Based on the last 12 BoJ Interest Rate Decision events in Japan, we expect a $160 movement on AUDUSD within 2 hours following the event release at 18 Jan 03:00. We expect AUDUSD to trend downwards 2 hours following the event release at 18 Jan 03:00 if the released value is = -0.1%

Historical events that allowed us to draw this conclusion

17 Dec 03:00

22 Sep 03:00

18 Jun 03:00

21 Jan 03:00

18 Dec 03:45

17 Sep 03:00

15 Jul 03:00

16 Jun 02:45