Date: Thursday 22nd March 2018 Time: 00:30 UTC We see AUD Employment Change during the Asian session. We will setup Conflict Manager for AUD Unemployment Rate. As we’ve mentioned previously, AUD figures are often leaked ahead of the release, so keep an eye on the price action and hit abort if it looks as the...

Date: Wednesday 21st March 2018 Time: 20:00 UTC The RBNZ announce their interest rate decision tonight. No economists are expected a move from the RBNZ at least until 2019. We have provided trade parameters below, however we recommend skipping this figure as the likelihood of a move is very close to zero....

Date: Wednesday 21st March 2018 Time: 18:00 UTC Today we see the Fed Interest Rate Decision. All 40 economists surveyed by CNBC are forecasting a hike at today’s meeting, while the CME FedWatch Tool is currently forecasting the probability of a hike at 97%: CME FedWatch. A hike of 25bps will likely see choppy action....

Date: Wednesday 14th March 2018 Time: 08:30 UTC Early European session we see SEK CPI MoM. This is a two star figure, however the last three months have been disappointing so we would caution against using large size. We’ll set Conflict Manager for the YoY figure, although it’s rare that we see a conflict between...

Date: Tuesday 13th March 2018 Time: 12:30 UTC Today we see USD CPI MoM. Last month there was a conflict with USD Retail Sales and the market reacted to the USD Retail Sales figure. This month they are not released together so any move should be more straight forward. We will add the YoY and...

Date: Friday 9th March 2018 Time: 13:30 UTC We see CAD Employment Change today at the same time as USD Nonfarm Payrolls. If your preference is to trade CAD Employment Change then recommend trading it in EUR/CAD as USD/CAD will be heavily influenced by USD Nonfarm Payrolls. We usually see a spike in excess of...

Date: Friday 9th March 2018 Time: 13:30 UTC Later today we see USD Nonfarm Payrolls. This figure has become more difficult to trade in recent times as more relevance is being placed on other components of the report. We like to see immediate follow through in this trade and a spike of around 30-50 pips....

Date: Friday 9th March 2018 Time: 07:00 UTC NOK CPI MoM is released early in the European session. This is one of the better figures and usually gets good follow through. This month we’re trading the MoM figure and setting up Conflict Manager for YoY....

Date: Wednesday 7th March 2018 Time: 15:00 UTC The BoC announce their interest rate decision today. All 24 economists are expecting rates to remain on hold at 1.25%. We have set parameters below to trigger on any divergence, however any change to rates is very unlikely....

Date: Wednesday 7th March 2018 Time: 00:30 UTC AUD GDP QoQ is released during the Asian session. This is a two star figure and we look to trade it with any deviation from the forecast. If a trade is triggered, expect a spike of 20-30 pips. As always, AUD figures can be a little erratic...