Read the market like a room. One market week, from the weekend to Friday evening.

One report, two readings

On August 1, 2025, the US jobs report showed 73,000 new jobs, against forecasts of at least 100,000. The bigger news sat further down: the Bureau of Labor Statistics took 258,000 jobs off the two previous months. The report was public and free. Traders who opened it read a different Friday than traders who stopped at the alert.

The book follows one market week, from the weekend to Friday evening, without a single chart. Four traders read the same news and each misreads it in a different way. Brian drives a truck in Columbus and trades index futures early in the morning. Lauren, a travel agent in Miami, follows US stocks and the euro-dollar rate on her phone. Vanessa, an accountant in Manchester, trades European stocks on her lunch hour. Matt, an aerospace engineer in Wichita, watches oil, gold and rates.

Every source comes with its official page and a step-by-step guide, and the book ends with a weekend checklist for your market. It shows how to find and read information, and every trading decision stays with you.

What the book covers

• Where each number comes outThe time, the official page and the way to read it, for jobs, inflation, the Fed, the ECB, oil, gas, gold and grains.
• What the big players leave in publicThe COT report, the 13F filings and the crowd thermometers, each one with its limit.
• What happens around an announcementWhat market makers and big funds do, and which practices the law forbids.
• A method you can repeat every weekA weekend checklist, a 30-day journal, and two real weeks to practice on.