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You care about release day. You want the time, the currency, the history of the series, and what the market did with the number. This is that path in Novex. You can keep any other clock you already use.
What you need on a release day
A release day has a before and an after. Before, you need the time, the country, and whether this print is one that usually hits the currency or is noise next to a bigger event. You need the holiday calendar too, because a closed market changes what a number can do. After, you need the result next to what people expected, and next to the later correction, not as a lonely figure in a chat.
You also need the rate context. A strong jobs print does one thing when the central bank is already priced for a move, and another thing when the meeting odds have not budged in a month. The number is not the trade. The number plus the path of rates is closer.
Then the session. Headlines pile up in the minute of the release. Later, you want a short briefing of what actually mattered in Europe, the US, or Asia, so the print is not the only memory you keep. Over a week, you want the same thing one level up: which figures mattered, not every line that printed.
If you already check the time somewhere else, keep doing that. Novex is not a demand that you abandon a habit. It is the place where the release sits next to the history, the rates, the live headlines, and the recap.
A release, from the clock to the recap
The Economic Calendar is the clock inside Novex. It is live. It lists releases and holidays, and how hard each one can hit a currency. You filter by time, country, and strength, so the list is your market, not the planet. Do this before the number, when you still have time to decide whether you want to be in the trade at all.
Macro Data is the series itself. Charts of past releases for prices, jobs, growth, and surveys, country by country. You compare the result, the later correction, and what people expected. You do not build the spreadsheet. A surprise is only a surprise against that history. If the series is revised every month, the first print is not the one you should memorize.
Interest Rates tells you whether the print can move the meeting. The board shows the chance of a change at the next meeting, and how prices shifted over 30 days. Look at it before the release so you know the starting point, and look again after if the odds are the thing that actually jumped.
Market Live is for the minute the number hits. A headline feed, with radio and TV in the same place. You catch what just happened without opening another tab. It will be noisy. That is why the calendar and the series exist, so the noise has a frame.
After the dust, Macro Overview shows whether the backdrop moved: what is pushing markets, the mood, and how much currencies are moving. Daily Recap is the note for the session, Europe, the US, and Asia. Weekly Recap packs the figures, the stories, and the moves that mattered, so one loud print does not erase the week.
You still decide whether to trade the release. Novex lines up the clock, the history, the rates, and the aftermath. It does not tell you the outcome in advance, and it does not promise you will be right.
Screens for a release day
- Economic Calendar. A live calendar of releases, holidays, and how hard each one can hit a currency. You filter by time, country, and strength, so you are ready before the number comes out.
- Macro Data. Charts of past releases for prices, jobs, growth, and surveys, country by country. You compare the result, the later correction, and what people expected, without building the series yourself.
- Interest Rates. The central-bank board shows the chance of a move at the next meeting, and how prices shifted over 30 days. You follow where rates are heading before you buy or sell currencies.
- Market Live. A live headline feed, with radio and TV in the same place. You catch what just happened without opening another tab.
- Macro Overview. Four panels show what is pushing the markets, the mood of traders, and how much currencies are moving. You see that picture change through the day, before you decide to buy or sell.
- Daily Recap. A short briefing for Europe, the US, and Asia, every day. You see what moved before the next session starts.
- Weekly Recap. A weekly briefing that packs the key numbers, the stories, and the moves that mattered. You review the week in one pass, instead of rebuilding it.
Who should use this path
Use it if releases are part of how you trade forex or indices, and you want the number tied to history, rates, and the session. Free, if you have not picked a paid plan, has limited access. Pro is broader. The pricing page says which is which.
See Free and Pro on the pricing page.
Who should not
Do not come here for a charting package or a backtest of a news strategy. Those are different jobs, and Novex does not do them. Do not come here if you only want a raw dump of every series on earth to warehouse yourself. What you get is the terminal’s own screens, and the API documents those routes rather than a separate data shop.
Short answers
Can I keep checking the time somewhere else?
Yes. If you already have a clock you trust, keep it. Use Novex for the history of the series, the rate path, the headlines at the minute, and the recap after.
Does the calendar include holidays?
Yes. The Economic Calendar lists releases and holidays, and how hard a release can hit a currency. Filter by time, country, and strength before the number.
How do I judge a surprise?
Open Macro Data for that country and that series. Compare the result, the later correction, and what was expected. Then look at Interest Rates if the meeting odds are the real reaction.
Is the recap a trade alert?
No. Daily Recap and Weekly Recap are briefings of what moved. They are there so you do not rebuild the session yourself. They are not an instruction to buy or sell.