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Oct
28/10
Trades for Oct 29, 2010
Last Updated on Thursday, 28 October 2010 04:31
Written by Barry Battista
Thursday, October 28th, 2010

We have 2 trades tomorrow that both come out at 8:30.  This can be complicated if you trade them both.  If you are going to only trade 1, I would go with the US release.

8:30 AM EST

CAD GDP m/m – Change in the inflation adjusted value of all goods and services.

EUR/CAD

The spread on the EUR/CAD is 8 or 9 pips with most brokers, so we start off needing a good spike just to break even.  I think I would avoid a medium trigger with this and use .3 for a safe.  If it hits .3 we should get a decent spike out of it.   The last 2 months it came out at 0.  In July it came out at -.1 and spiked a few pips the wrong way before retracing.  In August there was a second row of data with this release that only comes out quarterly.  In August, the second row came out at .5 and caused a 33 pip spike, but it is not due out again till next month.  The Straddle is particularly risky with this because of the big spread in the EUR/CAD and the large deviation required for a decent spike.  And if you try the USD/CAD you risk the US GDP conflicting in direction with the CAD GDP.  No telling what would happen in this case other than you would likely lose money.  So, I would not recommend the Straddle on this.

8:30 AM EST

US GDP q/q Advanced – Change in the inflation adjusted value of all goods and services.  Like the British GDP, this is the first of 3 quarterly releases and therefore tends to have the most impact.

EUR/JPY or USD/JPY

In July (the last time an Advanced number was released) it came out with a -.2 deviation.  It spiked down 22 pips, retraced all the way, went down 30 pips, and retraced again.  A revision of .1 came out in the opposite direction but seemed to have little effect.  I will use .4 medium and .6 safe for the Oracle Trader, and will trade the EUR/JPY.  I will trade 1/2 my normal lots on the medium and full lots on the safe.  I will also set up the Straddle on the EUR/JPY with a maxspread of 7.  Like usual, be quick to Remove the Straddle EA as soon as the data comes out.  If you are in, then manage the live trade like you would any other live trade.

Good luck and be really careful if you are trading both releases.

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Oct
28/10
Live Trade Calls for October 29, 2010
Last Updated on Thursday, 28 October 2010 04:24
Written by dustin pass
Thursday, October 28th, 2010

TRADE CALL RECAP

For our last live trade call, we were watching the US Durable Goods report yesterday morning. We recommended raising our safe trigger for this release, so we were looking to sell the EURJPY if the number came out at least 3.0% worse than expected. The actual number came out only 1.3% worse than expected, so it did not meet our safe triggers.

OUR NEXT LIVE ON THE NEWS TRADE CALLS

We will have two opportunities for a trade tomorrow when both the Canadian GDP and the US GDP reports are released at 8:30 am EDT (12:30 pm GMT). If you are only able to focus on one of the trades, we recommend trading the US GDP as this is a quarterly Advanced number, which typically has more of an impact on the market.

For the US GDP report, the expectation is currently 2.1%. We will focus on the EURJPY for this trade, and a larger than expected number will trigger a buy on the EURJPY.

We will likely prefer to see a buy trigger on this release as the EURJPY is currently in an uptrend. We could expect to see a 25-50 pip move on a safe trigger. We will likely set the safe trigger to 0.5% as this is an Advanced GDP number which typically has more of an impact on the market than the other quaterly numbers.

This report has met our safe trigger in four out of the last twelve months, and the EURJPY has moved approximately 20-75 pips each time. This report last met our safe trigger in January, and we had traders report profits of up to 35 pips on the EURJPY. The chart for the EURJPY at the time of January’s release is below.

The video of January’s trade is below.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVXzmo85Vdw

For the Canadian GDP report, the expectation is 0.3% and we will most likely set our deviation to at least 0.3% to trigger a safe trade. A higher than expected number would be good for the CAD, and signal a sell on the USDCAD and EURCAD. We could expect a 20-30 pip move on the EURCAD if it meets our safe trigger.

This release can be an interesting one as the Canadian GDP is the broadest measure of economic health in Canada. Our focus for this particular release will be on the EURCAD as the other US data could impact the USDCAD. We will most likely prefer a buy trigger on this release as that could have a bigger impact on the market. However, this release has not moved very well the last few times it has met our safe triggers, so you will want to use extra caution on this release if you decide to trade it.

This report met our safe trigger three times last year, causing the EURCAD to move between 10-25 pips each time. This report last met our safe trigger in September of 2009, and the EURCAD did not react very well to the deviation. Most traders reported getting out at breakeven or taking a small loss on the trade. However, there was a very good move in February and June with just a 0.2% deviation because of strong agreement with some other data. Below is a chart for the EURCAD at the time of last September’s release:

A video of last September’s trade is below:

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GFcVxHK_U0

This is our current outlook for these trade opportunities; however, it is subject to change as market conditions may change by tomorrow. Be sure to log in to the Live Trade Room 15 minutes prior to the releases to get my commentary on these trades.

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