Warning: Upcoming volatility at 20 Dec 03:00

Japan is releasing its BoJ Interest Rate Decision news event later today, and because of this we are expecting a large increase in volatility following the event release at 20 Dec 03:00. 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 JP BoJ Interest Rate Decision
AUDUSD 18-30 pips 18-28 pips (-5.76%)
EURUSD 13-22 pips 16-29 pips (32.37%)
GBPUSD 15-24 pips 16-27 pips (9.48%)
NZDUSD 18-29 pips 17-25 pips (-11.16%)
USDCAD 14-24 pips 13-21 pips (-11.57%)
USDCHF 11-19 pips 11-18 pips (-6.15%)
USDJPY 18-33 pips 44-93 pips (182.94%)

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