
In this article, we will discuss what the term confluence means and why traders should care about it.
2020-03-25 • Updated
Introduction
The level of non-farm employment change, also known as the non-farm payrolls or the NFP is one of the most high-valued indicators in the economic calendar. Traders and investors give it the same level of importance as to the monetary policy meetings and speeches by the heads of the central banks. This indicator makes the market very volatile, and you can create a profitable strategy based on it. FBS analysts will explain to you what strategy is more suitable for trading NFP.
What are the non-farm payrolls and when they are released?
Non-farm employment change represents the change in the number of employed people during the previous month, excluding those who work in the farming industry. The more people are employed, the better the economic conditions are. If the economy is growing, companies hire more people. When people get jobs and stability, they start to spend their additional income and therefore, it boosts the economy. On the other hand, unfavorable economic situation drives firms to employ fewer people and even fire some of their workers. Thus, people lose their income and start to spend less money. It reduces the overall consumer spending and, as a result, the economy slows down.
As a result, the indicator serves as a base for the future rate decision by the Federal Reserve. The high level of the indicator increases the possibility of more rate hikes in future, on the other hand, the decline in the NFP figures raises concerns about the economic slowdown and reduces the number of projected rate hikes by the Fed.
The level of the US NFP usually releases on the first Friday of the month alongside the levels of monthly average hourly earnings and unemployment rate. You can check the time of the next release in the economic calendar.
What to trade?
As the NFP is the American indicator, it will definitely affect the US dollar. Some analysts suggest choosing either GBP/USD or EUR/USD for trading. However, the EUR/USD pair tends to be more volatile on this release.
As it is a widely expected event, we can see that the volatility goes down before the NFP is published. It is recommended to stay out of the market during the early Friday trading hours, as you may be affected by the sudden changes in volatility.
For this type of strategy, we use a 5-minute chart. Let’s look at the following steps.
Buy order + (the high before the release – the low before the release)
Sell order – ((the high before the release – the low before the release))
Example
On the 5 minute chart for EUR/USD, we determine the high at 1.1384 and the low at 1.1362. We open a buy pending order at 1.1389 and a sell pending order at 1.1357. Then we place stop losses: the stop loss for the long position is placed at 1.1357, while the stop loss for the short position is at 1.1389. After the release, we see the large bullish candlestick, which shows the strength of bulls. We place take profit at 1.1411 and cancel the short order. After that, the price immediately started to decline. We earned +22 pips.
Conclusion
The strategy explained above allows to maximize your profit and reduce the risks during the increased volatility. It will help you to trade EUR/USD much easily during the NFP release.
In this article, we will discuss what the term confluence means and why traders should care about it.
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