Japan BoJ Interest Rate Decision News Event – a $330 opportunity on GBPUSD

We expect a $330 movement on GBPUSD within 4 hours following the release of BoJ Interest Rate Decision at 29 Oct 14:00. We expect GBPUSD to trend upwards 4 hours following the event release at 29 Oct 14:00 if the released value is = -0.1%. A price movement of 33 pips is expected.

Historical events that allowed us to draw this conclusion

17 Sep 13:00
15 Jul 13:00
27 Apr 14:00
16 Mar 16:00
19 Dec 14:00
31 Oct 15:00
19 Sep 13:00
20 Jun 13:00

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