The number traders will be waiting to flash on their screens is for non-farm payroll jobs.

"War talk, and traders waiting till things settle down before they spend," Junno said.

The traders do not take the first opportunity but rather wait for a second entry to make their trade.

Without practice and experience enough to recognise the weaker signals, traders will wait, even if it turns out that they miss a large move.

Other energy futures moved higher as traders waited on the President, but for the day they finished mixed.

Other traders, too, are waiting for the dollar to fall some just because it has risen so sharply since the beginning of the year.

The dollar slipped in quiet trading as traders waited for Germany's central bank to move on interest rates.

Treasury bond prices declined nearly a point as traders and investors waited for more information about the economy.

She and the midshipmen had walked to the right side because a dozen or so Sexburgan traders were already waiting on the left.

Many traders are waiting to hear when Time's directors will meet.