Disliked{quote} Just curious, do you always base your decision of trading the majors based on their cross pair, knowing that the direction of the cross pair is strictly dictated by the price moves of its component majors? Are you using the cross pair as a visual proxy? Best, DaveIgnored
To my thinking, the crosses are the Yin/Yang of the majors - they're important (about 10-20% of the equation) but not everything. There are numerous inter-relationships not just between obviously corresponding pairs but also with other (at times) seemingly unrelated things, including fundies (or more specifically the data competition between "sister" currencies), and the status of the pair in market's eyes, e.g. Euros can be used to settle international contracts of trade (USD is main currency for settlement), but GBP cannot. GBP also tends to be market's play thing bec of the normally strong moves but can get dumped when the demand for USD increases, whereas Euros are held.
Only exception to this is when trading AUD and NZD. In those cases, the PA on the crosses is paramount.
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