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Non-farm Payrolls Release Day: Why Do Markets Often Move in the Opposite Direction?
Many traders share a common confusion: even when non-farm data appears to be bullish for a certain asset, the price tends to move in the opposite direction. The reason is not that the market is "wrong," but that it has already priced in the expectations in advance. On non-farm release days, the market essentially becomes a game of "positions versus expectations."
Before the data is released, a large amount of capital has already been positioned based on expectations. Once the data is out, if the results merely
View OriginalMany traders share a common confusion: even when non-farm data appears to be bullish for a certain asset, the price tends to move in the opposite direction. The reason is not that the market is "wrong," but that it has already priced in the expectations in advance. On non-farm release days, the market essentially becomes a game of "positions versus expectations."
Before the data is released, a large amount of capital has already been positioned based on expectations. Once the data is out, if the results merely












