• US Dollar Edges Closer to a Breakout with NFPs on the Horizon
• Canadian Dollar Tripped up by Ivey Reading, Market Now Focused on Labor Data
• British Pound and Euro Little Moved Despite Heavy Event Risk

Speculative trends have been slow to recover from the year-end lethargy that seemed to set in two months ago. Nonetheless, the US dollar has seen its ability to capitalize on the stalled drive in risk appetite diminished by that same stability and the development of a few other fundamental concerns.

At DailyFX, each one of us actively trades and we wanted to take this opportunity to share with you, real trading lessons that we have learned in 2009. Hopefully, by not repeating the same mistakes we did, you will be able to improve your trading performance in 2010.

In this article you will find 8 different trading ideas for 2010, each representing the personal opinion of a DailyFX analyst. In fact, exchange rate forecasts are often wrong because no one can really predict the future (at least we can’t). However, by looking at the same investment theme from different angles you may improve your chances of making profitable trades in 2010.