Upcoming volatility expected at 2022-08-18 11:30

Australia is releasing its Unemployment Rate news event later today, and because of this we are expecting a large increase in volatility following the event release at 2022-08-18 11:30. These are the instruments that may be affected:

The table below summarizes how the volatility of each instrument is expected to change during this news event.

Symbol Normal Movement Range Movement range during AU Unemployment Rate
NZDUSD 18-28 pips 21-34 pips (21.24%)
EURUSD 13-22 pips 17-31 pips (37.63%)
GBPUSD 19-31 pips 21-37 pips (18.70%)
AUDUSD 16-27 pips 32-55 pips (98.06%)

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