Canada Inflation Rate YoY News Event – a $238.16 opportunity on USDJPY

We expect a $238.16 movement on USDJPY within 2 hours following the release of Inflation Rate YoY at 19 May 22:30. We expect USDJPY to trend downwards 2 hours following the event release at 19 May 22:30 if the released value is < 3.2%. A price movement of 26 pips is expected. Historical events that allowed us to draw this conclusion

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