Volatility alert for 2022-10-07 23:30

Canada is releasing its Employment Change news event later today, and because of this we are expecting a large increase in volatility following the event release at 2022-10-07 23:30. 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 CA Employment Change
NZDUSD 22-36 pips 38-61 pips (68.93%)
USDJPY 25-45 pips 41-52 pips (15.62%)
USDCAD 31-53 pips 73-117 pips (119.01%)

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