I prefer to use technical analysis and focus on that rather than using fundamental analysis, technical analysis gives me a lot of views on market movements and what kind of movements will occur in the next, fundamental analysis only gives me temporary price movements and you are welcomed at the beginning of this thread . About how to master forex, you have to really understand the two types of technical, at least those in: technical analysis and fundamentals. There are some traders who only use basic news and follow on Bloomberg Tv or on the world web web. But many traders only use technical analysis and look for charts to get signals and recommendations using several indicators such as Fibonacci, Macd, rsi, ..etc