Spike Controller

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Euro/Dollar has a long term average spread of point 26 pips and maximum separation has been 2 and a half pips.
This pair has been moving up from the low of 1 0631 and it has gained a total of point 58% or 62 pips.
German ZEW Survey was released yesterday at 10 AM and that’s the time of the peak daily spread, but you shouldn’t have seen a separation bigger than 2.5 pips.
Pound/Dollar’s spreads have averaged at point 89 pips during the last 24 hours, peaking at 6.4 pips.
The Cable rose sharply during the last 4 hours and it gained a total of point 4% or 61 pips.
Spreads were higher than usual for a number of ticks yesterday at 1:30 PM GMT as the US CPI was out, but you shouldn’t have been charged more than 6.4 pips.
Last up is the Dollar/Yen, which has long term average and maximum spreads of point 32 and 4.1 pips respectively.
Last 24 hours have been generally calm for this pair and the biggest move is a rise of point 24% or 30 pips.
The US CPI release has had the most pressure on the spreads here as well, but anything far above the max of 4.1 pips should be questioned.
That concludes the Main Spike Controller for Wednesday. These stats will be updated on an hourly basis throughout the day so stay tuned.