 in June 2026 against a forecast of about 110,000, and unemployment fell to 4.2%. What the report meant for the Fed, the dollar and…
The Fed held rates on 17 June 2026, but its projections moved from a cut to a hike by the end of the year. How the dollar, gold and bitcoin reacted, as at 28…