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Video of the week: trading FX volatility shocks: fade or follow?

Find out how US dollar pairs historically react to outsized hourly moves and if contrarian or momentum strategies have the greatest success historically.

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Trading FX volatility shocks: fade or follow?

Market research reveals optimal strategies for reacting to significant hourly moves in major currency pairs using one year of price data. See why contrarian approaches generally outperform momentum strategies when trading volatility spikes, with specific win rates and timing advantages revealed across different market conditions. Learn which pairs like USD/CAD show the strongest mean reversion tendencies after shock moves, while discovering why USD/JPY consistently favors trend-following strategies instead.

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  3. Open, monitor, and close positions on FX pairs

Trading forex requires an account with a forex provider like tastyfx. Many traders also watch major forex pairs like EUR/USD and USD/JPY for potential opportunities based on economic events such as inflation releases or interest rate decisions. Economic events can produce more volatility for forex pairs, which can mean greater potential profits and losses as risks can increase at these times. Forex trading involves risk. Losses may exceed deposits. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

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