Unlike stock markets, forex markets are open 24/5 except on the weekends. There is a continuous price action all day in the currency markets. Do you know this fact more than 90% of forex traders are speculators?

Forex markets usually react violently to the release of economic and socio political news. Currency rates can either shoot up or down violently for a few minutes to a few hours before the jittery traders absorbs the impact of the news.

But economic news release like NFP figures every month, the housing sales number, FOMC meeting etc all are known before time. Just Google Fundamental News and you will see lots of websites that provide this service.

You can get the day and time when a major economic announcement is going to be made. Non Form Payroll (NFP) figures have become very significant for USD pairs especially after the start of the recession recently.

NFP figures are released at 8:30 AM EST on the first Friday of each month. Currency pairs like EUR/USD become very violent just after the release of these figures. EUR/USD can shoot up sometime by 50-100 pips in 5-10 minutes.

The markets mostly stabilize within a few hours after the release of an important economic news unless the news is of such a fundamental nature to form a new trend in the market.

Forex news trading is ideal for those traders who like a lot of action within few minutes. Here is one strategy that you can use.

Enter both buy and sell orders on for example EUR/USD at 10 pips above and below the price of EUR/USD just five minutes before the announcement of NFP figures.

Put stop loss of 10 pips for both the orders. Put take profit of 40 pips on both orders. When the NFP figures are announced, EUR/USD will usually react violently and either shoots up or down.

If it goes up by 10 pips, buy order will be triggered. Lets say, EUR/USD jumps by 60 pips. Your position will be automatically closed at 50 pips. You made 40 pips. Isnt it enough for a few minutes of work?

Suppose EUR/USD shoots down. Your sell order will be triggered and you will still make 40 pips. Sometimes the markets have a tendency to whipsaw so be careful. Practice this strategy on your demo account first ten times before going live.