Recent content by Ian Wheldale

1. Everything is clear if you are familiar with the terminology, I am not. If I went on a diatribe about 4- betting someone with a polarized range, you would probably be lost. My present fields of expertise are not the same as yours. I am trying to learn super fast. Everyone has to start...

From Bloomberg Released on 4/14/2010 8:30:00 AM For Mar, 2010 Prior Consensus Consensus Range Actual Retail Sales - M/M change 0.3 % 1.2 % 0.5 % to 2.1 % 1.6 % Retail Sales less autos - M/M change 0.8 % 0.5 % 0.2 % to 0.9 % 0.6 % So was the figure I should have been looking at the...

What? Now I am confused.

OK, so I'm a complete newbie to all this and as such only have a practice account, so no damage done.:) The 1min candle at 08.30 EST was huge in comparison with what went before and ended up 11 pips up. Next 2 went up to end 17 pips above the 08.30 open. Then we get a 37 point downswing...