Consider closing some positions today

Be very careful of upcoming volatility because of United Kingdom GDP Growth Rate YoY Final news event later today. We expect a large increase in volatility on the these instruments following the event release at 21 Dec 09:30 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 GB GDP Growth Rate YoY Final
AUDUSD 21-34 pips 24-34 pips (0.71%)
EURUSD 26-45 pips 39-43 pips (-4.57%)
NZDUSD 21-32 pips 23-40 pips (22.12%)
USDCAD 24-40 pips 23-26 pips (-32.51%)
USDCHF 23-39 pips 26-36 pips (-6.95%)

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

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