JamesThatcher
Well-known member
What does the data mean to the market?
Higher interest rates are great for the value of the currency. Therefore, higher interest rates will create a BUY on ZAR Pairs and vice versa.
We see deviations often. We have seen four deviations since November 2018, which is excellent from a bi-monthly report.
April 2020 - We had a surprise cut of 1.5%, it was unscheduled, and the market wasn't ready to react. We don't have a chart for this, as it's an infrequent scenario.
March 2020 - An excellent cut of -0.50 gave a 1600 pip move over 3 mins. Not on the chart, the data arrives 9 mins late, so the chart time is 13.09
See charts here.
https://calendarapi.galaxysoftwarei...jYWxlbmRhcjtpPTE2NTI5O3Q9MjAyMC0wMy0xOTtyPU0x
Historic deviations and their outcome
January 21 2020 A surprise -0.5% cut to the rate gave a solid 700 pip move on USDZAR. Awesome move
It's worth noting that the delivery time of this data was 9 mins past the hour.
Check out the price action here:
I will use forecasts of:
Interest Rate Decision 4.75
Today's trade plan
Today it's forecast to see an increase to 4.75%; therefore, if we see a higher than expected increase to 5.00% or more, I will take a buy which will be a sell on UDSZAR. Or if we see an increase to 4.50.%, I will take a sell, which is a buy on USDZAR.
We should bank some nice pips if this hit.
Tradable pairs
USDZAR
ZARJPY
Hope this helps but please do your own analysis!!
Good luck!!
James Thatcher
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