Warning: Upcoming volatility at 11 Dec 00:30

Australia is releasing its NAB Business Confidence news event later today, and because of this we are expecting a large increase in volatility following the event release at 11 Dec 00:30. 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 AU NAB Business Confidence
EURUSD 14-24 pips 16-25 pips (7.06%)
GBPUSD 16-26 pips 18-29 pips (11.04%)
USDCAD 14-23 pips 16-28 pips (20.93%)
USDCHF 11-19 pips 13-21 pips (11.45%)
USDJPY 21-38 pips 23-39 pips (3.40%)

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