USD Nonfarm Payrolls is released prior to the open of the US session. We add USD Unemployment Rate to Conflict Manager and we look for a spike of 20-30 pips if a trade is triggered.

AUD GDP QoQ is released during the Asian session. This is a two star event and we look to trade it with only a minor deviation from the forecast. This has been a really strong event for us over the…

AUD Retail Sales MoM is released during the Asian session. We only trade this event with a large deviation. If a trade is triggered, we look for a spike of 20-30 pips.

CAD GDP MoM is released pre US session. Historically we have seen a good spike with any deviation from the forecast and follow through usually occurs quickly. If a trade is triggered, expect a spike in excess of 50 pips.

The second reading of USD GDP QoQ is released prior to the US session. There is usually little deviation on the second reading, it’s rare that we see this event trigger a trade. When it does, we look for 15-20…

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…

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. If a trade is triggered, we expect a spike…

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…

Early European session we see GBP Retail Sales, we setup to trade the Core Retail Sales MoM component. If a trade is triggered, expect a spike around 30 pips. We usually see immediate follow through with this event.

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.