Canada Unemployment Rate News Event – a possible $120.38 movement on USDJPY

Based on the last 12 Unemployment Rate events in Canada, we expect a $120.38 movement on USDJPY within 12 hours following the event release at 04 Jan 13:30. We expect USDJPY to trend downwards 12 hours following the event release at 04 Jan 13:30 if the released value is > 5.7%

Historical events that allowed us to draw this conclusion

06 Jul 13:30
09 Feb 13:30

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

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