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Trading Calendar and the Forex Majors

The Forex majors are the most traded and liquid currency pairs in the world. Overall, the Forex majors are involved in more than 85% of the total Forex market volume. The Forex majors offer a tight bid/ask spread which makes them attractive for scalping, intraday, and algorithmic trading.

These are the periodic returns of the 7 Forex majors based on historical data for the period 2000-2018.

Table: Compare the returns of the 7 Forex majors

Source: G. Protonotarios (c) 2000-2018

 

Annual Trading Calendar -Forex & Commodities

The trading calendar that follows includes the best monthly trades based on historical data.

Table: Trading calendar based on Forex Statistics during 13.5 years (2000-2013)

 

TRADING-CALENDAR

PAIRS TO BUY PAIRS TO SELL

 

-1- JANUARY

USDCAD

COMMODITIES: GOLD/USD

EURUSD, EURGBP

 

-2- FEBRUARY

EURGBP

COMMODITIES: GOLD/USD, OIL/USD

GBPCHF, GBPAUD

EURCHF, EURAUD

 

-3- MARCH

EURGBP, USDJPY

COMMODITIES: CRYPTOCURRENCY, GOLD/USD

 

-4- APRIL

GBPUSD

COMMODITIES: CRYPTOCURRENCY, OIL/USD

USDCAD, EURAUD

 

-5- MAY

COMMODITIES: CRYPTOCURRENCY

EURUSD, GBPUSD, AUDUSD

 

-6- JUNE

EURUSD, GBPUSD, AUDUSD

COMMODITIES: OIL/USD

USDCHF

 

-7- JULY

 

-DO NOT TRADE IN JULY-

 

-DO NOT TRADE IN JULY-

 

-8- AUGUST

EURAUD

COMMODITIES: GOLD/USD, OIL/USD

 

USDJPY, EURJPY, GBPJPY

AUDJPY, NZDJPY

 

-9- SEPTEMBER

EURJPY

COMMODITIES: CRYPTOCURRENCY

 

-10- OCTOBER

USDCAD, AUDUSD

EURUSD, EURAUD

COMMODITIES: OIL/USD

 

-11- NOVEMBER

USDJPY

COMMODITIES: CRYPTOCURRENCY

 

GBPUSD

 

-12- DECEMBER

EURUSD, AUDUSD

NZDUSD, EURGBP, EURJPY

USDCHF

Source: G.P. for TradingCenter.org {Research on Forex market 2000-2013)

 

◙ Trading Calendar

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