There are several news releases from the US and Europe this week, and only a few news releases from Asia. There are five high volatility news releases from the US, and six high volatility news releases from Europe, and two high volatility news releases from Asia. Markets from all three regions will probably experience significant volatility and price movement throughout this week.

The US, European, and Asian news releases for this week are as follows (all times are Greenwich Mean Time, which is one hour behind Central European Time, and now only four hours ahead of US Eastern Time, due to the US time change this (Sunday) morning) :

US

• Monday: Treasury News Conference at 8:30 PM
• Tuesday: Existing Home Sales, HPI, and Manufacturing Index at 2:00 PM
• Wednesday: Durable Goods Orders at 12:30 PM, New Home Sales at 2:00 PM, Oil Inventories at 2:30 PM, and FOMC News Conference at 2:45 PM
• Thursday: FOMC News Conference at 12:00 PM, Unemployment Claims at 12:30 PM, FOMC News Conference at 1:10 PM, Central Bank News Conference at 2:00 PM, and Natural Gas Storage at 2:30 PM
• Friday: GDP at 12:30 PM, Consumer Sentiment, and Inflation Expectations at 1:55 PM, FOMC News Conference at 3:30 PM, FOMC News Conference at 8:00 PM, and FOMC News Conference at 10:00 PM

• This week's US news releases that should cause high volatility are shown in bold type. There are several US news releases this week, and five high volatility news releases. The US markets will probably experience significant volatility and price movement throughout this week.

Europe

• Monday : Switzerland Central Bank Bulletin at 10:00 AM
• Tuesday : Switzerland Central Bank News Conference at 7:30 AM, UK CPI, Mortgage Approvals, and RPI at 9:30 AM, UK Realized Sales at 11:00 AM, and Belgium Business Climate at 2:00 PM
• Wednesday : France PMI Manufacturing and Services at 8:00 AM, Germany PMI Manufacturing and Services at 8:30 AM, Germany Business Climate, EU PMI Manufacturing and Services, and Italy Unemployment Rate at 9:00 AM, EU Industrial Orders at 10:00 AM, and UK Budget at 12:30 PM
• Thursday : Germany Consumer Climate at 7:00 AM, France Consumer Spending at 7:45 AM, EU Money Supply, Italy Retail Sales, and EU Private Loans at 9:00 AM, and UK Retail Sales at 9:30 AM
• Friday : UK Business Investment at 9:30 AM, and EU Central Bank News Conference at 4:00 PM

• This week's European news releases that should cause high volatility are shown in bold type. There are several European news releases this week, and six high volatility news releases. The European markets will probably experience significant volatility and price movement throughout this week.

Asia

• Monday : Australia New Vehicle Sales at 12:30 AM, and Japan Monetary Policy at 11:50 PM
• Tuesday : New Zealand Current Account at 9:45 PM, and Japan Trade Balance at 11:50 PM
• Wednesday : New Zealand GDP at 9:45 PM, Australia Central Bank News Conference at 11:40 PM, and Japan CSPI at 11:50 PM
• Thursday : Australia Central Bank News Conference at 12:30 AM, New Zealand Trade Balance at 9:45 PM, Australia Central Bank News Conference at 10:15 PM, Australia Leading Index at 11:00 PM, and Japan CPI at 11:30 PM
• Friday : No News Releases

• This week's Asian news releases that should cause high volatility are shown in bold type. There are only a few Asian news releases this week, and two high volatility news releases. The Asian markets will probably experience significant volatility and price movement throughout this week.

The next pair of Japanese candlestick patterns are the bearish upside gap two crows and bearish two crows patterns, and while these patterns are somewhat similar in appearance, there is one element that differentiates them from each other.

Just a reminder that tomorrow (Friday) is three witches and a large black pot day, so make sure that you know all of the spells that you are going to need, otherwise you may find yourself face to face with a three headed demon, when all you were trying to do was make a cup of coffee.

If you are now wondering why I am talking about three witches, you need to read the triple witching glossary entry, which will explain all of the details that you need to know, about the standard expiration day for many of the futures and options markets (commonly known as triple witching Friday).

If you already know what triple witching is, either make sure that you know exactly when your markets expire, or update your charting and trading software to use the next contract before trading starts tomorrow morning, otherwise you may suddenly find that you have an active position that you are unable to exit.

There are several news releases from each region this week (the US, Europe, and Asia). There are eight high volatility news releases from the US, and four high volatility news releases from Europe, and two high volatility news releases from Asia. Markets from all three regions will probably experience significant volatility and price movement throughout this week.

