The final reading of USD GDP QoQ is released prior to the US session. We don’t usually see a large enough deviation on this reading to trigger a trade. We only look for 15-20 pips if a trade is triggered.

CAD Retail Sales is released prior to the US session. We only look to trade this event with a large deviation from the forecast. We setup for CAD Core Retail Sales MoM and add CAD Retail Sales MoM as a…

AUD Employment Change is released during the Asia session. We trade the headline event and add AUD Unemployment Rate as a conflict. If a trade is triggered, expect a spike of 20-30 pips.

NZD GDP QoQ is released during the Asia session. We like to see a substantial deviation for this event, otherwise the market move is often too small to trade. If a trade is triggered, expect a spike of around 30…

Today we see the Fed Interest Rate Decision. 94 out of the 98 economists surveyed have forecast a cut in rates from 2.25% to 2.00%. This level of certainty is not shared by the markets, with CME FedWatch currently forecasting…

CAD CPI is released prior to the US session. Our triggers for this event are usually wide enough to overcome any conflict and therefore we don’t add any components as conflicts. With the focus on the Fed Interest Rate decision…

USD Retail Sales is released prior to the open of the US session. We are looking for a divergence of +/-0.5. If this is hit then we will be looking for a 20+ pip spike. This divergence is usually enough…

USD CPI MoM is released prior to the US session. If our triggers are hit, we expect a spike of 30 pips. Our triggers are usually wide enough to overcome any conflict, so we don’t add any components as conflicts.

GBP GDP QoQ is released during the European session. This is the final reading and therefore unlikely to deviation far from the forecast. We have set the triggers at +/-0.1 as this is the largest deviation we will likely see….

CAD Employment Change is released pre-US session. We trade the headline component and we add CAD Unemployment Rate as a conflict. We expect a spike of 30 pips if a trade is triggered.