Mike Paulenoff thinks that more dollar buying power, and more euro selling pressure, is directly ahead.

Much of the dollar's price action has to do with emerging signs of building risk appetite, such as the slow decline of the CBOE’s VIX volatility index below 40, despite the fact US economic data was broadly disappointing.

Another good month for trading, even with fewer setups because of the holidays.  10.60 points to the initial profit target.  Click the article title link for a video of the December trading action.

Professional system trader Art Collins shares his daily biases in the index, bonds and currency futures markets for January 6.

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Despite Todd Gordon's bullish fundamental outlook for the dollar, he is still counting EUR/USD as a bullish.

The U.S. is facing a political problem, not an economic one.

The US dollar will see a pick up in event risk tomorrow.  A gauge of conditions in US non-manufacturing sector, which accounts for approximately 70 percent of total economic activity in the country and includes retail, services, and finance, is anticipated to have worsened in December as the ISM index is estimated to fall to another record low of 37.0 from 37.3.

Deflation is the new theme in the economy, as trading volume returns to the financial markets after the holidays.

Tim Bourquin interviews Raymond Firetag, who talks about his learning curve, how he blew his first trading account learning the craft, and the changes he made to come back from those first tough months.