See which currencies are strongest and weakest right now. The meter ranks the eight major currencies by how much each has gained or lost against the other seven, over the last hour, today, this week or the last month. Prices update live.
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Each bar is the currency’s average % change against the other seven majors over the selected period. Today is measured from the previous daily close (17:00 New York), This week from last Friday’s close.
Top gainers
Top losers
All 30 markets
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How the currency strength meter works
A currency pair only tells you how one currency moved against another. If EUR/USD rises, is the euro strong or the dollar weak? The meter answers this by looking at all 28 pairs of the eight majors (USD, EUR, GBP, JPY, CHF, AUD, CAD and NZD) at once.
For each currency it takes the percentage change against every other major over the chosen period and averages the seven results. A reading of +0.40% means the currency is up 0.4% on average against the rest of the majors. The readings always balance around zero: for one currency to be strong, others must be weak.
Today starts at the previous daily close (17:00 New York time), This week at the previous Friday’s close, 1 month at the daily close 30 days ago. Cross rates are derived from the live major pairs.
How traders use currency strength
- Pair the strongest with the weakest. A trend is more likely to continue when one side of the pair is broadly strong and the other broadly weak. If GBP is top and JPY bottom, GBP/JPY is where the move is cleanest.
- Avoid mixed signals. Two currencies in the middle of the ranking tend to chop sideways.
- Read the news. A single currency jumping to the top or bottom in the last hour usually means a data release or central bank comment. Our guide to trading the news explains how to handle it.
- Check the higher period. A currency that is weak today but strong over the month may just be pulling back within a trend.
The Top gainers and Top losers lists show which of all 30 markets (28 currency pairs, gold and oil) moved most over the same period. Open any major on the live forex charts to see the price action behind it, and check how the pairs move together on the correlation matrix.
FAQ
Is a currency strength meter a trading signal? No. It describes what has already happened. It is a filter for choosing which pair to trade and in which direction, not a timing tool.
Why don’t the numbers match a pair’s % change? Each number is an average against seven currencies, not a single pair. The pair changes are listed under All 30 markets.