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The Greenback’s forex performance was as mixed as a bag of nuts, as it advanced against the European currencies but weakened to the Japanese yen and comdolls.

After doing a bit more research on algorithmic FX trading, I’ve decided to add another article in this series. This time, let’s look into proposed regulations for this part of the forex industry.

Thanks to positive US reports and a bit of risk aversion, the dollar dominated yesterday’s US forex trading session.

Even with a near empty forex calendar, we saw some action during the morning London session, mainly from the Aussie, Loonie and Japanese Yen.

Uh oh, New Zealand’s trade balance ain’t lookin’ too good! What does this mean for the economy and their currency?

Higher-yielding currencies are in recovery mode for now, forcing the dollar to return some of its recent gains. What’s next for these forex pairs?

With U.K. traders out and the US not releasing major economic data, volatility during the US forex trading session was understandably muted.

Germany provided the main catalyst for forex traders to focus on with weak business sentiment readings.

Judging by those weekend gaps among several forex pairs, it looks like a few groundbreaking announcements were made during the recent Jackson Hole Summit!

No data? No problem! Not even the lack of top-tier releases in today’s Asian trading session was enough to keep forex pairs from moving.

The dollar brought home the bacon for another day last Friday, as investors took Yellen’s Jackson Hole speech as green light to push the low-yielding currency higher.

Despite a lack of economic data & currency news, forex traders still had a bit of volatility & direction to play with in the morning’s London session.

BOE Governor Carney and his men sure know a thing or two about giving mixed forex signals! Why did a couple of MPC members vote to hike rates?

It looks like forex traders are booking profits off their dollar trades ahead of Yellen’s speech today! Should you expect fireworks soon?

Short covering was the name of the game in yesterday’s US forex trading session, as investors play it safe ahead of this weekend’s Jackson Hole Summit.

We got disappointing PMI’s from Europe and mixed U.K. retail sales data to stir up the pot in the morning London forex trading session.

It looks like the Greenback has been dancing to Taylor Swift’s latest single as it decided to shake off its recent losses when the FOMC minutes were released. What exactly did the report contain?

Way to go, Greenback! Thanks to the surprisingly upbeat FOMC minutes, the U.S. dollar was able to extend its gains in today’s Asian trading session.

Dollar domination was the name of the game for US forex trading session traders, as the Greenback found support from a hawkish Fed meeting minutes.

The morning London session was light on forex data, but price action was lively for the majors, especially the Greenback, Euro, and Pound.