CAD Employment Change is released pre-US session. This event has been less consistent in recent months, resulting in us downgrading it to one star in October. We recommend trading USD Nonfarm Payrolls instead, as they are released at the same...

USD Nonfarm Payrolls is released pre-US session. We add USD Unemployment Rate to Conflict Manager and we look for a spike of 30-50 pips if a trade is triggered.

AUD Retail Sales MoM is released during the Asian session. This event is only tradeable with a large deviation. If a trade is triggered, we look for a spike of 20-30 pips. Australia's method for releasing events is much less...

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. AUD events have a tendency to be released late through official...

GBP Manufacturing PMI is released early European session. The market reaction has become more erratic in recent months. We are leaving the triggers at +/-2 and will continue to monitor this event going forward. Look for a spike of around...

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. We are setting the triggers at +/-0.2 this month. Once a quarter CAD...

The second 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, but will setup just in case. We only look for 15-20...

CAD CPI is the only event of the week. It is released at the same time as CAD Retail Sales, which is also a top event. When this is the case, our preference is to trade CAD CPI. There is...

USD Retail Sales is released prior to the US session. We're 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 for all of the...

You may wish to skip this event with the Brexit uncertainty in the market today. Our opinion is that a strong reading of GBP Core Retail Sales will be rejected by the market. Early European session we see GBP Retail...