Volatility alert for 11 Feb 00:30

Be very careful of upcoming volatility because of United States Core Inflation Rate YoY news event later today. We expect a large increase in volatility on the these instruments following the event release at 11 Feb 00:30 GMT+11:

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 US Core Inflation Rate YoY
GBPUSD 33-53 pips 48-80 pips (50.28%)
USDCAD 29-49 pips 45-77 pips (56.62%)
USDCHF 20-31 pips 33-47 pips (54.26%)
USDJPY 19-32 pips 30-51 pips (57.66%)
AUDUSD 19-32 pips 39-70 pips (119.23%)
EURUSD 23-38 pips 40-64 pips (69.21%)
NZDUSD 19-29 pips 39-66 pips (125.80%)

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