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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.

The U.S. dollar’s forex performance was as mixed as the reviews for Coldplay’s Super Bowl 50 halftime show, as it gave up ground to the yen and euro but advanced against the pound and comdolls.

Not much on today’s morning London trading session calendar, but price action among various forex pairs had a very noticeable theme – risk aversion flows are back!

Employment numbers from the U.S. and Canada are out! Which report caused cheers and which one stirred concerns among forex traders?

Forex traders saw little action today, thanks to most of the Asian markets closed for the Chinese New Year holidays.

Weak jobs data? So what?! The Greenback managed to score big gains against its forex rivals on Friday, despite a downbeat January NFP report.

Despite the prevalence of risk aversion during the recent forex trading week, the Kiwi didn’t suffer as much as the other higher-yielding currencies. Are the underlying fundamentals supporting demand for the Kiwi perhaps? Time to find out!

The forex trading week has come and gone, and it looks like the Greenback, the Aussie, and the Loonie were getting the stuffing beaten out of ‘em, with the euro, the Swissy, and the Japanese yen doing most of the beating. So, what was driving forex price action this week?

It was mostly calm in the forex front as the the market hunkered down for the upcoming NFP report. Most currency pairs were milling about in tight ranges, but there was some noticeable demand for the Swissy and the Kiwi.

Were central bankers busy or what! In case you missed them, let’s review what the BOC, ECB, RBNZ, Fed, BOJ, and the BOE had to say and how they have affected forex price action.