Friday, 5 July 2013

Friday fx news: job data



Friday has come and it promises to be very wild indeed. We have Non Farm payrolls and unemployment rate from United States at 12:30 GMT, as well as net change in employment and unemployment rate from Canada at exactly the same time. This data usually creates very volatile moves in the markets. I expect today will not be an exception to the rule. I hope you saw what happened yesterday when both UK and ECB released interest rate decisions with the comments that followed. Traders lost their heads by trying to short British Pound and Euro. Swiss Franc collapsed like a rock into the water. Remember most European currencies usually move in unison. Franc seems to be the weakest ‘guy’. 

What about other currencies. I assume that US dollar and Canadian dollar will move in unison today too. That’s what usually happens. Either both fall on the news or they both rise. Have this in mind when you place your trades. Gold in most cases falls when Non Farm payrolls comes out. I do not know why, but that is my experience. So, choose appropriate level to enter a short order in gold and if market goes down, so will you. Do not forget to set your stop and take profit orders though. So, a few hours left till the news. Let’s see what happens.

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