Forex Gump

Let’s start the year with quick and wacky predictions for the months ahead! The FX-Men made pretty decent calls for 2015. What forex trends and other shenanigans are they looking for in 2016?

Before we close this chapter on 2015 and open a new one, let’s look back at the most memorable market themes that likely affected your forex trades one way or another. Did you make profits or losses from any of these?

The Kiwi was out of luck in 2015 since it lost to all its forex rivals, with the Loonie being the sole exception. And an overlay of several Kiwi pairs on NZD/USD shows that the Kiwi had four major periods, which I’ll be briefly discussing in this forex review.

The pound had a mixed performance in 2015, losing out to some forex rivals while winning out against others. Nevertheless, the pound had five distinctive periods or phases throughout the forex trading year, so read all about it here.

Aussie bulls the felt pain in 2015 thanks to weak economic data from both Australia and China, with the latter igniting big risk-off moves in the forex markets.

When it came to volatility, and although short live, the Swiss franc was the king of currency volatility in 2015. For those who missed it, here’s a quick review of how the franc rocked forex trader’s worlds!

The Japanese yen started off mixed, but managed to climb up against the majors throughout year and end strong. Did Japan’s economy improve in 2015?

Even though 2015 didn’t quite turn out to be the Year of the Dollar: Part II, a couple of market factors still kept the Greenback supported against its forex peers.

The euro brought action, suspense, and drama to forex traders this year. And that’s just over the Greek debt saga. Here are other factors that had euro traders yelling “NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!”

It’s near the end of the year, with the holiday cheer drawing near. So without further ado, I’ll start my Loonie review, but don’t expect any more rhyming from here.