Warning: Upcoming volatility at 30 Nov 13:30

Canada is releasing its GDP Growth Rate Annualized news event later today, and because of this we are expecting a large increase in volatility following the event release at 30 Nov 13:30. These are the instruments that will 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 GDP Growth Rate Annualized
EURUSD 30-51 pips 31-39 pips (-23.68%)
USDCAD 40-69 pips 89-126 pips (82.51%)
USDCHF 26-44 pips 29-39 pips (-12.34%)
USDJPY 27-46 pips 28-50 pips (7.78%)

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