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November 1, 2010
The pound sterling was up sharply on the release of a heartening U.K. GDP, gaining over 150 points in three hours.
Currencies
October 26, 2010
The pound sterling was up sharply on the release of a heartening U.K. GDP, gaining over 150 points in three hours.
If you had earned on GBP gaining against the U.S. dollar by buying at 1.5735 and selling at 1.5867, you could have made 132 points in three hours.  With a trading volume of $50,000 (you can do this with just $500 in your account), you could have earned $660 in those three hours.
October 28, 2010
Reacting to positive Eurozone economic data and rumors of a new U.S. economic downturn, as well as the lack of clarity of Federal Reserve stimulation measures, the dollar quickly lost ground against its main competitors. The British pound gained over 200 points over the dollar in five hours.
If you had earned on GBP against USD by buying at 1.5783 and selling at 1.5944, you could have made 161 points in five hours.  With a trading volume of $50,000 (remember, you only need $500 in your account to do this), you could have earned $805 in those five hours.
Summary
With just $500 in your account and only trading in one currency pair, you could have earned $1,465 in just two transactions that took eight hours over two days.

International Oil Market
October 25, 2010
Expressing their disappointment in the results of the G20 meeting of central bankers and finance ministers, traders sent Brent crude oil down over 100 points in three hours of trading.
If you had opened a short position on one Brent contract, selling at 83.93 and buying at 82.86, you could have made 107 points in three hours.
With a trading volume of 500 (you can do this with just $2,000 in your account; in the ActTrader™ terminal the minimum lot for a Brent Crude Oil (BRN) contract is 100), you could have earned $535.
October 27, 2010
Rumors that the U.S. Federal Reserve would announce a significant reduction in asset purchases caused a drop in oil contract prices, which was exacerbated by the U.S. Energy Department's report of higher crude stockpiles. As a result, Brent lost ground for five hours.
If you had opened a short position on one Brent contract, selling at 83.61 and buying at 82.05, you could have made 156 points in those five hours.
With a trading volume of 500 (you can do this with just $2,000 in your account; in the ActTrader™ terminal the minimum lot for a Brent Crude Oil (BRN) contract is 100), you could have earned $780.
Later on the same day (October 27), details from the Department of Energy report on crude stockpiles indicated a positive dynamic and heartened investors, causing oil to surge 150 points in four hours.
If you had taken a long position on oil, buying at 82.23 and selling at 83.19, you could have made 96 in those four hours.
With a trading volume of 500 (you can do this with just $2,000 in your account; in the ActTrader™ terminal the minimum lot for a Brent Crude Oil (BRN) contract is 100), you could have earned $480.
Summary
Trading in just one CFD* contract, you could have earned $2,330 in just three transactions over two days.

Next week update
Eurozone News:
PMI manufacturing index - November 2, 2010 (Tuesday at 19.00 GMT).
Eurozone producer price index - November 4, 2010 (Thursday at 10.00 GMT).
ECB announces new interest rate - November 4, 2010 (Thursday at 12.45 GMT).
U.S. News:
ISM manufacturing index - November 1, 2010 (Monday at 14.00 GMT).
Crude oil stockpile data from the Department of Energy - November 3, 2010 (Wednesday at 14.30 GMT).
Interest rate announcement by Federal Reserve Open Market Committee - November 3, 2010 (Wednesday at 18.15 GMT).
Nonagricultural jobs data - November 5, 2010 (Friday at 12.30 GMT).