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Currency pairs

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EUR/USD, GBP/USD, USD/JPY, exotic pairs, correlations — characteristics and when to trade them.

  1. 01EUR/USD — characteristics of the most important forex pair
  2. 02GBP/USD "Cable" — fastest major pair
  3. 03USD/JPY carry trade — cheap yen, costly dollar and risk
  4. 04EUR/JPY — most popular cross for swing trader
  5. 05XAU/USD — gold quoted like a currency pair
  6. 06GBP/JPY — anatomy of the most volatile cross
  7. 07USD/ZAR — the South African rand and its link to platinum and gold
  8. 08USD/CNH — offshore Chinese yuan for retail traders
  9. 09EUR/PLN — the euro against the zloty, Poland's economic barometer
  10. 10USD/CHF — the Swiss franc as a safe haven
  11. 11USD/MXN — the Mexican peso, Banxico and the carry trade
  12. 12USD/TRY — the Turkish lira, the TCMB and the carry trap
  13. 13NZD/USD — the kiwi, a dairy currency and risk proxy
  14. 14USD/PLN — the Polish zloty as a rate derived from EUR/PLN
  15. 15AUD/USD — the aussie, a commodity currency and China proxy
  16. 16USD/CAD — the loonie, oil and the BoC versus Fed duel
  17. 17EUR/GBP — the euro-pound cross and what really drives it
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