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April AUDUSD map for my London desk is short: US Tier-1 as correlation risk, Australian prints that land while London is awake, and China-sensitive headlines when they actually hit the London morning.

I do not collect every AUD headline from Asia that already died before 07:00. If Asia already spent the move, London gets a skip bias unless a fresh US event reopens it.

Size stays below EURUSD. News blackouts follow the US calendar more than local pride. April's map gets a one-line note if RBA week overlaps a heavy US week - then AUDUSD often drops off the roster for two days. Maps are permission sheets. Long maps are how beginners overtrade commodity dollars. If April data shows AUDUSD expectancy negative after costs, the pair leaves until a new sample says otherwise. Maps follow results.

Practical example: when Australian employment lands in the Asia session and US CPI is due the same afternoon, AUDUSD is usually off my London list entirely. Two events pulling on the same pair in one day is too much for a pair I already trade at reduced size. I would rather watch the cleaner EURUSD setup than guess which headline wins.

April's AUDUSD London map on my desk is shorter than the calendar suggests. Asia has usually spent the local prints by 07:00, so I only keep Australian releases that land while London is awake, US Tier-1 as correlation risk, and China-sensitive headlines when they actually hit the morning tape.

Size stays below EURUSD on purpose. When RBA week overlaps a heavy US week, AUDUSD drops off the roster for two days. Two events pulling the same pair is too much for a market I already trade smaller.

Practical filter from last April: Australian employment in Asia plus US CPI the same afternoon meant AUDUSD was off my London list entirely. I watched EURUSD instead of guessing which headline would win.

If the April sample shows negative expectancy after costs, the pair leaves until a new sample says otherwise. Maps follow results, not loyalty to the commodity dollar.

Do you keep AUDUSD on the sheet at half size during those overlap days, or is it a full remove like mine? Full remove has saved me more than half size ever did.