Consider closing some positions today

Be very careful of upcoming volatility because of United States Housing Starts news event later today. We expect a large increase in volatility on the these instruments following the event release at 20 Nov 13:30 GMT:

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 Housing Starts
EURUSD 30-51 pips 41-72 pips (41.38%)
USDCAD 40-69 pips 44-76 pips (11.21%)
USDCHF 26-44 pips 35-62 pips (39.16%)
USDJPY 27-46 pips 28-47 pips (0.30%)

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