Monday November 21, 2011 NY TIME 10:00am EDT – US Existing Home Sales

Stavro D'Amore

Former FPA Special Consultant
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Hello

Please find my trade plan bellow.

US Existing Home Sales
Forecast 4.80M
Previous 4.67M
Pair to trade: USD/JPY and EUR/USD

Triggers we need: BUY EUR/USD 4.40M
BUY USD/JPY 5.20M

Economical Impact: Extremely Critical
Typical Result: Good for currency
Occurrence: Released monthly, about 23 days after the month ends


About our Triggers:
US Housing sector forecasted to arrive at 4.80M. We are looking for a deviation on this trade of 400K either way. This is a very critical news release as many traders and economists will be focusing on this news release. Should this trade deviate, we will see major volatility in all US pairs. We can expect to see about 45pips on the initial spike, before another 20 pips on a double spike, before we see our required retrace.

What is it? Why does the market care?
The Existing Home Sales measures the annualized number of existing residential buildings that were sold during the previous month. This report helps to analyse the strength of the US housing market, which helps to analysis the economy as a whole. While this is monthly data, it is reported in an annualized format (monthly figure x12). Existing homes make up the majority of total sales and therefore tend to have more impact than New Home Sales.

It's a leading indicator of economic health because the sale of a home triggers a wide-reaching ripple effect. For example, renovations are done by the new owners, a mortgage is sold by the financing bank, and brokers are paid to execute the transaction. A higher than expected reading should be taken as positive/bullish for the USD, while a lower than expected reading should be taken as negative/bearish for the USD.

Method I use to trade this:
Stavro D’Amore Trading Method

Felix Descriptions:
Indicator descriptions

Approximately 15 minutes prior to the news release, I will be looking for a short term SHORT position in EUR/USD.
I would be out of this SHORT trade 2 minutes before the actual release, or to avoid any spreads that should widen.

I will look for a 30-50% retracement in the original spike before entering a trade; I will sell half my position as soon as I hit the original high point of the first initial spike and place a SL at entry price. My TP level would be just before a resistance level or if the chart decides to form a support level, looking at a 15 minute chart time frame.

I do recommend spike trading as an option when

Historical Chart and Data for US Existing Home Sales

All the best

Stavro D’Amore
 
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thanks

Thanks mr stavro,hmmm,the thing is that i cannot interprete the time because here in nigeria the time is 05:19am,can you please kindly interprete the time so i can enter the trade correctly and rate you highly.thanks man
 
Time Zones

Thanks mr stavro,hmmm,the thing is that i cannot interprete the time because here in nigeria the time is 05:19am,can you please kindly interprete the time so i can enter the trade correctly and rate you highly.thanks man

Hello simonbriggs,
NYT(EDT) is CET-5,and since you're in Nigeria just like I am
then 10am EDT should be EDT+5 i.e 3pm local time.
However,you could google NYT and crosscheck with local time.
 
thanks

Fxonuoha,thanks forthe answer,and how are you enjoying forextrading in nigeria and which broker do you patronize.:
 
I love forex,however the various hurdles associated with it is what I'm trying to overcome.
Pls PM me then we'll talk.
 
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