How's 2018 been for you so far?

Hey Guys, just wanted to know how's trading going for you guys this year. For me the markets feel very dead (for a lack of a better term). In the recent months even NFP barely moves the market more than 25 pips. Its surprising. The markets approaches key levels and just hangs there like no one knows where to go next?

Sometimes the opposite happens. You get a crazy move out of nowhere when there's not even any news planned.

I don't know a lot of fundamentals but I would blame it on Trump. He has lately moved the markets up and down across the charts and I believe the markets are just tired and don't reaact to him anymore. With Trade War looming and Brexit at final stages, traders really must be having a hard time picking a side on any pair.

Did you feel a change this year? Do you agree?

In intraday we have plenty of movement.

Seconded this. That is why they say the forex liquidity has been drying up for the past few years. The only remaining option is to move to intraday.

With the brokers competing for lower spreads, it is now possible to scalp for 10-20 pips each day instead of waiting for a long term 100-200 pips move.

January and February had decent longer term moves. March everything slowed down but like others have said intraday is good. For most traders this is a problem since they hold full time jobs. Hard to check the charts during the day for most of them.

Asian session has been hit or miss all year. Occasionally you will get great moves on Yen pairs but nothing that you can count on.
London session has been for the most part a waste of time for me. Today for example we are a few hours into Frankfurt and London and on EU we have only seen 26 pips of range since market open.
US session tends to be where the best moves are happening. Nothing like a good Trump and Dump. He opens his mouth and spikes it one way then one of his minions steps up and corrects what he said and it moves back.

News definitely is weird this year. The price moves just don't look right for what the news release says. That's why I will step back and let the dust settle before looking at trading after a news event.

Not a bad year, just a different year. The joys of Forex. Nothing ever stays the same.

Some great replies from both sides folks! Lol

I don't think I can do intraday so I'll just have to wait for this phase to be over. This has hit the income hard though, so I want things to get better as quickly as possible. But looking at the world right now, seems like WW3 is around the corner.

The most frustrating of all things is indeed the fact that news is utterly unpredictable. Even if the numbers favor the currency, it wouldn't move the pair much at all or even move it in opposite directions. I've had so many "WTF?" moments this year.