The global foreign exchange market is the largest and most liquid financial markets in the world. One of the contributing factors to this is significant advancements in technology which have made the forex market easily accessible for individual traders. As a result, traders in Canada can use online trading platforms such as MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5, and Iress to access global markets 24 hours a day.
Whether you are looking to trade the majors, minors, or exotics, look no further than FP Markets for Forex Trading. Major currency pairs include the US dollar (USD) as either the base currency or counter currency. Traded against the Euro (EUR), British Pound (GBP), Yen (JPY) and Swiss Francs (CHF), the four majors are also the most traded currency pairs. Other currencies with significant trading volume include the Australian dollar (AUD), New Zealand dollar (NZD) and our very own Canadian dollar (CAD) which is considered a commodity currency.
The major currency pairs are:
EUR/USD (Euro/US Dollar)
GBP/USD (British Pound/US Dollar)
USD/JPY (US Dollar/Japanese Yen)
USD/CHF (US Dollar/Swiss Franc)
FP Markets is a global forex and CFD Trading broker with spreads from as low as 0.0 pips thanks to partnerships with leading banking and non-banking financial institutions. This ensures access to global markets with deep liquidity, especially with respect to major forex pairs such as the EUR/USD and USD/CAD. Access to these liquidity providers allows for the best available market prices in real-time and combined with low latency, allows Canadian traders to capitalise on price fluctuations regardless of market volatility levels.