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What Exactly Are Forex Trading Currency Pairings?

When talking to people who have never tried forex trading before, even if they come from the world of stocks, bonds, or futures , it makes me remember that for this global market, even the very basics must be explained. So let’s jump right into what the pairings mean, what the main pairings are, and what the cross pairings are .

Currency pair. What is it? We’ll begin with the Eur/Usd which has against the Euro, the US dollar as the bas currency within this pair. So what does that mean when I see a price quote of 1.3200 on the Eur/Usd ? The easiest way to remember the answer is this : take the base currency pair , which is the US dollar in this case , look at the price quote of 1.3200 , then tell yourself , " 1.3200 US dollars are needed to purchase 1 Euro." This is what that price quote really means. If you check the price quote a couple of months later and it is suddenly 1.4000 then that means the US Dollar as gotten weaker against the Euro since to buy one Euro you now need 1.4000 US dollars . Of course , if you find the price quote is 1.2500 down the road, then the US Dollar has become stronger because you’ll only need 1.2400 US dollars to purchae a Euro.

Forex trading can become even more challenging when for example you see a price quote on the Usd/Jpy pair for 100.50 . Using the method we discussed, simply take the base currency of Jpy and look at the price quote of 100.50 and that is how many Jpy it will take to buy 1 US Dollar . Pretty easy huh ? In the future you shouldn’t have difficulty understanding a pair and its price quote the next time you look at a chart screen or a quote window .

Since you know can read price quotes , you may wonder what are the cross pairs and the main pairs? Well the main pairs are usually the strongest economies throughout the world versus the US Dollar . Just a few pairs considered main pairs include the Mzd/Usd, Aud/Usd, Usd/Jpy, Gpb/Usd, and more. The US dollar is not involved in a cross pair which includes the Gbp/Jpy and the Eur/Jpy to name a couple that are popular.

Hopefully this article will be of help to you if you’ve been feeling intimidated the forex trading landscape in the past . You may need a bit of time to get used to this with all the time zones, economies, and currency pairs out there. But once you start to wrap your mind around how all of the pieces fit together it’s not that difficult – and many of us think it’s actually quite fun !

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