Foreign Currency Trading Explained

4. In addition, trading forex is also speculative, meaning, they are based on expectations on whether a certain currency would rise or fall, depending on current market conditions. It is risky business, but the returns have often proved themselves worth the risk. For complete information see Forex Education
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CME Forex, Financial Est Futures Volumes - Apr 8 (The Forex Market)
For today, in contracts.
Source: www.fxstreet.com

AUD/USD Penetrates Wedge on Unemployment
Following a much worse than expected Australian employment report, we saw the AUD sell off across the board and then retrace some of the initial knee jerk reaction. On the chart below we see the pair just penetrated the developing wedge and recover, while it is being defended by the 100 hr moving average and [...]
Source: forex.fxdd.com

FOREX-US dollar falls vs yen as risk appetite stays low (Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News)
* Dollar falls vs yen, stocks in choppy trade
Source: sg.news.yahoo.com

Markets closed on Thursday, Friday (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
Manila stock and forex markets will be closed on Maundy Thursday and Good Friday. Normal trading will resume on Monday, April 13.
Source: business.inquirer.net

Forex Market Update: EUR and GBP Retreat as Yen Crosses Ease on Softer Stocks (Daily FX)
The dollar was holding a firmer tone in Asia, though gains were very moderate, with the overhang of the DJIA pullback on Monday and some underlying weakness in Asian stocks prompting some additional profit-taking in JPY crosses, which pushed EUR, GBP, AUD and NZD lower in morning trading.
Source: www.dailyfx.com