The RBNZ announce their interest rate decision during the Asian session. The RBNZ are expected to make a move on rates for the first time in over two years. Analysts forecast a cut of 25bps, however markets have only priced…

AUD Retail Sales MoM is released during the Asian session. We only trade this event with a large deviation. If a trade is triggered, we look for a spike of 20-30 pips.

USD Nonfarm Payrolls is released prior to the open of the US session. We add USD Unemployment Rate to Conflict Manager and we look for a spike of 20-30 pips if a trade is triggered.

NZD Employment Change is released late in the US session. This is a two star event and currently one of the most consistent. We add the unemployment rate to Conflict Manager. If a trade is triggered, expect a spike of…

CAD GDP MoM is released pre US session. Historically we have seen a good spike with any deviation from the forecast and follow through usually occurs quickly. If a trade is triggered, expect a spike in excess of 50 pips.

Today we see the first reading of USD GDP QoQ. The first reading is the most volatile and the best to trade. We expect a spike of at least 30 pips on this trade if our triggers are hit.

AUD CPI is released during the Asian session. AUD Trimmed Mean CPI QoQ has been released seconds before the other components in the past and so this is the figure that we focus on. However as this event is only…

CAD Retail Sales is released prior to the open of the US session. We only look to trade this event with a large deviation from the forecast. We setup for CAD Core Retail Sales MoM and add CAD Retail Sales…

USD Retail Sales is released prior to the open of the US session. We’re looking for a divergence of +/-0.5. If this is hit then we will be looking for a 20+ pip spike. This divergence is usually enough for…

Early European session we see GBP Retail Sales, we focus on the Core Retail Sales MoM component. If a trade is triggered, expect a spike around 30 pips. We usually see immediate follow through with this event.