Currency Pairs

Traders can trade a variety of currency pairs, limited only by which pairs each broker provides. Major currency pairs are typically the USD pairs for example:

• EUR/USD
• GBP/USD
• AUD/USD
• USD/JPY
• USD/CHF

Cross currency pairs are pairs which do not involve the USD for example:

• EUR/GBP
• EUR/JPY
• GBP/JPY
• EUR/CHF

EUR=Euro, GBP=Pound, CHF=Swiss Franc, JPY=Yen, AUD=Aussie $