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The Greenback barely reacted to the release of the latest FOMC meeting minutes, but there are a few points worth noting when it comes to figuring out the longer-term direction of the U.S. currency.

Is risk appetite back in the markets or what? Higher-yielding currencies bounced back to life in today’s Asian trading session but can they hold on to their gains?

How much did the FOMC meeting minutes affect forex price action during the U.S. trading session? I got the deets right here on my session update!

Yesterday, I laid out the case for a Chinese real estate crisis. Lest I be accused of biased thinking (guilty as charged many times over I am sure), today I am sharing the case for Chinese reform and a relatively smooth transition to a more balanced economy.

Forex traders took advantage of strong momentum in currencies during the London session thanks to fresh U.K. economic data.

As expected, both the BOJ and the BOE unanimously decided to keep monetary policy unchanged for the meantime, but one central bank is more hawkish than the other. Which one is it?

Got plenty of economic reports released in today’s Asian forex trading session, with the Australian dollar and the Japanese yen showing some big moves in the past few hours.

The latest CFTC Commitment of Traders report shows some noteworthy changes in market sentiment. I have a quick summary right here!

I think it is fair to say the Aussie is in trouble if China continues to slow its own demand for resources. And I think it is fair to say the Aussie gets crushed should China experience a crisis triggered by the feedback loop between real estate and shadow banking.

The dollar’s performance was as mixed as a bag of nuts ahead of the FOMC statement. How did the other forex currencies fare in the low-volatility environment?

Currencies were very active during the morning London session on a combination of economic data and risk sentiment

Aside from weakening technical trends, here are a few fundamental factors that might push the Aussie down under.

Risk aversion popped its head back in the forex market in today’s Asian trading session, as martial law was declared in Thailand and geopolitical risk weighed on sentiment.

Six impossible” beliefs before breakfast are probably the norm for most currency traders. There seems a simple reason for this—it’s because there are an incredible number of potential variables in the marketplace that seemingly move price.

The dollar dominated forex price action as overall risk aversion and a recovery in U.S. Treasuries pushed the low-yielding currency higher against its counterparts. Check out what happened!

The morning London session void of any economic data catalysts, but there was movement in the forex market thanks to risk sentiment.

The U.S. economy released a bunch of major reports last week so it’s about time we do a quick rundown of how the data turned out and what it means for the U.S. dollar.

Zzz… Most forex pairs were off to a lazy start this week, thanks to the lack of top-tier economic data. Anything coming up soon?

We recently told our Black Swan Forex subscribers to go short USD/JPY. We expected the Japanese yen to strengthen against the US dollar.

Forex price action volatility was mixed during the Friday U.S. session after we saw mixed data from the U.S. & a disappointing read from Canada.