FX volumes: ‘tis almost the season

FX volumes really dropped off this week. My sell side chums said it was mainly customers with a genuine need to trade that were doing anything. When orders do hit the market, price moves are exaggerated.

With all the doom and gloom around, I’ve been cheering myself up recently by reading obituaries. These are far less depressing than all the newspaper pages on the recession/depression. I’m sure I’m not alone in looking forward to the festive season, which appears to be coming a little earlier this year.

FX volumes really dropped off this week, not surprising given that the US markets were shut for Thanksgiving. Talking to some of my sell-side chums, most said that on the whole it was only customers with a genuine need to trade that were doing anything.

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