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UK Retail Sales: Forecast

ByHenry Liu
Published 06/19/2013, 06:03 AM
Updated 07/09/2023, 06:31 AM
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UK Retail Sales is a high impact news and with the positive releases we’ve seem in recent claimant count and PMIs figures, there is a good possibility that we may see better than expected release today.

Forecast:
4:30am (NY Time) Forecast 0.8% Previous -1.3%
DEVIATION: 0.5% (BUY GBP 1.3% / SELL GBP 0.3%)

The Trade Plan
The monthly retail sales report is a direct measurement of consumer activities at the retail level. A higher release is generally good for the economy, and better for it´s currency; a lower release is considered negative for the economy and not good for it´s currency.

Our tradable deviation or surprise factor for UK Retail Sales is +1.3% to BUY and 0.3% SELL. If our deviation is hit, we can expect the market to move at least 50 pips within the hour;

I’d recommend using the Recommended Pairs from above as they are based on my CSM, which should provide the best combination of currency pairs to trade based on better/worse news… of course, you can also trade the default pair: GBP/USD.

Outlook Score
Outlook score is derived from market sentiment, focus, and economic indicators for the currency. It represents the long-term trend of the currency and its market perception. In short, a strong Outlook Score means more long-term demand for the currency, and a weak Outlook Score is the opposite.

Definition
UK Retail Sales measures the value of sales at the retail level. A rising trend has a positive effect on the nations currency because Retail Sales make up a large portion of consumer spending, which is a major driver of the economy and has a sizable impact on GDP. Traders payclose attention to Retail Sales because it is usually the first significant indicator of the month that relates to consumer behavior and is susceptible to surprises.

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