NFP Friday: Are we in for another surprise!

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Tomorrow Friday 8th July is one of the most important days in July from traders’ perspective. Both institutional and retail traders alike globally are focussing on the US June Non-Farm Payroll report (at 12:30 pm GMT) after the May payroll growth number came in surprisingly low at 38.000 jobs (73.000 when adjusted for Verizon strike). Now the question is whether this number was an outlier or a real indication of the US jobs market slowing down significantly.

We assume that it is likely that the June number was an outlier. As the three month average before the horrendous May reading was 181.000 analyst expectations for the July number range from 160.000 to 210.000 we believe the June payroll increase to be in between these forecasts. The consensus is expecting 178.000 new jobs. The ADP employment number published today (172.000) indicates that this number isn’t probably too far from the actual release tomorrow. However, the NFP number has surprised from time to time as we know.

If the actual number deviates strongly from the expectations market volatility usually increases and could create trading opportunities or even an intraday trend after the initial and often unpredictable see sawing settles down. We do not recommend holding geared positions into the event or taking geared positions during the initial volatility that arises from the announcement. However, we are looking for trading signals 20 to 30 minutes after the announcement.  We will keep you updated via the analysis.hotforex.com analysis page and my Facebook page (HotForex Janne Muta) with some live commentary on the results and market action.

Come and join us tomorrow around 12:30 pm GMT. If the number differs strongly from analyst expectation tomorrow could be an interesting and exciting day!

Janne Muta

Chief Market Analyst

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About Janne Muta, HotForex’s Chief Market Analyst

jmutaJanne Muta is a seasoned industry professional with over 16 years experience in the global markets. Originally from Finland, Janne has worked for institutions in both Helsinki and London as an institutional fund manager, global market analyst and FX educator.

Traders and fund managers from around the world have benefited greatly from Janne’s technical analysis methods. The indicators and price action based trading models he has developed, have, after rigorous testing, proven to be invaluable in identifying high probability trades.


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