Interest Rate Overlay Tutorial

• In trading, you should always be looking for the clues that are left by the "Smart Money," they are like an elephant jumping into a pool.
• Currencies should be monitored in both the spot and futures market.
• The stock market and forex market should be referred to daily when trading forex actively. These markets will be referred to even on an intraday basis.
• It is advisable to eventually build a sound data feed and trade station. It's another strength to add to your arsenal as an informed trader.
• Interest rates make the whole world go around.
• You can get yield data at stockcharts.com and bloomberg.com. They are provided free of charge on an end of day basis. The yields are a standard data source and can be readily accessed from numerous websites that allow charting on their respective platforms.
• 2 year, 5 year, & 10 year bond yields should be monitored.
• 5 year, 10 year, & 30 year yields can be viewed on an intraday basis with an eSignal data feed and many times the failure swings on an intraday basis will call the high or the low of the day.