The Major Currency in the Forex Market
Posted on January 10, 2008
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The US Dollar, Japanese Yen and the Euro dollar combined are the globe three major economic powerhouses.
The US dollar is the most dominant currency in today world’s Interbank Forex market. The four next most traded currencies are the Euro dollar, Japanese Yen, British Pound and Swiss Franc. Though the Forex market comprises of almost all the currencies on earth, these four currencies traded against the US Dollar make up the majority on the Forex market and are known as major currencies or the majors.
Currencies are traded in pairs and each currency has its own symbol. For the Euro dollar- it is EUR, Japanese Yen - it is JPY, for the Pounds Sterling - it is GBP, and for the Swiss Franc - it is CHF. Hence, EUR/USD would be Euro-Dollar pair. GBP/USD would be pounds Sterling-Dollar pair and USD/CHF would be Dollar-Swiss Franc pair and so on and so forth.
You will always see the USD quoted first with few exceptions such as Pounds Sterling, Euro Dollar, Australia Dollar (AUD) and New Zealand Dollar (NZD. The first currency quoted is called the base currency.
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