Consider closing some positions today

Be very careful of upcoming volatility because of United States Existing Home Sales news event later today. We expect a large increase in volatility on the these instruments following the event release at 19 Dec 15:00 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 US Existing Home Sales
AUDUSD 26-42 pips 26-42 pips (1.73%)
EURUSD 33-55 pips 39-66 pips (19.79%)
NZDUSD 26-43 pips 29-39 pips (-9.75%)
USDCHF 31-51 pips 35-56 pips (11.44%)

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

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