Simply speaking the difference between fundamental and technical analysis is that fundamental analysis studies the impact of economy and politic on currency value while technical analysis studies the chart patterns in effort to predict the price movement.
In my opinion it is obvious for everyone that national economy would be reflected on the value of the national currency. Poor health of country's economy would result in unstable and weak currency. The same way as a company's stocks will fall in value when that company is doing poorly.
If you've been in Forex for any length of time you probably already know that when you look at the price charts at the times of important economic news releases, you will see increased volatility. These kind of news include Gross Domestic Product, trade balance, interest rates, payroll employment, etc. Most of these news have predetermined days of release so you can schedule your trading accordingly if you want to take advantage of volatility of those times.
An important thing for a trader is to keep track of when these reports are due, not only in your own country but in all of the countries whose currencies you regularly trade. It is not enough to rely on national newspapers and television for this. They do not give international economic news at a sufficiently detailed level. Therefore you need special economic publications. Many traders use the internet for this purpose this days.
