The U.S. December Nonfarm Payrolls came in at +256K, significantly surpassing the forecast of +160K.
Canada’s December Employment Change showed a robust increase of +99K, well above the expected +25K.
With unemployment rates aligning perfectly as well, both reports delivered “perfect numbers,” fueling strong buying interest in USD and CAD.
Learn what a 25-delta FX risk reversal measures, why identical skew can hide different volatility levels, and how to check conventions before interpreting the sign.
Technical Analysis — October 12, 2026 Overview Today’s main themes are continued dollar strength, weakness in the euro and New Zealand dollar, and improving conditions
Today’s Options Overview October 12, 2026 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Spot Rates at the Time of Publication ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ EUR/USD: 1.1210 USD/JPY: 158.22 GBP/USD: 1.3244 USD/CHF: 0.8298 USD/CAD: 1.4257