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The morning London forex session was once again not a good one for the euro and pound, both falling on fresh economic data and ongoing Greece fears.

Too busy enjoying the holidays to keep tabs on forex market movements? Don’t worry! I’ve got the latest market themes covered in this edition of Piponomics.

Looks like dollar bulls are taking a break! The U.S. currency returned some of its recent wins to its forex counterparts, as traders are probably booking profits lately.

Thanks to risk aversion, trading volatility remained interesting for forex traders during the U.S. trading session.

Forex volatility picked up in the full first day back, & it’s not looking good for euro & pound bulls as both currencies fall in the morning London session.

It’s that time of the year, folks! We’re happy to see a few of our forex ideas from last year play out well in 2014, so why not do it again with some wacky ideas out for 2015 as well?!

Dollar domination, baby! The U.S. currency extended its rallies against its forex counterparts in today’s Asian trading session, as risk sentiment continued to drive price action.

Talk about starting the year with a bang! High-yielding currencies had no chance against the Greenback, thanks to economic events heightening risk aversion among holiday forex market players.

Just when you thought we couldn’t see another huge drop in the yen after the big one in 2013, it was almost a case of déja vu for forex traders in 2014.

While the euro was off to a pretty good start for 2014, it was all “Geronimo” for the rest of the year as EUR/USD went on a 1600-pip slide. Were you able to catch any of these short opportunities?

After looking at AUD & NZD last week, that leaves CAD as our last comdoll end-of-year forex review. Let’s see what drove the Loonie in 2014!

After a Surprise Rebound for the U.K. and Sterling in 2013, the U.K. couldn’t maintain its upward momentum as expected in 2014. What the heck happened?

Remember when market watchers were buzzing about 2014 being the “Year of the Dollar” even before the year began? Well, a quick look at the forex charts shows that this call was spot-on!

Check out this rundown of major events that drove Aussie and Kiwi forex pairs around this year! Did you catch any of these big moves?

Forex volatility picked up after a quiet Asia session, triggered by mostly positive data from Europe and the U.K.

In case you missed ’em, here’s a rundown of the top-tier economic reports released from the U.K. this week. Better take a look since these could drive longer-term forex price action for the British pound!

Is the Japanese yen back in selloff mode? It looks like the BOJ monetary policy statement brought life back to the yen forex pairs today, and here’s why.

It was a good trading session for forex volatility hunters, as investors priced in a mix of dollar strength and a bit of risk appetite.

A busy morning for forex traders in the morning London session with moves from the SNB, positive U.K. retail sales and European sentiment data.

Forex traders, huddle up! Now that the Fed has announced its last monetary policy decision for the year, what’s next for the U.S. dollar? Here are the main points from the FOMC statement that you should know about.