The US, European, and Asian news releases for this week are as follows (all times are Greenwich Mean Time, which is one hour behind Central European Time, and now only four hours ahead of US Eastern Time, due to the US time change this (Sunday) morning) :

US

• Monday: Manufacturing Index at 12:30 PM, Long Term Purchases at 1:00 PM, Capacity Utilization Rate, and Industrial Production at 1:15 PM, and Housing Market Index at 5:00 PM
• Tuesday: Building Permits, Housing Starts, and Import Prices at 12:30 PM, and FOMC News Conference, and Federal Funds Rate at 6:15 PM
• Wednesday: OPEC Meeting at ??:?? ?? (Unknown Time), PPI at 12:30 PM, and Oil Inventories at 2:30 PM
• Thursday: FOMC News Conference at 11:30 AM, CPI, Unemployment Claims, and Current Account at 12:30 PM, FOMC News Conference at 1:00 PM, Manufacturing Index, and Leading Index at 2:00 PM, and Natural Gas Storage at 2:30 PM
• Friday: No News Releases

• This week's US news releases that should cause high volatility are shown in bold type. There are several US news releases this week, and eight high volatility news releases. The US markets will probably experience significant volatility and price movement throughout this week.

Europe

• Monday : UK HPI, and Central Bank Bulletin at 12:01 AM, Switzerland PPI at 8:15 AM, and EU Employment Change at 10:00 AM
• Tuesday : Switzerland Economic Forecasts at 6:45 AM, France CPI at 7:45 AM, UK HPI at 9:30 AM, Germany Economic Sentiment, EU CPI, EU Economic Sentiment, and UK Leading Index at 10:00 AM, and UK MPC News Conference at 7:00 PM
• Wednesday : OPEC Meeting at ??:?? ?? (Unknown Time), UK Claimant Count Change, MPC Meeting, Average Earnings Index, and Unemployment Rate at 9:30 AM, and Germany Bundesbank News Conference at 10:10 AM
• Thursday : Switzerland Trade Balance at 7:15 AM, Switzerland Industrial Production at 8:15 AM, EU Current Account, and Italy Trade Balance at 9:00 AM, UK Public Sector Borrowing, and Money Supply at 9:30 AM, Switzerland Economic Expectations, and EU Trade Balance at 10:00 AM, UK Industrial Order Expectations at 11:00 AM, UK MPC News Conference at 4:45 PM, and Switzerland News Conference at 5:00 PM
• Friday : Germany PPI at 7:00 AM, EU Central Bank News Conference at 7:45 AM, and UK MPC News Conference at 10:35 AM

• This week's European news releases that should cause high volatility are shown in bold type. There are many European news releases this week, and four high volatility news releases. The European markets will probably experience significant volatility and price movement throughout this week.

Asia

• Monday : China Foreign Direct Investment at ??:?? ?? (Unknown Time), and Japan Household Confidence at 5:00 AM
• Tuesday : Australia Monetary Policy at 12:30 AM, Australia Leading Index at 11:30 PM, and Japan Industry Activity at 11:50 PM
• Wednesday : Australia Housing Starts at 12:30 AM, Japan Monetary Policy, Overnight Call Rate, and Central Bank News Conference at ??:?? ?? (Unknown Time), OPEC Meeting at ??:?? ?? (Unknown Time), and Japan Manufacturing Index at 11:50 PM
• Thursday : Australia Central Bank News Conference at 12:00 AM, New Zealand Consumer Sentiment at ??:?? ?? (Unknown Time), Japan Central Bank Report at 5:00 AM, and New Zealand Visitor Arrivals at 9:45 PM
• Friday : New Zealand Credit Card Spending at 2:00 AM,  and Japan Industry Activity at 4:30 AM

• This week's Asian news releases that should cause high volatility are shown in bold type. There are several Asian news releases this week, and two high volatility news releases. The Asian markets will probably experience significant volatility and price movement throughout this week.

The US moved its time forward by one hour this morning (Sunday), to mark the start of Daylight Saving Time (the equivalent of European Summer Time).

This does not really make any difference to US traders, because the US markets will still open and close at the same times, but it does make a difference to European and Asian traders. For European traders, the US markets will now open at 2:30 PM Central European Time, instead of the usual time of 3:30 PM. For Asian traders, the US markets will now open at 9:30 PM Hong Kong Time, instead of the usual time of 10:30 PM.

