Volatility alert for 2023-03-23 05:00

United States is releasing its Fed Interest Rate Decision news event later today, and because of this we are expecting a large increase in volatility following the event release at 2023-03-23 05:00. 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 US Fed Interest Rate Decision
USDCHF 14-23 pips 43-91 pips (290.72%)
GBPUSD 22-38 pips 97-167 pips (336.52%)
USDCAD 21-36 pips 70-116 pips (223.82%)
EURUSD 16-27 pips 56-116 pips (315.74%)
AUDUSD 15-25 pips 73-126 pips (387.09%)
NZDUSD 15-25 pips 63-107 pips (322.74%)

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