Hi Peter,
wow! What a slep in the face for USD bulls! I do not even remember such an NFP. I see one neutral data (5.1% unemployment rate) and everything else is red on my economic calendar - ok, shouldn´t over dramatize, the Average Hourly Earnings got a +0.1% revision for the last report.
This reminds me when Philip discussed about one year ago (with many analysts) if the first rate hike might come in Q1 2015. Well, 2015 might be the year where a rate hike was expected and postponed throughout the whole year.
Peter, I congratulate on that call. I have many wishes where I haven´t travelled yet on the world and for sure with this trade you made, you can pay my holidays.
One sidenot. I also analysed (like Peter above) the reactions of the pairs almost 2 hours after the report. Some interesting information: AUD has to be very weak as at the time it is the only pair which is losing to USD compared to its pre-NFP level.
Very interesting to observe exotic currencies around the world. They show a completely different picture. HUF is beating USD by a lot, TRY also, RUB is at even, but ZAR and MXN even lost ground vs. USD. What kind of a reaction is that? I guess there are huge forces, maybe a weak USD on one side, but also a safe haven USD on the other side for some currencies.
Will be interesting what the Fed says next time. Maybe it will be like always: the bottle is half full, but also half empty
Take care,
FE