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Looking forward into 2018, our group is working on a few potential innovations in automated trading, margin optimizations, news tracking parameters and potentially our own cryptocurrency using blockchain technology.

Stay tuned!

Cboe Global Markets Inc (CBOE.O) and CME Group Inc (CME.O) are set to launch Bitcoin Futures cotnracts on December 10th and December 17th, respectively.

The Cboe contract uses the ticker: XBT

The CME contract will use the ticker: BTC

The CME contract will be equal to 5 coins.

For more information:

Cboe, CME to launch bitcoin futures contracts Cboe Global Markets Inc (CBOE.O) and CME Group Inc (CME.O) will launch futures contracts on bitcoin on Dec. 10 and Dec. 17 respectively.

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Here's another tool, like the economic calendar, but for earnings reports.
If you only want the basic numbers for earning reports, turn to this calendar, it can be filtered by region.
By clicking on the stock you want, you can find the full report.

Earnings Calendar - Investing.com Use our Earnings Calendar to track forecasts for quarterly and annual earnings reports as well as actual outcomes from companies worldwide.

Market update(10/11/2017): A few important market updates today on a fairly volatile morning. US job openings for August came in slightly less than expected pushing gold up slightly but didn't represent a substantial market trend. FOMC minutes and member Williams spoke. NAFTA is being discussed and there's a possible free trade deal between Canada and the United Stated underway to circumvent the possible exit from trade agreement.

Moving prices:
-Gold, despite opening well today had a sharp decline and rise throughout the day. The expectation with the job report was positive on gold however there was a sharp bearish turn an hour in followed by a strong push mid-day back to the daily highs.
-Biotech is slightly down and will potentially keep moving.
-Crude oil is slightly up, initially ~60 cents up in the morning but made a short decline affecting oil companies.
-The US dollar index is down after the fed minutes looking on devaluation of the dollar and bullish indicator for other currencies apart from the Japanese Yen
- The overall market was slightly bullish yet there was no direct industry that had a major move
-Snapchat made a 12% move in the morning with talks about advertisers getting more used to the product

What to watch for tomorrow:
-US jobless claims for September
-US PPI data for September
-Canadian new housing prices for August
-Two FOMC members speak
-President Draghi speaks for the ECB
-Crude oil inventories data will be announced
-The US Federal budget for September will be actualized
-More talks in the ECB will be examined later in the afternoon

Some speculation on the Fed Minutes due tomorrow

Here’s Why Fed Minutes Could Boost USD Forex Analysis by Kathy Lien covering: US Dollar Index Futures, USD/JPY, EUR/USD, GBP/USD. Read Kathy Lien's latest article on Investing.com

Market Update (10/5/2017)

Gold - broke lower today after a dollar positive news release on jobless claims, and later in the morning, good news for natural gas reserves.

USD/CAD - took at strong move upwards at market open, due to the initial news of jobless claims, and pusher higher after natural gas reserves proved again, a dollar positive result.

S&P500 is up today 0.5%
NASDAQ is up 0.98%

NFP news release tomorrow at 6:30 in the morning. this is the biggest news release relating to the overall health of the job market, and can often affect the market days after the release, watch for this one.

Market update(10/4/2017): A few interesting reports came out this morning. The Nonfarm employment change came out as positive this morning which despite the move last upward in gold overnight, it managed to keep it from pushing upward today and was considered oversold at the start of the market. On the other side of the market, crude inventories had a massive decline causing a short early morning spike in oil followed by a continuation of the trend called in the last post. Draghi and Yellen also spoke today pushing gold to move up near the end of the day.

Expectations for tomorrow:
-The ECB will publish an account of their monetary policy meeting
-US jobless claims will be published affecting the financial sector
-Canada's trade balance for August will be released

For a little more practice on back testing, heres some shots of the GBP/USD chart.

Here's a litte more back testing on the EUR/USD chart.
Scroll through the pictures, and decide which trade you would take, Buy or Sell, and then see if it worked out/is in the process of working out on the next picture.
Keep doing that as you scroll through the pictures, see if you can make some good calls!

Market update(10/2/2017): a few updates today. The US mass shooting on Sunday night, while being tragic resulted in a supply shock this morning. Gold ETFs, ammunition and healthcare moved up predictably. The other major mover this morning was oil, opening on a strong decline but it held its value throughout the day. The dollar index continues to move forward after good economic data came out regarding manufacturing production.

What to watch for tomorrow: if you are basing moves on the chart, oil is potentially shifting bearish; and FOMC member Powell speaks.