Canada BoC Interest Rate Decision News Event – a possible $567.3 movement on USDJPY

Based on the last 12 BoC Interest Rate Decision events in Canada, we expect a $567.3 movement on USDJPY within 12 hours following the event release at 05 Mar 02:00. We expect USDJPY to trend downwards 12 hours following the event release at 05 Mar 02:00 if the released value is = 1.75%

Historical events that allowed us to draw this conclusion

23 Jan 02:00
31 Oct 01:00
11 Jul 00:00
07 Mar 02:00
10 Jan 02:00
06 Dec 02:00
25 Oct 01:00
06 Sep 00:00

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