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Konnichiwa, forex friends! The BOJ introduced negative rates to its monetary policy arsenal, and forex traders responded by dumping the Japanese yen across the board. But what about Japan’s underlying fundamentals?

This trading week’s main theme was the Japanese yen’s weakness to all its forex rivals, but we also have Loonie and Aussie demand as minor themes. Okay, time to take a look at what was driving forex price action this week!

Forex price action was a bit wonky during today’s morning London forex trading session, probably because of end-of-month flows. The wonkiness was most apparent in the euro’s forex price action.

What the heck is “QQE with a negative interest rate” and why did forex traders freak out over it?! Let’s break down what the BOJ had to say today.

Oh no they didn’t! Forex traders were all over the charts after the BOJ printed its decision to adopt NEGATIVE interest rates. What was that all about?!

I’m seeing red! The latest set of economic figures from the U.S. and Japan came in mostly weaker than expected, but risk appetite managed to stay in the forex market.

I appreciate Ludwig von Mises more than most and have for decades. So the yearning for free markets is high on my list. But the reality is we live in a world of controlled and quasi-free markets.

Risk aversion was the name of the game during today’s morning London forex session, but it wasn’t the Japanese yen that was getting a lot of buyers. Care to guess which currency or currencies were in demand?

Hello, forex friends! The U.S. Fed delivered its rate decision and statement, but forex traders weren’t treated to a press conference, which is a real bummer. Nevertheless, the press release did offer some very juicy dovish hints for us to chew on.

A pretty mixed trading session for the major currencies, as forex traders priced in a bit of risk aversion and profit-taking.

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The folks over at the FOMC managed to spur additional forex volatility among the majors but the U.S. dollar eventually slid back to where it started. Here’s why.

Today’s morning London trading session was rather calm since forex traders were probably hunkering down for the upcoming FOMC statement. Pound pairs were relatively active, though, while the Loonie got some buyers near the end of the session.

G’day, forex mates! The Aussie’s recent forex price action has been dictated mostly by the prevailing risk sentiment and reports from or about China. But what about Australia’s underlying fundamentals? Let’s take a look, shall we?

A pretty mixed trading session for forex traders, thanks to a bit of risk aversion creeping in ahead of today’s major economic reports.

Another rebound in crude oil prices brought risk-taking back on the table, allowing higher-yielding currencies to advance against their safe-haven forex counterparts.

Oil staged a rally during today’s morning London forex session, causing risk sentiment to improve. And the returning risk appetite meant that we had another lopsided battle between the safe-havens and the higher-yielders.

We’ve got three monetary policy announcements coming our way this week so y’all better start reading up on what to expect and how forex pairs might react. Can’t hurt to be prepared, right?

Risk aversion was the name of the game during the Asian session, as forex traders priced in lower oil prices and dovish Fed decision speculations.

The latest COT forex positioning report from the CFTC shows that the Greenback continued last week’s theme by losing more ground to the euro and the yen, but it was able to take ground from all its other forex rivals.