Currency Pairs | Forex Charts – Live Rates
Below you can find a list of the most popular currency pairs traded in the Forex market. You can go into each of them to check their current rate and historical chart.
Major currency pairs (the Majors)
These are the most traded currency pairs in the Forex market. In practice, they account for approx. 85% of the daily turnover. All such currency pairs contain the US Dollar on one side.
- AUD/USD (Australian Dollar and US Dollar) known as the Aussie
- GBP/USD (Pound Sterling and US Dollar) known as the Cable (this nickname comes from the transatlantic cable between UK and USA)
- EUR/USD (Euro and US Dollar) known as the Eurodollar/Fiber
- USD/CHF (US Dollar and Swiss Franc) know as the Swissy or Swissie
- USD/CAD (US Dollar and Canadian Dollar) known as the Loonie (after the name of a popular bird in Canada)
- NZD/USD (New Zealand Dollar and US Dollar) known as the New Zealander/Kiwi
- USD/JPY (US Dollar and Japanese Yen) known as the Ninja
Minor pairs (crosses, minors)
Crosses are currency pairs that do not contain the US dollar. Interestingly, although there are no dollars in these pairs, their value is calculated based on the USD. For example, quotations of the EUR/CHF pair are derived from the calculation of the ratio between current quotes of the EUR/USD and USD/CHF pairs.
Euro crosses:
- EUR/CHF (Euro and Swiss Franc)
- EUR/GBP (Euro and Pound Sterling)
- EUR/CAD (Euro and Canadian Dollar)
- EUR/AUD (Euro and Australian Dollar)
- EUR/NZD (Euro and New Zealand Dollar)
- EUR/JPY (Euro and Japan Yen)
Japanese Yen crosses:
- GBP/JPY (Pound Sterling and Japanese Yen)
- CHF/JPY (Swiss Franc and Japanese Yen)
- CAD/JPY (Canadian Dollar and Japanese Yen)
- AUD/JPY (Australian Dollar and Japanese Yen)
- NZD/JPY (New Zealand Dollar and Japanese Yen)
Pound Sterling crosses:
- GBP/CHF (Pound Sterling and Swiss Franc)
- GBP/AUD (Pound Sterling and Australian Dollar)
- GBP/CAD (Pound Sterling and Canadian Dollar)
- GBP/NZD (Pound Sterling and New Zealand Dollar)
Australian Dollar crosses:
- AUD/CHF (Australian Dollar and Swiss Franc)
- AUD/CAD (Australian Dollar and Canadian Dollar)
- AUD/NZD (Australian Dollar and New Zealand Dollar)
Swiss Franc crosses:
Canadian Dollar crosses:
Exotic pairs
This list contains currencies of emerging economies paired with the US dollar. In this case we should expect a significantly lower liquidity in the market and higher commissions charged by brokers. Still, it is often easier to trade in such pairs owing to, for example, certain patterns that can be identified and the absence of “large players”.
- USD/HKD (US Dollar and Hong Kong Dollar)
- USD/SGD (US Dollar and Singapore Dollar)
- USD/ZAR (US Dollar and South African Rand)
- USD/THB (US Dollar and Thai Baht)
- USD/TRY (US Dollar and Turkish Lira)
- USD/MXN (US Dollar and Mexican Peso)
- USD/DKK (US Dollar and Danish Krone)
- USD/SEK (US Dollar and Swedish Krona)
- USD/NOK (US Dollar and Norwegian Krone)
Cryptocurrencies
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