Sunday, August 9, 2015

Summer trading conditions are here | US jobs report maintains interest rate expectations

Forex volume of trade and volatility were both down during the first week of trading in August. This has had the effect of creating lacklustre moves in the major pairs, such as the EURUSD, which is not conducive to trading. Apart from the lack of the kind of solid moves we like in order to profit, these trading conditions create a thin market. This increases risk.

US jobs report maintains interest rate expectations

The US Non-Farm Payrolls report came out on Friday, as it always does on the first Friday of the month. It came in at 215k new jobs, as against 223k previously, and as also expected for this time around. The failure to hit the expected figure was not regarded by the market as serious, as the number was in excess of 200k. The US dollar initially benefited on the news, because it did not work against the prevailing belief that there will be at least one interest rate rise this year, but the gains were later given back, as can be seen from the chart above.

The failure of the NFPs to initiate a decisive and sustained move, in either direction, is another indication of low volatility summer trading.

Be careful out there.


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