Yearly Review I think it's fair to say, from a fundamental perspective, 2025 was a very difficult year to be a trader. In 10 years of trading forex it was probably the hardest year I've known. It didn't start out like that, the market initially cheered
Weekly Review As has been the case for most of 2025, the week starting Monday 15 December was one clouded in uncertainty. Not too long ago, a benign US CPI print combined with what could been deemed a 'goldilocks' NFP print, following on from last week's FED rate
Friday 19 December: Missed opportunities Unfortunately today I've had two very poorly timed appointments, 8am boiler service and 2pm eye test (UK time). Meaning I feel like I've missed the boat on a potential JPY short trade. In particular I would suggest an early European session JPY short 'post BOJ
Wednesday 17 December: A little stumped. I must say that I'm currently struggling to have confidence in the near term direction of the currencies. What I 'think' should be happening and what's happening are two different things. I'm surprised by how weak the AUD is, which I can
Weekly Review Central banks took centre stage during the week starting Monday 8 December. My interpretation was that each one offered a slight twist on the markets thoughts leading UK to the event. Starting with Australia, a hawkish hold was expected. And that's what we got, the twist being the
Weekly Review Overall sentiment has been positive ever since the market jumped on 'relatively dovish' comments from FED member WILLIAMS. And the positivity remained throughout the week starting Monday 1 December, backed up by another string of 'softish' US data and the (likely) incoming appointment of HASSETT to
