Forex Investment and Currency Trading

After looking at the major trading attributes of EUR/USD, it’s time to look at how those elements translate into real-life trading tactics. After all, that’s where the real money is made and lost.
Deciding whether it’s a U.S. dollar move or a euro move
EUR/USD routinely acts as the primary vehicle for forex markets to express their [...]

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The deep liquidity and tight trading spreads in EUR/USD make the pair ideal for both shorter-term and longer-term traders. The price action behavior in EUR/USD regularly exhibits a number of traits that should be aware of.
Trading tick by tick
In normal market conditions, EUR/USD tends to trade tick by tick, as opposed to other currency pairs, [...]

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Swimming in deep liquidity
Liquidity in EUR/USD is unmatched by other major currency pairs. This is most evident in the narrower trading spreads regularly available in EUR/USD. Normal market spreads are typically around 2 to 3 pips versus 3 to 5 pips in other major currency pairs.
In terms of concrete numbers, EUR/USD accounted for 28 percent [...]

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