Friday, June 5, 2015

Extreme Volatility



The most important event of the month came in like a storm and created extreme volatility in under a second. Let us talk facts:

USD Change in Non-farm Payrolls (MAY): +280K versus +226K expected, from +221K.
USD Unemployment Rate (MAY): 5.5% versus 5.4% expected.
USD Labor Force Participation (MAY): 62.9% from 62.8%.

The strong Jobs data came at an important time for the U.S. Dollar when traders and investors started to think of its recent lull as the beginning of a new uptrend for the euro, when it could actually be just a short-lived economic slowdown.

The EURUSD just lost 240pips in under an hour. Support: 1.09876

Chart: H4.

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