Market breadth
Follow widely traded currency pairs.
Explore the world’s most actively traded market through major, minor and selected exotic currency pairs.
Start Trading ›Foreign exchange is the market for exchanging one currency against another. Currencies are quoted in pairs, such as EUR/USD.
Prices move as economic expectations, interest rates, political events and market sentiment change.
Major pairs include the US dollar; minor pairs combine major currencies without it; exotics include a smaller or emerging-economy currency.
The spread is the difference between bid and ask; margin is the amount required to open and maintain a leveraged position.
Leverage magnifies both profit and loss, so a small move can significantly affect equity.
Follow widely traded currency pairs.
Take a relative currency view.
Review trends and timeframes.
Understand leverage before trading.