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Most forex traders focus on fundamental news such as the consumer index or central bank announcements. Although fundamental news and changes are greatly influential, keeping up with changes can be quite hard. There are other information and possible changes you can use to help foresee possible movements and make profitable trades based on them.

My personal favorites are mergers and acquisitions, especially involving two companies from different countries. When a company purchases another company, you can expect a serious transfer of money from one account to another to close the deal. When the two companies are from different countries, currency exchange and transfer in substantially large amount are needed for sure. See the opportunities now?

While still keeping your focus on fundamental analysis, make sure you spot information regarding mergers and acquisitions of large companies as well. The key is measuring the impact of mergers and acquisitions to forex market. If the merger or acquisition involves stock options and less cash or capital transfer, then the impact would be relatively low. What you are looking for is merger or acquisition with large capital transfers across the border, which means a lot of foreign exchanges and financial activities will take place.

Focus on the target currency. If a company from Europe is buying another company in America, with $1 billion cash transactions, you will see a possible positive impact on the USD. Under this condition, you can expect EURUSD to go bearish quite substantially, while USDJPY and USDGBP might enjoy nice bullish movements.