Big news day!

Luckily I was trading a demo GBP/CHF just before1.30 the price shot up then suddenly went down about 100 pips I exited with small loss as I was watching just to see if this currency pair would be affected, I thought GBP/CHF would be safe to trade? during non farm employment rate announcement.

Why is the GBP so affected by this news report about unemployment in the USA? where is the connection.
I stayed away from all the USD cross pairs.

Sorry if this seems a stupid question.

In future I now no not trade at all, on big news days

The connection is the CHF. It's a safe harbor currency. If there are bad news, CHF will raise.

2nd: The GBP is a high yielder, so this will get sold as well if there are bad news...

That's the short answer...

Regards - Xaron

Like Xaron says; Commonly referred to in the industry as "Flight to Quality"
Franc n' Gold !

Notice that "Return Tickets" are often the norm.

If you are not trading the news is it best to stay out of the market, I noticed that most of the currencies were fairly flat from market open london time till the announcement.
Thanks for your advice