Financial Calendars

The economic calendar lists scheduled data releases — GDP, CPI, employment, PMI — that move markets. Understanding how to read and prioritise these events is essential for fundamental traders and macro-aware investors. Dive deeper into the forces behind these releases in the macro academy and the fundamental analysis guide. Pair your calendar review with the latest central bank news to understand how policymakers are likely to react to incoming data.

Earnings calendars track when public companies report quarterly results. Planning around these dates helps traders avoid unwanted surprises, manage options positions, and identify trading opportunities. Model potential post-earnings price moves using the IV impact calculator to prepare for volatility crush. Stay up to date with the latest reports on our earnings news page, and sharpen your analysis with the fundamental analysis academy.

Dividend calendars track ex-dividend dates, record dates, and payment dates. Strategic use of these calendars helps income investors optimise cash flow and avoid common timing mistakes. Learn how dividends affect options pricing — especially covered calls — in the covered call calculator guide. For a broader income-investing perspective, explore the dividends academy and screen for high-yield opportunities with the stock screener.

IPO and SPAC calendars track upcoming public listings, pricing dates, and lock-up expirations. For growth investors, these calendars are essential for finding new opportunities and managing post-IPO risks. Once a new listing begins trading, monitor its price action on the stocks market page and evaluate it with the stock screener. Strengthen your due-diligence process by studying valuation techniques in the fundamental analysis academy.

Central bank meeting calendars list the dates when the Fed, ECB, BOJ, and BOE set interest rate policy. These meetings are the most-anticipated events for bond, currency, and equity markets worldwide. Track the latest commentary and rate expectations on the central bank news page. Understand how rate decisions ripple through bonds and forex markets, and deepen your knowledge with the macro academy.

Options expiration calendars show when contracts expire: weeklies, monthlies, quarterlies, and LEAPS. Understanding the expiration cycle is crucial for managing open positions and avoiding assignment surprises. Use the options profit calculator to model how time decay accelerates as expiration approaches. Check the options chains page for live open interest and volume data, and read our spread payoff diagrams guide to understand how multi-leg positions behave into expiry.