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Last trading week was none of our favorites since low volatility has left us with uncomfortably narrow trading ranges. This has led to some false price breakouts, particularly in the EUR/USD and DAX....

It’s decision day at the Federal Reserve. A quarter-point rate increase is widely expected, the first since 2018. The market’s focus will be on the Fed’s dot plot and if the dot plot projects more...

King Dollar has risen against almost everything as investors looked for shelter. Many traders now question whether the Ukraine war could be the begin of a bear market. Prices whipsawed when the...

The U.S. dollar benefited from safe-haven flows amid risk-off sentiment. Cash flows into the dollar do not only stem from escalating geopolitical tensions at the border of Russia and Ukraine but also...

The U.S. dollar broadly outperformed its major peers in recent days as the market started to price in five Federal Reserve rate hikes this year. This week we will get more central bank monetary policy...

The U.S. dollar underperformed against its major counterparts last week amid elevated risk appetite. The economic docket for this week is fairly light, which is why our focus will be on the technical...

Welcome to the last fully-liquid and event-laden trading week of the year 2021. Before the liquidity drain towards the end of the year, this week is overloaded with major event risk such as the FOMC...

It’s the Thanksgiving holiday week and while this means a seasonal liquidity drain across the markets, it does not mean that there will be no trend. Rising Covid cases and monetary policy remain...

It will be a big week for traders with crucial central bank meetings in the U.S. and U.K. on tap as well as the U.S. Nonfarm Payrolls report at the end of this pivotal week.   The market’s...

The U.S. dollar was virtually unchanged last Friday after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell sounded a note of heightened concern over high inflation, while making clear that the Fed will begin...

We have entered the final quarter of the year and following last month when global stocks posted their worst performance since March 2020, the fourth quarter could be the most uncertain environment of...

Welcome to a new trading week. Traders will likely be eyeing key inflation data from the U.S., U.K. and eurozone this week to shape expectations for monetary policy tightening. The U.S. dollar in the...

The US Dollar ticked slightly higher Wednesday and sent both EUR/USD and GBP/USD to short-term support levels which have proved to hold so far.   Elsewhere, we got a profitable breakout in the DAX...

U.S. Nonfarm payrolls disappointed last Friday with only 235,000 jobs created in August. The US Dollar sold off in an imminent response to the report but the greenback’s decline was limited after...

We are back from our holidays and back at the trading desks, relaxed and revived. We hope that all of you are happy and healthy too.   The US Dollar has gained traction in August as investors sought...

The best performer last Friday was the British pound which headed for a test of 1.39 against the U.S. dollar. Much of the GBP/USD’s recent upward move can be attributed to a weakening U.S. dollar on...