{"id":359,"date":"2025-09-02T20:32:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T19:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7zeros.com\/?page_id=359"},"modified":"2025-09-02T20:32:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T19:32:09","slug":"major-currency-pairs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/7zeros.com\/?page_id=359","title":{"rendered":"Major Currency Pairs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <strong>5 most important currency pairs<\/strong> are usually called the <strong>\u201cmajor pairs\u201d<\/strong> in forex trading. These pairs are the most heavily traded and highly liquid. They all include the <strong>US dollar (USD)<\/strong> as either the base or quote currency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>EUR\/USD<\/strong> \u2013 Euro \/ US Dollar<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Most traded pair in the world.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Represents the largest economies: Eurozone and the US.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>USD\/JPY<\/strong> \u2013 US Dollar \/ Japanese Yen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Popular for carry trades due to low interest rates in Japan.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>GBP\/USD<\/strong> \u2013 British Pound \/ US Dollar<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Known as \u201cCable.\u201d Volatile, influenced by UK economic news and Brexit developments.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>USD\/CHF<\/strong> \u2013 US Dollar \/ Swiss Franc<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Known as the \u201cSwissie.\u201d Often considered a <strong>safe-haven currency<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>USD\/CAD<\/strong> \u2013 US Dollar \/ Canadian Dollar<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Also called the \u201cLoonie.\u201d Sensitive to oil prices, because Canada is a major oil exporter.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Note: If a pair doesn&#8217;t use USD, it&#8217;s called a <strong>cross-currency pair<\/strong>, such as EUR\/GBP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 5 most important currency pairs are usually called the \u201cmajor pairs\u201d in forex trading. These pairs are the most heavily traded and highly liquid. They all include the US dollar (USD) as either the base or quote currency. EUR\/USD \u2013 Euro \/ US Dollar USD\/JPY \u2013 US Dollar \/ Japanese Yen GBP\/USD \u2013 British [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-359","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7zeros.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7zeros.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7zeros.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7zeros.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7zeros.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=359"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/7zeros.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/359\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":361,"href":"https:\/\/7zeros.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/359\/revisions\/361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7zeros.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}