Past 24 hours have been busy with economic publications, so let’s find out what impact they have had on the FX spreads.
Euro/Dollar’s long term average spread is point 36 pips and peak separation has been 1.9 pips.
The pair has rebounded from yesterday’s low by a total of point 86% or 97 pips.
News reports don’t match the time of the peak spread here – both of the sides were 1.9 pips apart yesterday at 3:36 PM as the rate rose.
Next up is the Cable, which has a daily average spread of point 8 pips. Both of the sides were 3.6 pips apart during the past 4 hours.
Pound/Dollar has appreciated by a total of point 56% or 71 pips to hit the daily high of 1 2733.
UK Retail Sales report sent the spreads higher today at 8:30 in the morning, but 3.6 pips is the most you should have been charged.
And last up is the Dollar/Yen, which has long term average and maximum spreads of point 44 and 2.1 pips respectively.
The pair dropped yesterday by a total of point 76% or 85 pips, but it has since rebounded from the low of 110 43.
It was busy with US data releases yesterday at a half past noon GMT and that’s the time of the peak spread, but 2.1 pips is the line that shouldn’t have been crossed.
I’m Kiays Khalil and this was the Dukascopy spike controller for Thursday.

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