Australia RBA Interest Rate Decision News Event – a $200 opportunity on GBPUSD

We expect a $200 movement on GBPUSD within 2 hours following the release of RBA Interest Rate Decision at 05 Oct 14:30. We expect GBPUSD to trend downwards 2 hours following the event release at 05 Oct 14:30 if the released value is = 0.1%. A price movement of 20 pips is expected.

Historical events that allowed us to draw this conclusion

07 Sep 14:30
03 Aug 14:30
01 Jun 14:30
04 May 14:30
02 Mar 14:30
02 Feb 14:30
03 Nov 14:30
06 Oct 14:30
01 Sep 14:30

All references to movement sizes are expressed assuming a lot size of 100,000 units (“standard account”).