Market Info - Best Sites for Data

[prophetable]

Its really interesting to me to read some of you guys and your analysis in the chat room or the forums.
Guys like Endo and DnB seem to keep a finger on the pulse of the markets by looking at some fundamental releases / COT/ OI info.
The more I look at the forex market - the more important it is becoming to get a feel for sentiment BEFORE i put a trade on. Sometimes i have put a trade on based purely on the tech/charting element and been smashed by the fundamental data or sudden change in sentiment based on Open Interest etc.

Can i get some opinions on where the best sites are to get this valuable infofrom?
Paid or free it doesnt matter.

Endo - I'd especially like to know where you get your up to date OI/COT data from? Usually it is a week out of date via the official sources that im looking at

Any suggestions of good places for market info would be appreciated.
Cheers All
Matt aka prophetable

 

[TheForexGuy]

All thought I try to be as informed as I can with what's going on in the markets, I barely read up on the news. Price action will reflect on what's going on and that's really all I use in my trading.

But if you want to know what's going on fundamentally.

http://www.zerohedge.com/
http://www.bloomberg.com/

If you would like a visual representation of the COT reports check out

http://www.timingcharts.com

I am sure others have more resources on the fundementals.

 

[prophetable]

Thanks Endo and Graham.
Its good that you mentioned timingcharts.com - as i had already found that and am still learning the differences between Large Commercials, Specs and Funds to get a feel for who is pushing the market at any one time.

I have in the past used OANDAs free news/data feed (on a demo account) which sometimes mentions key Option Expiry dates and where stops/orders may lie accordingly. Do you guys use this for your Options Exp info?
Anywhere else that just provide options based info?

Cheers
Matt