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Forex

Sixteen currency pairs with a strength ranking, a dollar index and a session clock, so you can see which currencies are moving and why.

The Forex page tracks the world's main currency pairs. You get the seven US dollar majors, four popular crosses and five emerging-market pairs, plus the pieces that explain the moves: a currency strength ranking, the dollar index, and the hours when each major trading center is open. Forex quotes on this page are delayed, and the page says so with a DELAYED badge.

Currency strength ranking and the dollar indexCurrency strength ranking and the dollar index
Currency strength ranking and the dollar index

How to read the major pairs

  1. Open Forex from the Macro group in the sidebar.
  2. Scroll to Major Pairs: EUR/USD, GBP/USD, USD/JPY, USD/CHF, AUD/USD, USD/CAD and NZD/USD. All are free.
  3. Read each card: the price, the change, and a bar showing where the price sits between the day's low and high.
  4. Click a card to load that pair in the chart. The selected card is outlined.

How to check currency strength

  1. Find CURRENCY STRENGTH. It ranks USD, EUR, GBP, JPY, CHF, CAD, AUD and NZD from strongest to weakest over the past day.
  2. Green bars are gaining and red bars are losing. Longer bars mean bigger moves.
  3. Use it to spot the best match-up. For example, pair the strongest currency against the weakest.

The ranking is worked out from the seven major pairs on the page, so it always agrees with the cards.

How to see what's driving the dollar

  1. Read FX DRIVERS at the top: the dollar index, the US 10-year yield and gold.
  2. Read DOLLAR INDEX for the reading, its daily change and a plain tag such as DOLLAR WEAKENING.

This is the Federal Reserve's broad trade-weighted dollar index, published once a day. It is a different number from the DXY quote you may see in other places.

How to check which sessions are open

  1. Look at the top right of the page for the current session chip. Pro and Terminal only. Free accounts see PRO_ONLY.
  2. Scroll to SESSION_TIMELINE for bands showing Sydney, Tokyo, London and New York across 24 hours, with a marker at the current time.
  3. Trade when sessions overlap. Volume is usually highest then.

How to use the chart and pivots

  1. Click a pair, then scroll to the chart. It shows hourly candles for the pair.
  2. Read Pivots under the chart: the pivot point with two support and two resistance levels. They are worked out from the day's high, low and current price.
  3. Pro and Terminal also get a pair details panel with open, previous close, day high, day low and an AI analysis button, and a grid of cross rates.

Crosses and emerging pairs

  • Cross Pairs are EUR/GBP, EUR/JPY, GBP/JPY and AUD/JPY. Pro and Terminal.
  • Emerging Markets are USD/MXN, USD/BRL, USD/ZAR, USD/TRY and USD/CNH. Terminal only.

Good to know

  • The forex market closes Friday evening and reopens Sunday at 5:00 PM ET. A banner says so while it is shut.
  • Prices refresh every minute, and majors update as they move when the live connection is up.

If something doesn't work

  • Quotes are missing: click RETRY on the red banner.
  • Prices seem behind: forex data is delayed on every plan.
  • A section is blurred: crosses, the timeline and details need Pro. Emerging pairs need Terminal.