Consider closing some positions today

Be very careful of upcoming volatility because of Australia Westpac Consumer Confidence Index news event later today. We expect a large increase in volatility on the these instruments following the event release at 11 Dec 23:30 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 AU Westpac Consumer Confidence Index
EURUSD 14-24 pips 12-19 pips (-17.49%)
GBPUSD 16-26 pips 13-19 pips (-25.33%)
USDCAD 14-23 pips 13-19 pips (-16.78%)
USDCHF 11-19 pips 10-17 pips (-8.42%)
USDJPY 21-38 pips 18-32 pips (-14.10%)

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

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