How long this time difference exists also depends upon where you are. For European traders, this time difference lasts for two weeks, until Europe moves its time forward by one hour, at the start of European Summer Time. For Asian traders, this time difference lasts all summer, until the US moves its time back to normal again in November.

There are only a few news releases from the US this week, but many news releases from Europe and Asia. There are four high volatility news releases from the US, and four high volatility news releases from Europe, and nine high volatility news releases from Asia. Markets from all three regions will probably experience significant volatility and price movement throughout this week, and especially the European and Asian markets.

The US, European, and Asian news releases for this week are as follows (all times are Greenwich Mean Time, which is one hour behind Central European Time, and five hours ahead of US Eastern Time) :

US

• Monday: No News Releases
• Tuesday: Economic Optimism at 3:00 PM
• Wednesday: Wholesale Inventories at 3:00 PM, Oil Inventories at 3:30 PM, and Budget Balance at 7:00 PM
• Thursday: Trade Balance, and Unemployment Claims at 1:30 PM, Natural Gas Storage at 3:30 PM, and FOMC News Conference at 7:00 PM
• Friday: Retail Sales at 1:30 PM, Consumer Sentiment, and Inflation Expectations at 2:55 PM, and Business Inventories at 3:00 PM

• This week's US news releases that should cause high volatility are shown in bold type. There are only a few US news releases this week, and four high volatility news releases. The US markets will probably experience significant volatility and price movement throughout this week.

Europe

• Monday : Switzerland Unemployment Rate at 6:45 AM, Switzerland Retail Sales at 8:15 AM, EU Investor Confidence at 9:30 AM, Germany Industrial Production at 11:00 AM, and UK MPC News Conference at 1:00 PM
• Tuesday : UK Retail Sales, and House Price Balance at 12:01 AM, France Trade Balance at 7:45 AM, Switzerland CPI at 8:15 AM, and UK Trade Balance at 9:30 AM
• Wednesday : Germany CPI, and Trade Balance at 7:00 AM, France Industrial Production at 7:45 AM, Italy Industrial Production at 9:00 AM, UK Manufacturing Production, and Industrial Production at 9:30 AM, UK GDP at ??:?? ?? (Unknown Time), and EU Central Bank News Conference at 6:00 PM
• Thursday : France Non Farm Payrolls, and Budget Balance at 7:45 AM, EU Central Bank Bulletin at 9:00 AM, UK Inflation Expectations at 9:30 AM, and Switzerland LIBOR Rate, and Monetary Policy at 1:00 PM
• Friday : Germany WPI at 7:00 AM, EU Industrial Production, and UK MPC News Conference at 10:00 AM, and EU Central Bank News Conference at 8:45 PM

• This week's European news releases that should cause high volatility are shown in bold type. There are many European news releases this week, and four high volatility news releases. The European markets will probably experience significant volatility and price movement throughout this week.

Asia

• Monday : Japan Economy Watchers' Sentiment at 5:00 AM
• Tuesday : Australia Job Advertisements, and Business Confidence at 12:30 AM, China New Loans, and Money Supply at ??:?? ?? (Unknown Time), Japan Leading Indicators at 5:00 AM, Japan Machine Tool Orders at 6:00 AM, New Zealand Overseas Trade Index at 9:45 PM, Australia Consumer Sentiment at 11:30 PM, and Japan Machinery Orders, and CGPI at 11:50 PM
• Wednesday : Australia Home Loans at 12:30 AM, China Trade Balance at ??:?? ?? (Unknown Time), New Zealand Cash Rate, Central Bank News Conference, Central Bank Rate, and Monetary Policy at 8:00 PM, New Zealand Manufacturing Index at 9:30 PM, New Zealand FPI at 9:45 PM, and Japan GDP at 11:50 PM
• Thursday : Australia Inflation Expectations at 12:00 AM, Australia Employment Change, Unemployment Rate, and Central Bank Bulletin at 12:30 AM, China Industrial Production, CPI, Fixed Asset Investment, National Bureau of Statistics News Conference, PPI, and Retail Sales at 2:00 AM, and New Zealand Retail Sales at 9:45 PM
• Friday : China Foreign Direct Investment at ??:?? ?? (Unknown Time), and Japan Industrial Production at 4:30 AM

• This week's Asian news releases that should cause high volatility are shown in bold type. There are many Asian news releases this week, and nine high volatility news releases. The Asian markets will probably experience significant volatility and price movement throughout this week.

