Fundamental Analysis
Trading the why: rates, data and central banks instead of chart patterns.
Fundamental analysis trades economies, not patterns: rates, data and central banks decide direction while charts decide timing.
Fundamental analysis values currencies and assets from economic drivers: interest rates, growth, inflation, employment, trade flows and central bank policy. In forex it answers which currency should strengthen; technicals answer when to enter. Professionals run fundamentals for direction and charts for timing.
How It Works
- Rate differentials set the big trends
- Data surprises move markets more than data levels
- Central bank speeches telegraph coming moves
Trading Tips
Build every view on the rate path first
Trade surprises against expectations, never headlines alone
Let technicals time what fundamentals choose
Fundamental Analysis Example
Say US CPI beats three months straight while the ECB sounds dovish. Fundamentals say buy dollars against euros for the quarter. Charts then time entries on pullbacks instead of chasing. Thesis from data, timing from price.
How Traders Use Fundamental Analysis
Run a weekly fundamental routine: calendar scan, rate expectations check, central bank speech notes. One page of prep beats ten indicators. When fundamentals and technicals agree, size normally. When they fight, wait.
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