AU Employment Change today will be a strong catalyst for the AUD if we get a positive surprise. With China’s economy improving and the fact that RBA is keeping the current rate policy, today’s release has the potential to push AUD tot he next level. Since the AU Employment Change is similar to U.S. NFP (Nonfarm Payroll) and Canada Employment Change, you can be sure that market will react similarly to the AUD on a strong surprise, here´s the forecast:
8:30pm (NY Time) AU Employment Change Forecast 10.0K Previous 10.4K
AU Unemployment Rate Forecast 5.5% Previous 5.4%
DEVIATION: 25K (BUY AUD @ +35K / SELL AUD @ -20K)
The Trade Plan
The deviation that we are looking for is at least of 25K. Historically a 25K~30K of difference has produced about 40~50 pips of movement in the direction of the difference about 75% of the time. Expect to see the effect of this news to last minimum 45 minutes to 2 hours; typical news effect should last under 2 hours. One other important news to pay attention to is the Unemployment Rate, which is expected to be tick up at 5.5%. If we don´t get a conflict with the Employment Change, then we will proceed with the trading plan.
We´ll look to trade this using after news retracement trading method, we´ll wait for the market to retrace and stay out of the market during the release time. If we get a +35K of release, our bias will be to BUY AUD against other currencies; if we get a -20K of release, our bias will be to SELL AUD against stronger currencies. We´ll only enter after we see a decent retracement from the initial spike and if we get those release numbers…
I’d recommend to use the Recommended Pairs from above as they are based on my CSM, which should provide the best combination of currency pairs to trade based on better/worse news… of course, you can also trade the default pair: AUD/USD.
Outlook Score
Outlook score is derived from market sentiment, focus, and economic indicators for the currency. It represents the long-term trend of the currency and its market perception. In short, a strong Outlook Score means more long-term demand for the currency, and a weak Outlook Score is the opposite.
DEFINITION
“Measures the change in number of employed people during the previous month. A rising trend has a positive effect on the nation´s currency. Job creation is an important indicator of economic health because consumer spending, which is highly correlated with labor conditions, makes up a large portion of GDP.”