Volatility alert for 2022-10-07 23:30

Due to the United States Non Farm Payrolls news event later today, we are expecting a large increase in volatility on the these instruments following the event release at 2022-10-07 23:30:

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 Non Farm Payrolls
USDCHF 24-39 pips 35-46 pips (15.93%)
NZDUSD 22-36 pips 39-57 pips (58.88%)
USDJPY 25-45 pips 42-52 pips (15.62%)
USDCAD 31-53 pips 71-114 pips (113.28%)

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