It should come as no surprise that the price of oil actually acts as a leading indicator for the price action in the CAD/USD. Since the traded...

The equity market can impact the currency market in many different ways. For example, if a strong stock market rally happens in the U.S., with the Dow...

Imagine that the United States and Japan, two long-established trading partners, have to purchase each other's goods with the respective currencies:...

Some currencies appreciate substantially against the dollar, while others gain barely a few basis points. This difference in performance against the...

If you shorted CAD/JPY to express a short oil view, you would end up paying interest. If you're a commodity trader looking for a bit of a change from...

Generally speaking, when gold prices rise, the Australian dollar appreciates as well. The proximity of New Zealand to Australia makes Australia a...

A weaker, but still important, correlation is that of gold prices and the Swiss franc. The country's political neutrality and the fact that its...

Weakness of the U.S. Dollar: Although the U.S. dollar is one of the world's most important reserve currencies, when the value of the dollar falls...

When dealing in the major currency pairs, most traders are presented with only one choice: dollar bull or dollar bear? Regardless of whether a trader...

The reason gold benefits from a declining U.S. dollar is because gold is priced in U.S. dollars globally. There are two reasons for this relationship....