Identifying Intraday Volatility for Individual Commodities, Currencies & Stock Indices

[USDJPY]

Do traders lean more towards the economic calendar or information in the charts when deciding which contracts to trade on a given day, assuming you want to trade whichever moves the most in one direction?

 

[tiddlywinks]

For futures, this updates throughout the day. At the very least, it offers suggestions to take a look at.

http://finviz.com/futures_performance.ashx

 

[eurusdzn]

Do traders lean more towards the economic calendar or information in the charts when deciding which contracts to trade on a given day, assuming you want to trade whichever moves the most in one direction?

I think your moniker could be improved by appending ZB

 

[K-Pia]

I like to look at pre market "Premiums" (High-Open & Open-Low).
It tells you about a bit about expected Volatility & Directional Play.

 

[USDJPY]

For futures, this updates throughout the day. At the very least, it offers suggestions to take a look at.

http://finviz.com/futures_performance.ashx

Thanks, that's a good find. Finviz is also great for industry stock screening if you like to invest that way.

 

[USDJPY]

What I like to look at pre market "Premiums" (High-Open & Open-Low).
It tells you about a bit about expected Volatility & Directional Play.

Thanks, K-Pia. This dawned on me after I posted the question and kind of forced my thinking towards looking at it this way. Thanks for sharing.

 

[victorycountry]

Do traders lean more towards the economic calendar or information in the charts when deciding which contracts to trade on a given day, assuming you want to trade whichever moves the most in one direction?

I tend to ignore news unless they're very important news like employment, consumer index that are regarded highly important

 

[USDJPY]

I tend to ignore news unless they're very important news like employment, consumer index that are regarded highly important

Thanks victorycountry. I noticed that standard can be applied across foreign countries as well for trading the DAX or the Nikkei, for instance.