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Australian employment: release time and what it moves

Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Usually a Thursday around the middle of the month, for the month before, with no fixed time. What it is, what traders watch and how the WhitePips rules treat trading around it.

  • Monthlyhow often
  • 11:30 AMCanberra time
  • Redusual calendar rating

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Times in your own time zone and in New York; releases already out are dimmed. Red is high impact, Amber medium; the ratings are the calendar feed's.

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What AU jobs is

Australian employment

The Labour Force survey counts how many jobs Australia added or lost in the month and the unemployment rate. Full employment is half of the Reserve Bank of Australia's job, so a surprise moves rate expectations and the Australian dollar.

The monthly figures are noisy, so traders look at full-time against part-time jobs and at the participation rate, not only the headline.

When it comes out

Published by
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), Labour Force survey
How often
Monthly
Usual day
Usually a Thursday around the middle of the month, for the month before
Usual time
11:30 AM Canberra time: 00:30 UTC during Australian daylight time (October to April), 01:30 UTC the rest of the year, which is the evening before in New York
On the calendar as
Employment Change, Unemployment Rate
Usual rating
Red

What traders watch

Employment change against the forecast

The headline surprise.

The unemployment rate

The figure the RBA's forecasts are built around.

Full-time against part-time

Full-time jobs are the stronger sign.

On MetaTrader 5Pip value, lots and commission

Symbols AU jobs moves

The WhitePips symbols that usually react most to AU jobs. Each page has the pip or point value, a lot-size example and the commission on every plan.

AUDUSDAustralian dollar / US dollarAUDJPYAustralian dollar / Japanese yenAUDNZDAustralian dollar / New Zealand dollarEURAUDEuro / Australian dollarAUS200Australia 200

Futures on Volumetrica: 6AAustralian dollar

Trading Rules, section 11In the rules' own words

Trading AU jobs at WhitePips

CFD plans Every plan, every stage

News trading is permitted on every CFD plan. You may open, hold and close positions before, during and after economic releases on every CFD plan, in the evaluation and once funded. There is no restricted window around a release on a CFD account, and no profit is removed because a trade was placed around news.

News straddling is not permitted. On every CFD plan, you may not open straddled, offsetting or hedged exposure on the same or correlated instruments within 15 minutes before or after a scheduled Red or Amber (high or medium impact) economic event, a company earnings release, or a major geopolitical announcement, where the purpose is to capture the volatility of the event rather than to take a view on its outcome. Placing a buy and a sell (or a buy stop and a sell stop) on the same instrument, or opposite positions on correlated instruments such as EURUSD and USDCHF, so that whichever way the price jumps one side profits, is straddling. A single position, or positions in one direction, taken on your own view of the release is not.

Trading Rules, sections 11.1 and 11.2. Each straddle is detected and referred to the risk desk, never penalised automatically.

Futures plans One Step funded, Instant

Futures plans. On the futures plans news trading is permitted during the One Step evaluation. On a funded futures account (One Step funded and Instant) no trade may be opened or closed from two minutes before to two minutes after a high-impact release; a position opened before the window may be held through it. Profit from such a trade is removed and the loss stays. The first and second violations are warnings, and the third is referred for compliance review. A news trading violation never ends an account automatically. The releases are those marked as high impact in the economic calendar shown in the dashboard or notified to you.

Trading Rules, section 11.4.

CFD plans: no straddling−15 min to +15 minFunded futures: no trade opened or closed−2 min to +2 minAU jobs
−20 min−15−2+2+15+20 min
A single position taken on your own view, before or after the release, is fine on every CFD plan. On a funded futures account a position opened before the two-minute window may be held through it.

Section 11 of the Trading Rules News trading, explained

QuestionsShort answers

AU jobs: questions

What time is AU jobs released?

11:30 AM Canberra time: 00:30 UTC during Australian daylight time (October to April), 01:30 UTC the rest of the year, which is the evening before in New York. Usually a Thursday around the middle of the month, for the month before.

How often is AU jobs released?

Monthly. Usually a Thursday around the middle of the month, for the month before. The exact dates are set by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS); the dashboard's economic calendar shows the coming week.

Can I trade AU jobs on a WhitePips account?

On every CFD plan, yes: news trading is allowed in the evaluation and once funded. What is not allowed is straddling, opening both directions (or offsetting positions on correlated instruments) within 15 minutes either side of a Red or Amber release to catch the spike; the risk desk reviews it. On a funded futures account, no trade may be opened or closed from two minutes before to two minutes after a high-impact release.

Which markets move most on AU jobs?

On the WhitePips platforms: AUDUSD, AUDJPY, AUDNZD, EURAUD, AUS200, and on futures 6A.

What time are Australian jobs released in New York?

11:30 AM Canberra time is the evening before in New York, around 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM depending on the time of year.

CFDs and futuresNo time limit

Put the numbers to work

Every plan, size and price, with the rules printed before you buy. News trading is allowed on every CFD plan.

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