Mexico MEX interest Rate November 11 2021

JamesThatcher

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What does the data mean to the market?

Mexico's central bank votes on where to set the countries interest rate.

Traders watch interest rate changes closely as interest rates are the primary factor in currency valuation.

A higher than expected rate is positive/bullish for the MXN (Mexican Peso), while a lower than expected rate is negative/bearish for the MXN.




Historic deviations and their outcome

June 24 2021 A shock hike in the rate by 0.25 basis points saw three minutes of continuing price action, making for a lovely trade and lots of opportunity to bank loads of pips.

Check out the price action here:

November 12 2020 We saw an increase of +18 basis point (bps) from the average forecast, which created a massive 546 pip move in the first minute following the data release, that's an average of 30 pips per basis point. Great move!

Check out the price action here:

August 15 2019 We saw a cut of -25 basis points (bps) from the average forecast, resulting in a move of 831 pips which was a lovely move!

Check out the price action here:




I will use forecasts of:

Interest Rate 5.0



Today's trade plan

Today we have an expected hike to the rates however it's not a unanimous prediction which always makes interest rate decisions a lot more exciting.

Seventeen economists predict a hike to 5.00% but five predict a hike further to 5.25%

I'm using an average forecast of 5.05%

Therefore if we see a hike to 5.00% I will not take a trade.

If we see a hike of 5.05% or greater I will take a buy and expect 600 to 1000 pips.

If we see no hike and the rate remains at 4.75% I will take a sell and expect 900 - 1000 pips

Today's liquidity conditions are likely to be sub-par due to the closure of US markets for Veterans Day, and bank holidays in other countries. Which you should be aware of.





Tradable pairs

USDMXN


Hope this helps but please do your own analysis!!

Good luck!!

James Thatcher

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The interest rate usually has correlation with the inflation rate, when the inflation rate is so high, the central bank will try to control inflation using policy, and one of them is increasing the interest rate, in simple explanation, inflation occurs when cash money overwhelming in public, meanwhile, goods and service are same, increasing interest expected will absorb funds from public and reduce money circulating to control inflation.
 
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