The global foreign exchange market is one of the fastest, most liquid and exciting markets. Join thousands of traders who are already trading with FP Markets, a multi award-winning Australian forex broker, offering over 60+ fx pairs in all the major currencies 24 hours a day, 5 days a week. All major currency pairs include the US dollar (USD) as either the base or counter currency. Majors include pairs like the GBP/USD, EUR/USD, and USD/JPY.
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 Euro (EUR) 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 Irish traders to capitalise on price fluctuations regardless of market volatility levels.
Forex Trading in Ireland
There are three peak trading sessions in the forex market. They are known as the Tokyo, London and New York sessions. The New York session runs from 8:00am to 5:00pm (EST) and is the most active period for Irish forex trading. Alternate time zones and the overlapping nature of the sessions make it possible to trade forex 24 hours a day, 5 days a week.