Forex Video & Analysis For U.S. Nonfarm Payroll Employment Change (NFP) 08/06/10

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We’ll be trading the US NFP (Nonfarm Payroll) Employment Changes, it is the most volatile news release for the week as traders and their cousins all sit around in front of their PCs preparing to jump in… Here’s the forecast:

8:30am (NY Time) US NFP Forecast -63K Previous -125K
Unemployment Rate Forecast 9.6% Previous 9.5%
ACTION: USD/JPY BUY +1K SELL -140K

Forex Trading Strategy For Nonfarm Payroll Employment Change (NFP) 07/02/10

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8:30am (NY Time) US NFP      Forecast -110K       Previous 431K
Unemployment Rate                   Forecast 9.8%        Previous 9.7%
ACTION: USD/JPY                        BUY -30K                 SELL -180K

We’ll be focusing on the NFP release today, which is expected at -110K as median forecast figure taken from different surveys, and the previous release figure was at +431K.  If you remember what took place during last NFP release, market reacted with risk aversion sentiment as the actual figure missed expectation by 90K, causing stronger demand for safe-haven currencies such as the USD and JPY across the board.

Trading The U.S. Nonfarm Payroll 06/04/10

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8:30am (NY Time) US NFP      Forecast 515K       Previous 290K
 (Unemployment Rate 9.8%)
ACTION: USD/JPY        BUY 600K           SELL 450K

We’ll be trading the NFP release today, which is expected at +515K with a previous release of 290K.  If you remember what took place during last NFP release, market reacted with extreme risk aversion sentiment despite of the surprise NFP release by positive 100K of deviation, and that’s mainly due to the unexpected rise in Unemployment Rate to 9.9% from 9.7%…

US NFP Nonfarm Payroll Employment Change 04/02/10

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8:30m (NY Time) US NFP      Forecast 185K       Previous -36K
                                                                 
(Unemployment Rate 9.7%)
ACTION:        SELL 100K USD/JPY                 BUY 250K USD/JPY

We’ll be trading the NFP release today, which is expected at +185K with a previous release of -36K.  If you remember what took place during last NFP release, market reacted extremely positive for both USD and risk appetite sentiment as the market was originally expecting a much worse release due to the severe weather condition, but instead NFP came out better than expected with also a better release on the Unemployment Rate by 0.1%…

US Nonfarm Payroll NFP Employment Change 03/05/2010

8:30m (NY Time) US NFP      Forecast -56K       Previous -20K  (Unemployment Rate 9.8%)
ACTION:        SELL -120K USD/JPY                 BUY 20K USD/JPY

We’ll be focusing on the NFP release today, which is expected at -56K with a previous release of -20K; if you remember what happened last NFP, you’d know that the market reacted to the NFP with an initial risk appetite sentiment as the Unemployment Rate went down to 9.7% (10.0% expected), but turned into risk aversion as both benchmark revision and actual release figures brought concerns over the recovery (or lack of) in the job’s market…

US NFP (Nonfarm Payroll) Employment Changes 02/05/10

8:30m (NY Time) US NFP (Nonfarm Payroll) Changes       Forecast 10K       Previous -85K
(Unemployment Rate 10.0%)

ACTION: EUR/USD               SELL -60K USD/JPY                 SELL 80K EUR/USD

We’ll be trading the NFP release today, which is expected at +10K with a previous release of -85K; if you remember what happened last NFP, you’d know that the last release disappointed the market and kept USD under pressure for the better part of the months as after a revision of November NFP to a positive number, the December release brought back concerns over the rate of economic recovery.  At the time of writing this analysis, market is in full risk aversion mode.

US NFP (Nonfarm Payroll) Employment Changes 01/08/10

8:30m (NY Time) US NFP (Nonfarm Payroll) Changes       Forecast -3K       Previous -11K    (Unemployment Rate 10.1%)
ACTION: EUR/USD               BUY -73K         SELL 50K

We’ll focus on the NFP release today, which is expected at -3K with a previous release of -11K; if you remember what happened last NFP, you’d know that the last release surprised the market and revived the end of the year USD rally and caused a major trend change by the much better than expected release of -11K from an expectation of -120K.  However, in order for USD to maintain its bullish rally well into 2010, it is important that today’s release is either inline with expectation or in the positive territory.