Popular instruments
What moves each of them, when each is most active and which releases are coming.
- EUR/USD The most traded pair: the Fed against the ECB and the US economy against the euro area.
- GBP/USD The Bank of England against the Fed, and inflation and wages inside the UK.
- USD/JPY The yield gap between the US and Japan, the Bank of Japan and the rush to safety.
- AUD/USD The Reserve Bank of Australia, raw materials and China, the mood of the market.
- USD/CAD Oil, the Bank of Canada and jobs figures from both sides of the border.
- USD/CHF The franc as a safe haven, the Swiss National Bank and the Fed.
- NZD/USD The Reserve Bank of New Zealand, dairy exports and the mood of the market.
- Gold Real rates, the dollar, fear in the market and central bank buying.
- Silver It follows gold, and it also depends on industrial demand.
- Oil OPEC+ decisions, US stockpiles, Chinese demand and geopolitics.
- Bitcoin Money in the system and the Fed rate, fund flows, big orders in the book.