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Tomorrow, Friday, 03-12-10 at 7:00 AM ET Canada is releasing their monthly Net Employment Change and Unemployment Rate. These reports are released by “Statistics Canada”. -

I did a post “follow up” of last months reports, you can click here to see that post.

I did have a winning trade last month.

These two reports are at times conflicting, so  –  be aware!

Here is the set up tomorrow:

CAD Employment Change stats:

Previous = 43.0K

Forecast = 17.5K

CAD Unemployment Rate stats:

Previous = 8.3%

Forecast = 8.3%

Even though the Unemployment Rate “forecast“ does not change from the “previous“, it could have a positive affect on the Canadian economy if the “actual“ comes out that way.

And, the “forecast” for the Employment Change is not good for the Canadian economy.

Here is how I am set up for tomorrow:

CAD-5-00AM-03-12-10
Looking for a 20K difference
Actual > Forecast = Good for CAD
CAD Employment Change
——actual———-forecast———-previous
_______________17.5K________43.0K
out at -2.5K or less – BUY GBP/CAD
out at 37.5K or higher – SELL GBP/CAD

Actual < Forecast = Good for CAD
CAD Unemployment Rate
________________ 8.3%________ 8.3%

Again, I will be looking for at least a 15K to 20K difference between the “actual” and the “forecast” of the Change in Employment – also, at least a 0.1% change in the Unemployment rate. Of course, both either in favor of or against the CAD.

The currency pair GBP/CAD looks good for my trade set up, I won 1 trade last month with this currency pair.

I did post a “follow up” soon after, click here to see what happened.

The next schedule release of these reports is Friday, 04-09-10 at 6:00 AM ET, I will probably post a “preview” a day or two prior.

Remember, “Past performances are not an indication of future results!”

Stay tuned!