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There are several news releases from all three regions this week (the US, Europe, and Asia). There are seven high volatility news releases from the US, and nine high volatility news releases from Europe, and seven high volatility news releases from Asia. Markets from all three regions will probably experience significant volatility and price movement throughout this week.

The US, European, and Asian news releases for this week are as follows (all times are Greenwich Mean Time, which is one hour behind Central European Time, and five hours ahead of US Eastern Time) :

US

• Monday: PCE Price Index, Personal Spending, and Personal Income at 1:30 PM, and PMI ISM Manufacturing, Construction Spending, and ISM Manufacturing Prices at 3:00 PM
• Tuesday: Vehicle Sales at ??:?? ?? (Unknown Time)
• Wednesday: Job Cuts at 12:30 PM, Non Farm Employment Change at 1:15 PM, FOMC News Conference at 2:15 PM, PMI ISM Non Manufacturing at 3:00 PM, Oil Inventories at 3:30 PM, and Beige Book at 7:00 PM
• Thursday: Unemployment Claims, Non Farm Productivity, and Unit Labor Costs at 1:30 PM, Pending Home Sales, and Factory Orders at 3:00 PM, Natural Gas Storage at 3:30 PM, and FOMC News Conference at 6:15 PM
• Friday: Non Farm Employment Change, Unemployment Rate, and Average Hourly Earnings at 1:30 PM, and Consumer Credit at 8:00 PM

• This week's US news releases that should cause high volatility are shown in bold type. There are several US news releases this week, and seven high volatility news releases. The US markets will probably experience significant volatility and price movement throughout this week.

Europe

• Monday : Germany Import Prices at 7:00 AM, Switzerland PMI at 8:30 AM, EU PMI Manufacturing, and Italy Unemployment Rate at 9:00 AM, UK HPI at ??:?? ?? (Unknown Time), UK PMI Manufacturing, Lending To Individuals, and Mortgage Approvals at 9:30 AM, and EU Unemployment Rate at 10:00 AM
• Tuesday : Switzerland GDP at 6:45 AM, UK PMI Construction at 9:30 AM, and EU CPI, Italy CPI, and EU PPI at 10:00 AM
• Wednesday : UK Consumer Confidence, and Shop Price Index at 12:01 AM, Germany Retail Sales at 7:00 AM, EU PMI Services at 9:00 AM, UK PMI Services at 9:30 AM, and EU Retail Sales at 10:00 AM
• Thursday : EU GDP at 10:00 AM, UK Asset Purchase Facility at 12:00 PM, UK MPC Rate at ??:?? ?? (Unknown Time), UK Official Bank Rate at 12:00 PM, EU Minimum Bid Rate at 12:45 PM, and EU Central Bank News Conference at 1:30 PM
• Friday : UK PPI at 9:30 AM, and Germany Factory Orders at 11:00 AM

• This week's European news releases that should cause high volatility are shown in bold type. There are several European news releases this week, and nine high volatility news releases. The European markets will probably experience significant volatility and price movement throughout this week.

Asia

• Monday : Australia New Home Sales at ??:?? ?? (Unknown Time), Australia Current Account, and Company Operating Profits at 12:30 AM, China PMI Manufacturing at 1:00 AM, New Zealand Commodity Prices at 2:00 AM, China PMI Manufacturing at 2:30 AM, Australia Commodity Prices at 5:30 AM, Japan Household Spending, and Unemployment Rate at 11:30 PM, and Japan Monetary Base at 11:50 PM
• Tuesday : Australia Building Approvals, and Retail Sales at 12:30 AM, Australia Cash Rate, and Central Bank Rate at 3:30 AM, and Australia Services Index at 10:30 PM
• Wednesday : Australia GDP at 12:30 AM, Japan Average Cash Earnings at 1:30 AM, and Japan Capital Spending at 11:50 PM
• Thursday : Australia Trade Balance at 12:30 AM, and Australia Construction Index at 10:30 PM
• Friday :

• This week's Asian news releases that should cause high volatility are shown in bold type. There are several Asian news releases this week, and seven high volatility news releases. The Asian markets will probably experience significant volatility and price movement throughout this week.

I recently received a comment asking which chart time frames I was referring to in my explanations of the Japanese candlestick patterns (e.g. fifteen minutes, daily, etc.)?

