When Markets Move vs Trading Economics
Deep macro data and forecasts for 196 countries, sold mainly as an API. Not built around market reactions.
Trading Economics and When Markets Move answer different questions. Trading Economics tells you what is scheduled and what the number was. When Markets Move measures what the markets actually did the last 100 times, including the first hour after each release. Here is a fair side by side, based on Trading Economics's public pages as of September 2026.
Side by side
| When Markets Move | Trading Economics | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | A weekly briefing on how rough markets get around scheduled US announcements | A macro data provider with a calendar, forecasts and an API |
| Price | Paid; business licences on request | Calendar free to browse; data API is a paid subscription |
| Live economic calendar | No. Each briefing lists the week's events in SA time | Yes |
| Actual vs forecast | Forecast and previous for the week; last week reviewed against history | Yes, plus its own forecast |
| Impact rating | Measured from up to 100 releases, per market | Low, medium, high importance (method not published) |
| Measured price reaction per event | Yes: daily moves and the first 60 minutes, per market | Not found |
| Markets with reaction stats | S&P 500, Nasdaq, US 10Y yield, dollar index, gold, EUR/USD, GBP/USD, USD/JPY, USD/ZAR, Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana | None found |
| South African time | Built in | Yes, any UTC offset |
| Alerts and app | No. Email and web only | App with release alerts |
| Ads | None | Not verified |
A gold dot marks rows where When Markets Move offers something we could not find at Trading Economics. Prices and features change; check Trading Economics's own site for the latest.
Where Trading Economics is stronger
- Data for 196 countries and hundreds of thousands of indicators
- Its own forecasts next to consensus
- A professional API for building your own tools
Where When Markets Move is stronger
- Measures the market reaction, which Trading Economics doesn't
- The first hour for twelve markets, SA focused
- Delivered to your inbox every Sunday
Verdict
Trading Economics is a data warehouse for economists and developers. When Markets Move answers a narrower trader's question: which of this week's US releases make my market rough, and by how much. Different tools for different jobs.
Try it on your own market in the Rough hours explorer, or read a full sample briefing.
Questions people ask
Is When Markets Move a Trading Economics alternative?
Only for traders who care about market reactions. For macro data and forecasts across 196 countries, Trading Economics is far broader.
Does Trading Economics show market reactions to releases?
We did not find reaction statistics in its calendar or API as of September 2026.
Does Trading Economics support South African time?
Yes, any UTC offset. When Markets Move uses SA time by default.
How much does When Markets Move cost?
It is a paid weekly briefing. Business licences for brokers, academies and prop firms are priced by audience size, on request.
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