"If you are looking for a support level for the onshore yuan, just look at the offshore market, " said a Shanghai-based trader with a foreign bank.

WSJ: Yuan Falls as China Cools Market

After speaking with many traders with color-vision deficiencies, designers of DJ FX Trader, a foreign exchange tool offered by Dow Jones, the publisher of The Wall Street Journal, say they made a point of using icons to supplement color.

WSJ: New Outlook for Colorblindness

Price-wise, Alex Thorndike, senior trader for precious metals and foreign exchange with MKS Capital, said PGMs, particularly palladium, are still gaining ground from the projected supply deficit announced by Johnson Matthey last month.

FORBES: Funds Shed Gold Positions, Bolster PGM Futures, Options - CFTC

Alex Thorndike, senior trader, precious metals and foreign exchange, MKS Capital, said the action by the managed-money crowd resulted in a 25% reduction in their net long position, but added that since the time period only goes until July 24, it does not include any buying that happened toward the end of the week.

FORBES: FOCUS: Speculators Cut Back On Bullish Exposure To Precious Metals --CFTC

We answer a key question about whether a U.S. retail forex trader can trade on a non-RFED registered foreign platform after the Oct. 18 registration due date (90 days after Dodd-Frank Fin Reg enactment).

FORBES: Forex Traders Have A Little More Time

Three of them, including the new foreign minister, Keizo Obuchi, are accused of taking bribes from an Osaka-based oil trader.

ECONOMIST: Another apology from Hashimoto