Pairs
Currency Pairs
Currency Pairs is the dense reference for the individual pairs you trade. Each article walks the pair from the ground up: the base/quote arithmetic and the pip convention, what each currency represents and why the pair matters in the broader market, the central-bank policy and macro drivers that move it, the sessions and typical behaviour, the correlation web it sits in, and an honest tradability note. The majors are covered first; the crosses follow. Every pair article references the Dollar Index piece as the macro overlay and links to the relevant correlation, sessions, and macro-driver explainers.
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EUR/USD: The Fibre
The world's most-traded currency pair: what drives it, why it dominates DXY, the sessions and liquidity, ECB-Fed rate differentials, and how the euro side of the quote actually works.
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GBP/USD: Cable
The original transatlantic pair: where the 'Cable' name comes from, why GBP/USD is structurally more volatile than EUR/USD, BoE-Fed dynamics, UK-specific risk, and the practical pair pattern.
Read the explainer →USD/JPY and the Bank of Japan
Why USD/JPY tracks US real yields more closely than any other pair, the BOJ's decades-long policy regime, the yen as carry funding currency, MOF intervention history, and how to read the pair.
Read the explainer →AUD/USD: The Aussie
Why AUD/USD trades on iron ore and Chinese growth as much as on Fed and RBA policy, the pair's role as a risk barometer, its correlation with commodities and equity risk sentiment, and how to read it.
Read the explainer →USD/CAD and Oil
Why USD/CAD tracks the crude oil price with a persistent negative correlation, how the Canadian economy is exposed to energy exports, when the oil-CAD link breaks, and how to read the pair.
Read the explainer →USD/CHF and the Swiss Franc
Why USD/CHF is one of the two classical safe-haven pairs (alongside USD/JPY), how the Swiss National Bank's inflation-targeting regime shapes CHF, the 2015 EUR/CHF peg break, and how to read the pair.
Read the explainer →NZD/USD: The Kiwi
Why NZD/USD trades on dairy prices, Chinese demand, and RBNZ policy, its correlation with AUD/USD, its role in carry trades, and how the pair actually moves relative to the majors.
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