Mario Draghi shook up the FX Markets during the last 24 hours, so stay with us to find out what influence the speech had on the spread levels. I’m Sam Meredith.
Euro/Dollar’s long term average spread is point 32 pips and maximum separation has been 29.7 pips.
Traders favorite pair has surged by a massive 4.37% or 460 pips to reach the daily high, which is slightly below the key level of 1 10.
Spreads peaked yesterday at 12:45 PM GMT during ECB’s monetary policy announcement, so let’s zoom in on the price action.
They were volatile for a number of ticks, but 29.7 pips is the biggest separation you should have seen.
The Cable’s long term average and maximum spreads are point 91 and 10.3 pips respectively.
Pound/Dollar surged yesterday by a considerable 1.6% or 239 pips to hit the daily high of 1 5160.
Spreads were elevated for a while yesterday during the ECB’s announcement here as well, but 10.3 pips is the most you should have been charged.
Last up is the Dollar/Yen, which has long term average spread of point 29 pips. Daily peak is 7.8 pips.
This pair has declined by close to 1% or 119 pips, but it rose slightly from the low of 122 30.
Spreads were at their highest point yesterday at 3 PM GMT as Fed’s Yellen spoke, but make sure your broker hasn’t increased them artificially above the daily max of 7.8 pips.
This wraps up Friday’s main Spike Controller, but we’ll be updating these stats on an hourly basis, so click back.

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