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The dollar dominated the last trading day of the year, as forex traders took a head start at pricing in more rate hikes from the Fed.

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?

Clinging to beliefs is a common trader’s malady which often leads to a trigger never pulled, aka “paralysis of analysis.” How can we overcome this and focus on probabilities?

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.

I will share what I believe to be plausible rationales for the US dollar as we head into 2016—rationales that seem equally balanced and will allow for some will committed fence sitting.

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?

The past twelve months were pretty eventful ones, not just for forex price action itself, but also for the entire financial industry. Here’s my wrap-up for 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.

Hello, forex buddies! Most of the latest CPI numbers for the major economies are in, so it’s time for another Global Inflation Roundup to see what’s driving or dragging global inflation, as well as to see if there are any patterns we can pick up.

The forex trading week has come and gone, and the main themes for this trading week were pound weakness and Kiwi strength, with demand for the yen, the Greenback, and the Aussie as secondary themes. So, what drove forex price action?

No top-tier items on the docket for today’s morning London forex session, so forex traders turned to risk sentiment, oil prices, and the BOJ’s monetary policy decision from earlier for direction.

Planning on taking off early for the holidays but leaving some forex positions open? Better make sure you’ve made the necessary adjustments for these potential catalysts!

The yen dominated the forex show during the Asian session, as traders priced in the BOJ’s surprising (but disappointing) additional easing measures.

Dollar domination was the name of the game during the U.S. session, as forex traders got more confident about pricing in the Fed’s rate hike.