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Are you not entertained?! The Greenback showed the markets who’s boss during the U.S. forex trading session after a series of strong reports restored appetite for the low-yielding currency.

The Swiss National Bank shakes up the franc with its monetary policy meeting during an active morning London session in the forex markets.

What’s up with this Greek drama?! Will this political instability bring sovereign debt concerns back? Here’s what you absolutely need to know.

It’s all about economic data for today’s Asian trading session, as the RBNZ statement and Australian jobs figures hogged the forex spotlight. How did these events turn out?

Volatility hunters had a good time during the U.S. forex trading session thanks to another bout of risk aversion and some profit-taking on the majors.

The forex calendar was light for the morning London session, but we did see a slight pick up in volatility after the U.K. trade balance data was released.

Looking for another economic event to trade this week? Apart from the RBNZ and SNB central bank decisions, you might also want to look into the upcoming Australian jobs release.

Risk aversion is still the name of the game! Higher-yielders were no match to the safe-havens in today’s Asian trading session, as bleak economic figures weighed on sentiment.

Remember that NFA proposal to ban credit card funding for U.S. forex trading accounts? Well, the CFTC just gave the green light and here’s what you need to know.

I have to confess, I have been a long-time doomer and gloomer on the euro. And the last time I was as gloomy as those are in the market now, was just before the currency blasted off for a 25 cent rally against the dollar back in June 2012.

Risk sentiment reigned supreme during the U.S. forex trading session and pushed the major currencies all over the place. Read on to see the details!

The British pound was a big mover after weaker-than-expected economic data, and the Japanese yen continued its rally on safe haven forex sentiment.

If you’re thinking of trading the news this week, you might want to start drafting your forex strategies for the upcoming RBNZ and SNB rate statements. Here’s what we can expect from these events.

Another wipeout for the Aussie! Weaker business confidence and talks of a potential RBA rate cut for next year weighed on the AUD forex pairs in the past few hours.

Retracement was the name of the game during the U.S. forex trading session, as investors took some profits from last week’s moves and priced in a weak Japanese report.

Sterling made a strong push higher while broad euro weakness continues on ECB comments in a relatively active morning London forex session.

The November non-farm payrolls reading came in much stronger than expected, as the U.S. economy added 321,000 jobs during the period. Were the underlying figures just as impressive?

The Japanese yen was under renewed forex selling pressure at the start of the Asian session, as the country’s final GDP reading was downgraded.

The NFP report has always attracted forex volatility hunters and it sure didn’t disappoint last Friday! Check out how USD dominated last Friday’s action.

Forex volatility was relatively light ahead of the U.S. NFP report, but we did see weakness in the Japanese yen and euro in the morning London session.