Reminder – most of Asia is on holiday today, forex liquidity is extremely thin
<p>ICYMI,<a href="https://www.forexlive.com/news/a-barrage-of-asian-market-holidays-incoming-next-week-fx-guide-20221223/" target="_blank" rel="follow"> I posted last week on the holidays in major FX centres in Asia this week</a>. The whole week is going to be more or less a…
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