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Major Currency Profiles

Written by Teodor Dimov
Teodor is a financial news writer and editor at TradingPedia, covering the commodities spot and futures markets and the fundamental factors linked to their pricing.
, | Updated: September 12, 2025

Major currency profiles

This lesson will cover the following

  • Profile of the US dollar and the Dollar Index
  • Profile of the euro
  • Profile of the Japanese yen
  • Profile of the Swiss franc
  • Profile of the British pound
  • Profiles of the Canadian and Australian dollars
  • Profile of the Chinese yuan

The second part of our Day Trading guide will cover the specifics of the most traded currencies in the foreign exchange market. These will be presented in summarised profiles covering a wide range of factors influencing a currency’s value – a general macroeconomic overview of the respective country, monetary policy and tools, as well as the most significant economic data releases.

We hope that, by aggregating and providing this information in an easy-to-read structure, we will assist novice traders in choosing which currencies to trade, and also help intermediate traders learn something new and useful. In either case, please feel free to read what we have prepared for you!