Warning: Upcoming volatility at 05 Dec 15:00

Canada is releasing its BoC Interest Rate Decision news event later today, and because of this we are expecting a large increase in volatility following the event release at 05 Dec 15:00. 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 BoC Interest Rate Decision
AUDUSD 26-42 pips 27-40 pips (-3.85%)
EURUSD 33-55 pips 37-64 pips (16.20%)
NZDUSD 26-43 pips 29-46 pips (7.22%)
USDCHF 31-51 pips 37-68 pips (33.62%)

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