Do traders lean more towards the economic calendar or information in the charts when deciding which contracts to trade on a given day, assuming you want to trade whichever moves the most in one direction?
For futures, this updates throughout the day. At the very least, it offers suggestions to take a look at. http://finviz.com/futures_performance.ashx
I like to look at pre market "Premiums" (High-Open & Open-Low). It tells you about a bit about expected Volatility & Directional Play.
Thanks, that's a good find. Finviz is also great for industry stock screening if you like to invest that way.
Thanks, K-Pia. This dawned on me after I posted the question and kind of forced my thinking towards looking at it this way. Thanks for sharing.
I tend to ignore news unless they're very important news like employment, consumer index that are regarded highly important
Thanks victorycountry. I noticed that standard can be applied across foreign countries as well for trading the DAX or the Nikkei, for instance.