Releases that move currency pairs, laid out by day. Times are shown in the timezone recorded against each event. High impact releases are the ones that widen spreads and cause slippage — most prop firms restrict trading around them, so check your firm's rules before holding through one.

Sunday, Jul 26 1 event
TimeCurEventImpact ActualForecastPrevious
19:50 GMT JPY SPPI y/y Low 3.4% 3.3%
Monday, Jul 27 8 events
TimeCurEventImpact ActualForecastPrevious
04:00 GMT EUR German ifo Business Climate Low 86.1 85.6
04:00 GMT EUR M3 Money Supply y/y Low 3.2% 3.2%
04:00 GMT EUR Private Loans y/y Low 3.1% 3.1%
05:15 GMT EUR ECOFIN Meetings Low
06:00 GMT GBP CBI Realized Sales Low -45 -54
08:30 GMT USD Core Durable Goods Orders m/m Low 0.9% 1.3%
08:30 GMT USD Durable Goods Orders m/m Low 1.6% -4.5%
19:01 GMT GBP BRC Shop Price Index y/y Low 1.1% 1.2%
Tuesday, Jul 28 10 events
TimeCurEventImpact ActualForecastPrevious
01:00 GMT JPY BOJ Core CPI y/y Low 1.4% 1.4%
03:00 GMT EUR Spanish Unemployment Rate Low 10.1% 10.8%
06:00 GMT EUR German Buba Monthly Report Low
08:15 GMT USD ADP Weekly Employment Change Low 16.5K
08:30 GMT USD Goods Trade Balance Low -100.3B -105.8B
08:30 GMT USD Prelim Wholesale Inventories m/m Low 0.4% 0.3%
09:00 GMT USD HPI m/m Low 0.1% -0.1%
09:00 GMT USD S&P/CS Composite-20 HPI y/y Low 1.3% 1.1%
10:00 GMT USD Richmond Manufacturing Index Low 7 4
16:30 GMT USD API Weekly Statistical Bulletin Low
Wednesday, Jul 29 12 events
TimeCurEventImpact ActualForecastPrevious
02:00 GMT EUR German Import Prices m/m Low -0.7% 0.7%
04:00 GMT CHF UBS Economic Expectations Low -25.0
04:30 GMT GBP M4 Money Supply m/m Low 0.2% 0.1%
04:30 GMT GBP Mortgage Approvals Low 57K 56K
04:30 GMT GBP Net Lending to Individuals m/m Low 5.5B 4.6B
05:31 GMT EUR German 10-y Bond Auction Low 3.09|1.0
10:30 GMT USD Crude Oil Inventories Low 0.7M 2.0M
13:30 GMT CAD BOC Summary of Deliberations Low
18:40 GMT AUD RBA Assist Gov Hunter Speaks Low
21:00 GMT NZD ANZ Business Confidence Low 36.6
21:30 GMT AUD Building Approvals m/m Low -0.7% -1.1%
21:30 GMT AUD Import Prices q/q Low 0.0% 0.1%
Thursday, Jul 30 Today 22 events
TimeCurEventImpact ActualForecastPrevious
01:00 GMT JPY Consumer Confidence Low 34.2 33.8
01:30 GMT EUR French Consumer Spending m/m Low -0.1% 0.5%
01:30 GMT EUR French Flash GDP q/q Low 0.2% -0.1%
02:45 GMT EUR French Prelim Private Payrolls q/q Low -0.1% -0.1%
03:00 GMT CHF KOF Economic Barometer Low 100.9 101.2
03:00 GMT EUR Spanish Flash CPI y/y Low 3.2% 3.2%
03:00 GMT EUR Spanish Flash GDP q/q Low 0.6% 0.6%
04:00 GMT EUR Italian Prelim GDP q/q Low 0.1% 0.2%
05:00 GMT EUR Italian Monthly Unemployment Rate Low 5.0% 5.0%
05:00 GMT EUR Prelim Flash GDP q/q Low 0.2% 0.1%
05:00 GMT EUR Unemployment Rate Low 6.2% 6.2%
05:33 GMT EUR Italian 10-y Bond Auction Low 3.63|1.7
08:30 GMT USD Personal Income m/m Low 0.3% 0.7%
08:30 GMT USD Personal Spending m/m Low 0.4% 0.7%
10:30 GMT USD Natural Gas Storage Low 37B 32B
19:30 GMT JPY Unemployment Rate Low 2.5% 2.5%
19:50 GMT JPY Prelim Industrial Production m/m Low 1.0% 0.5%
19:50 GMT JPY Retail Sales y/y Low 3.1% 5.3%
21:30 GMT AUD PPI q/q Low 0.5% 0.4%
21:30 GMT AUD Private Sector Credit m/m Low 0.6% 0.7%
21:30 GMT CNY Manufacturing PMI Low 50.1 50.3
21:30 GMT CNY Non-Manufacturing PMI Low 50.0 50.2
Friday, Jul 31 8 events
TimeCurEventImpact ActualForecastPrevious
01:00 GMT JPY Housing Starts y/y Low 12.7% 33.9%
02:00 GMT GBP Nationwide HPI m/m Low 0.1% 0.0%
02:30 GMT CHF Retail Sales y/y Low 3.1% 3.5%
02:45 GMT EUR French Prelim CPI m/m Low 0.3% -0.2%
03:55 GMT EUR German Unemployment Change Low 5K -1K
05:00 GMT EUR Italian Prelim CPI m/m Low 0.3% 0.0%
07:15 GMT GBP MPC Member Pill Speaks Low
09:45 GMT USD Chicago PMI Low 55.9 56.7
Saturday, Aug 1 0 events

Nothing scheduled.

Trading sessions

Sydney 21:00 – 06:00 GMT

Quiet. Ranges are narrow and spreads are wider.

Tokyo 00:00 – 09:00 GMT

JPY and AUD pairs are most active.

London 07:00 – 16:00 GMT

The heaviest volume of the day.

New York 12:00 – 21:00 GMT

Overlaps London for four hours — the busiest window.

Times and figures are entered by hand and can lag the official release. Confirm against the issuing agency before trading a number. Nothing here is financial advice.