The Japanese candlestick patterns are applicable to all chart time frames, including very short time frames (e.g. one minute), very long time frames (e.g. one month), and theoretically non time based time frames (e.g. volume). The individual candlestick patterns will appear identical on every chart time frame, so once you have learned a particular candlestick pattern on one time frame, you will be able to recognize the pattern on any candlestick chart.

The Japanese candlestick patterns can also be used with bar charts (rather than candlestick charts), and while the candlestick patterns themselves are the same (i.e. the relationships between the opens, closes, highs, and lows are the same), they will appear slightly different, because of the differences between candlesticks and bars (read my tutorials about candlestick charts and bar charts if you need to).

There are several news releases from the US and Asia this week, and many news releases from Europe. There are eight high volatility news releases from the US, and seven high volatility news releases from Europe, and four high volatility news releases from Asia. Markets from all three regions will probably experience significant volatility and price movement throughout this week.

The US, European, and Asian news releases for this week are as follows (all times are Greenwich Mean Time, which is one hour behind Central European Time, and five hours ahead of US Eastern Time) :

US

• Monday: No News Releases
• Tuesday: HPI at 2:00 PM, Consumer Confidence, and Manufacturing Index at 3:00 PM, and FOMC News Conference at 10:05 PM
• Wednesday: Central Bank News Conference, New Home Sales, and Treasury News Conference at 3:00 PM, and Oil Inventories at 3:30 PM
• Thursday: Durable Goods Orders, and Unemployment Claims at 1:30 PM, Central Bank News Conference at 2:00 PM, HPI at 3:00 PM, Natural Gas Storage at 3:30 PM, and FOMC News Conference at 10:15 PM
• Friday: GDP at 1:30 PM, PMI at 2:45 PM, Consumer Sentiment, and Inflation Expectations at 2:55 PM, Existing Home Sales at 3:00 PM, and FOMC News Conference at 6:30 PM

• This week's US news releases that should cause high volatility are shown in bold type. There are several US news releases this week, and eight high volatility news releases. The US markets will probably experience significant volatility and price movement throughout this week.

Europe

• Monday : No News Releases
• Tuesday : Switzerland Consumption Indicator at 7:00 AM, France Consumer Spending, and CPI at 7:45 AM, Germany Business Climate at 9:00 AM, UK Inflation Report at 9:15 AM, UK Mortgage Approvals at 9:30 AM, UK MPC News Conference at 12:10 PM, and Belgium Business Climate at 2:00 PM
• Wednesday : Germany Consumer Climate, and GDP at 7:00 AM, Italy Retail Sales at 9:00 AM, UK MPC News Conference at 9:25 AM, and EU Industrial Orders at 10:00 AM
• Thursday : Switzerland Employment Level at 8:15 AM, Germany Unemployment Change at 8:55 AM, EU Money Supply, and Private Loans at 9:00 AM, UK Central Bank News Conference, and Business Investment at 9:30 AM, EU Consumer Confidence at 10:00 AM, UK Realized Sales at 12:45 PM, and UK MPC at 6:00 PM
• Friday : UK Consumer Confidence at 12:01 AM, UK HPI at 7:00 AM, Germany CPI at ??:?? ?? (Unknown Time), UK GDP, and Index of Services at 9:30 AM, EU CPI at 10:00 AM, and Switzerland Economic Barometer at 10:30 AM

• This week's European news releases that should cause high volatility are shown in bold type. There are many European news releases this week, and seven high volatility news releases. The European markets will probably experience significant volatility and price movement throughout this week.

Asia

• Monday : Australia Vehicle Sales at 12:30 AM, and Japan Monetary Policy Meeting at 11:50 PM
• Tuesday : New Zealand Inflation Expectations at 2:00 AM, Australia Central Bank News Conference at 7:00 AM, and Japan Trade Balance, and CSPI at 11:50 PM
• Wednesday : Australia Construction Work, and Wage Price Index at 12:30 AM, and Australia Leading Index at 11:00 PM
• Thursday : Australia Capital Expenditure at 12:30 AM, New Zealand Business Confidence at 2:00 AM, New Zealand Building Consents, and Trade Balance at 9:45 PM, Japan PMI Manufacturing at 11:15 PM, Japan CPI at 11:30 PM, and Japan Industrial Production, and Retail Sales at 11:50 PM
• Friday : Australia Private Sector Credit at 12:30 AM, and Japan Housing Starts at 5:00 AM

• This week's Asian news releases that should cause high volatility are shown in bold type. There are several Asian news releases this week, and four high volatility news releases. The Asian markets will probably experience significant volatility and price movement throughout this week.