Which Currency Pair is the Most Active in Forex Trading?

The Most Profitable Forex Currency Pair is EURUSD - This is the most liquid currency pair which means it is also the most traded forex currency pair in the forex market.

The EURUSD liquidity means that this currency pair provides day traders will a lot of trading opportunities as this EURUSD currency pair is trending in one direction or the other and when a currency pair moves in a particular forex trend than trader can get the opportunity to place buy or sell trades based on this forex trend direction.

Daily Forex Trading Turnover of Currencies by Volumes

The USD is the most traded currency in the forex market, followed by EUR, GBP, JPY and CHF, the daily trading turnover volume share taken by each of these 5 forex currencies in terms of percent is shown below:

USD - 85%

EUR - 40%

JPY - 20%

GBP - 13 %

CHF - 9 %

Since Forex trading transactions are in pairs the total will be 200 %

For example the EURUSD pair: EURUSD = 100% EUR + 100% USD

Summing up the total of the big four currency pairs = 85 + 40 + 20 + 13 + 9 = 167 % . Note these four currency pairs are made up of five individual currencies which make up the sum total of 167%.

This percentage of the total trade transaction turnover volume is what makes these four currency pairs to be referred to as major currency pairs or in short "majors".

This lion share of the total turnover daily trading volume is also what makes these 4 the best currency pairs to trade especially among the Forex Day Traders.

The 4 major pairs or the big four in Forex are:

• EURUSD
• USDJPY
• GBPUSD
• USDCHF

Which Currency Pair is the Most Active in Forex Trading?