EU Historical Archive
Archive files covering EU: every file tells what happened and why it mattered, paired with playable scenarios built from authentic market data.
13 files
2022 · Forex · US
2022 Autumn: Three Forex Storms — Yen Intervention, UK Mini-Budget, Dollar Peak at 114
USD/JPY reversed after Japan's finance ministry intervened; GBP collapsed on the UK mini-budget crisis; DXY hit 114 in Q4 2022 — all within months.
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2022: The Euro's Parity Crisis — G10 Forex Under Geopolitical Stress
ECB's 2022 rate hike amid war-driven energy shocks sent the euro toward dollar parity across G10 pairs, with drawdowns reaching 8.6%.
Read the file →2021 · Commodities · US
Autumn 2021: Beijing's Commodity Crackdown and the Policy-Shock Era
Sept–Dec 2021: Beijing's regulatory crackdown reshaped commodity markets, triggering outsized drawdowns across metals, energy, and agriculture.
Read the file →2015 · Forex · EU
March 2015: ECB QE Launch and the Euro's Divergent Paths Across G10 Markets
When the ECB unveiled quantitative easing in March 2015, EUR crosses told five different stories—from EUR/JPY's 6.8% rally to EUR/GBP's 5.0% drawdown, all within 64 trading days.
Read the file →2012 · Commodities · US
Summer 2012: Drought and ECB OMT — The Dual Shock That Split Commodity Markets
June 2012 drought split US commodity markets while ECB's September OMT announcement reshaped global risk sentiment, creating divergent outcomes across grains, softs, and metals.
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Summer 2012: The Euro Under Pressure — Five Currency Pairs, One Crisis
The summer of 2012 found the euro under severe stress as the European sovereign debt crisis unfolded across the continent, with five major G10 currency pairs diverging sharply.
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July 2012: EUR/CHF Floor and the Divergent Fortunes of G10 Currency Pairs
The SNB's 11-month-old floor against the euro framed a summer of divergent G10 currency moves as the ECB pivoted toward aggressive easing.
Read the file →2011 · Commodities · EU
2011 Summer: The Commodity Rout — US Downgrade, Euro Contagion, and 37 Scenarios of Market Stress
In August 2011, S&P downgraded US sovereign credit for the first time. A six-month commodity rout followed across energy, metals, and agriculture—37 decision scenarios from June to January.
Read the file →2010 · Commodities · EU
2010: Double Shock — European Debt Fears and a Russian Wheat Ban Rattled Global Commodities
In spring and summer 2010, two crises collided: EU sovereign debt sent commodities reeling, then a Russian drought and wheat export ban reshaped grain markets.
Read the file →2010 · Forex · EU
August 2010: Euro Under Fire — Five Currency Pairs and the First European Sovereign Debt Stress Test
The euro faced its first systemic test of the decade in summer 2010 as Greek debt concerns rippled across G10 forex markets, producing divergent but interconnected moves in five currency pairs.
Read the file →2008 · Forex · EU
Summer 2008: EUR Crosses and the Anatomy of a G10 Forex Boom
In summer 2008, EUR crosses revealed how a calm surface conceals internal turbulence. Four replays, 88 trading days of EUR/GBP alone, show the anatomy of drawdown risk.
Read the file →2007 · Forex · EU
Autumn 2007: EUR Crosses Navigate the G10 Forex Boom
A deep dive into four EUR cross-rate trajectories during the volatile autumn of 2007, when G10 forex offered sharp trends and sudden reversals.
Read the file →2007 · Forex · EU
November 2007: The Euro Cross Turbulence — When FX Noise Buried the Signal
Sixty-eight trading days across five EUR pairs reveal how end-2007 FX volatility created drawdowns far exceeding the net price changes that survived.
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