FAQ: Economic Calendar

1. Open Economic Calendar.
2. Select the time period you want to review.
3. Filter events by importance if needed.
4. Select the currencies you trade or follow.
5. Review Actual, Forecast, and Previous values.
6. Open an event page if you need more details.

The Economic Calendar is a schedule of market-moving economic events and statistical releases.

You can use it to:

• follow upcoming releases,
• review published values,
• focus on specific currencies,
• track high-impact events,
• open individual event pages for more detail.

The calendar lets you switch between built-in periods:

• Current week
• Previous week
• Next week
• Current month
• Previous month
• Next month

This makes it easy to review past releases or prepare for upcoming events.

Use the Event importance filter.

Available importance levels include:

• Holidays
• Low
• Medium
• High

If you only want the most market-sensitive releases, focus on High importance events.

Use the Currencies filter to show events related to one or more currencies.

The calendar includes a wide list of currencies, such as:

• USD
• EUR
• GBP
• JPY
• AUD
• CAD
• CHF
• NZD
• and others

You can also use Select all if you want to reset the filter and show the full calendar again.

Each event row in the calendar typically shows:

• the event time,
• the related currency,
• the event name,
• Actual,
• Forecast,
• Previous values.

This layout helps you compare the latest release with market expectations and the prior reading.

• Actual is the value that has just been released.
• Forecast is the market expectation or consensus estimate.
• Previous is the value from the prior release.

These three fields help you judge whether the release came in stronger, weaker, or roughly in line with expectations.

Some values may appear as N/D or — if the data has not been published yet, is not available, or no forecast is provided for that event.

This is normal for some calendar entries, especially before release time or for events that do not have a market consensus.

Some calendar entries are shown as All day instead of a specific time.

This is common for:

• holidays,
• market closures,
• events that are not tied to a single scheduled release time.

Click the event name in the calendar.

This opens a dedicated event page with more information about that indicator or release.

A detailed event page may include:

• the full event name,
• Country and related currency,
• Importance,
• Sector,
• Source,
• Last release,
• Next release,
• Actual, Forecast, and Previous values,
• historical chart ranges such as 2 years, 5 years, and All time,
• a short explanation of what the indicator measures.

Some event pages also include related news.

A simple workflow is:

1. Open the calendar.
2. Select the time period you want to review.
3. Filter by High importance if you only want major events.
4. Filter by the currencies you trade.
5. Review Actual, Forecast, and Previous values.
6. Open the event page if you need more context.

This helps you prepare for volatility and understand why a market may react around certain release times.

If you are new to the calendar, starting with High importance events is often the easiest approach.

Low- and medium-impact events can still matter, but high-impact releases are usually the most important ones to watch first.

The calendar is primarily organized by currency.

If you trade forex or instruments linked to a specific economy, filter the calendar by the relevant currency and then open individual events for more detail.

For example:

• USD events may affect many dollar pairs,
• EUR events may affect euro pairs,
• GBP events may affect pound pairs.

A beginner-friendly workflow is:

1. Open Economic Calendar.
2. Select Current week.
3. Filter by High importance.
4. Select the currencies you trade most often.
5. Review upcoming events and their expected values.
6. Open the full event page for anything important.

This gives you a clear view of what may move the market in the near term.