Spike Controller

It’s Tuesday, 17th of November and time for the primary Dukascopy Spike Controller providing you with the benchmark interbank price data. I`m Monica Gibson.<br />Euro/Dollar’s long term average spread is point 26 pips and maximum separation has been 1.4 pips.<br />Last 24 hours have been bearish for the Euro and the pair has declined by close to 1% or 103 pips to hit the low of 1 0643.<br />Spreads have been generally calm and the maximum of only 1.4 pips took place just minutes ago as German ZEW survey was released.<br />The Cable’s spreads have averaged at point 93 pips during the last 24 hours, peaking at 10.6 pips recently.<br />Daily volatility of 66 pips was posted as the rate declined by point 43%, but it rose sharply during the last 4 hours.<br />UK CPI release rocked the spreads for this pair today at 9:30 in the morning, so let’s see what happened.<br />Both of the sides separated for a number of ticks, but 10.6 pips is the most you should have been charged.<br />Last up is the Dollar/Yen, which has a long term average and maximum spreads of point 33 and 2.9 pips respectively.<br />Greenback has been moving up against the Yen and this pair has gained point 42% or 52 pips.<br />Spreads have been mostly narrow and the max of 2.9 pips took place yesterday at 7:38 PM as both sides went in their separate ways for a single tick.<br />That’s it for now, but we`ll be updating these stats on an hourly basis, so check back.