Every week we break down popular assets and the most common questions from investors, giving you clear, bite-sized insights into today’s markets.
In this Markets in Focus, we’re taking a closer look at one of the most relevant approaches in today’s fast-moving environment: trading with a structured strategy, with a special focus on news-based trading.
Why You Need a Strategy in 2025
Trading CFDs (Contracts for Difference) remains a flexible way to capture short-term market movements, especially in periods of high volatility - something we continue to see across equities, forex, and crypto in 2025.
But one thing hasn’t changed:
➡️ Trading without a well-defined strategy significantly increases your risk of losses.
A strategy doesn’t need to be complex - it only needs to be consistent, repeatable, and backed by logic. One such approach is the news strategy, still widely used by traders today.
Trading with the News Strategy
News trading focuses on monitoring the economic, political, and corporate events that influence price action. With markets reacting faster than ever, economic calendars and real-time alerts play a crucial role.
News-based trading typically follows two main approaches:
1. Pre-release trading
Traders form a view before the data or announcement goes live by assessing:
- how the data may differ from market expectations,
- how the market might react if the results surprise to the upside or downside.
2. Post-release trading
Here, traders wait for the official release and react to the initial market movement, often targeting:
- volatility spikes,
- trend continuation after the first reaction,
- or quick corrections if the initial move was exaggerated.
Neither approach guarantees success — but using a structured method like this improves discipline, helps reduce emotional decision-making, and offers a more repeatable framework for navigating volatile markets.
Stay Updated with the Change App
The Change App provides real-time financial news, economic-calendar highlights, and notifications about important market events so you never miss a key development.
To stay fully informed, make sure your preferred alerts are enabled in the app.
Wishing You a Successful Trading Week
Approach every trade with a plan, stay informed, and never rely on impulse trading - especially in today’s fast and data-driven markets.
See you next week!
