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It was a good trading session for risk takers, as forex traders mostly shrugged off China’s weak trade data and still bought high-yielding currencies.

Thanks to upbeat retail sales data and a bit of profit-taking, the U.S. dollar was able to rebound against its forex counterparts on Friday.

The Greenback hasn’t been attracting a lot of forex traders recently, likely because of speculation that the Fed won’t be able to hike rates by March and beyond. But are the underlying fundamentals also scaring away forex traders? Time to find out!

The theme for this forex trading week was absolute domination by the Japanese yen, although the Swiss franc was in demand as well. Okay, time to see what was driving forex price action this week!

Price action was a bit more subdued than usual during today’s morning London forex session, but there was more than enough volatility and directional movement to keep the session interesting.

Thinking of trading the Loonie? Take a quick look at Canada’s main economic components and see if you can find any forex trade opportunities!

Profit-taking was the name of the game, as the low-yielding currencies gave up pips to the high-yielders during the forex trading session.

The lack of top-tier data in yesterday’s U.S. trading session wasn’t enough to stop the major currencies from showing off their moves in the forex dance floor, as headlines from the financial world made investors jittery.

Not much on the docket for today’s morning London forex session, but there was volatility aplenty since forex traders turned once again to European equities and overall risk sentiment for direction.

Hello, forex friends! If you’re looking for a likely catalyst to pump some volatility into Greenback pairs this coming Friday, then your best bet is the upcoming U.S. retail sales report. And it just so happens that I’ve got a Forex Trading Guide for it.

I’m seeing double! Thanks to another thin trading day for the Asian markets, forex traders mostly mirrored yesterday’s price action.

Rally and reverse! The Greenback was off to a pretty good start but it eventually returned its recent gains to its forex peers. What’s that all about?

Risk appetite made a major comeback during today’s morning London forex session, so the safe-havens and the lower-yielding euro had a reversal of fortune against the higher-yielders. Can you guess which higher-yielding currency was the one currency that ruled them all?

Greetings, forex chaps! There has recently been a surge in interest over the possibility of a Brexit, but what is the sudden hubbub all about? And why did interest spike lately? Well, stay awhile and listen.

A lack of economic data forced forex traders into trading yesterday’s themes, and pushed the major currencies deep into Chopsville.

Another mixed day for the dollar as it lost further ground to the euro and yen while struggling to stay afloat against the commodity currencies. What in the forex world is going on?!

The forex calendar for today’s morning London trading session only had low and mid-tier items on tap, so forex traders turned to European equities, oil, and overall risk sentiment for direction.

Still scratching your head wondering what’s been bothering the Greenback these days? It must’ve been all this dovish talk from Fed officials! Here’s what they’ve said lately.

Thanks to another low-volume trading session, forex traders extended the risk aversion theme across the board.

The value of net long USD positions fell for its sixth straight week but the latest CFTC report suggests that dollar bears might take it easy from here.