United Kingdom Inflation Rate YoY News Event – a $300 opportunity on GBPUSD

We expect a $300 movement on GBPUSD within 4 hours following the release of Inflation Rate YoY at 13 Apr 16:00. We expect GBPUSD to trend upwards 4 hours following the event release at 13 Apr 16:00 if the released value is > 6.7%. A price movement of 30 pips is expected.

Historical events that allowed us to draw this conclusion

16 Feb 18:00
19 Jan 18:00
15 Dec 18:00
17 Nov 18:00
15 Sep 16:00
14 Jul 16:00
16 Jun 16:00

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