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Currencies vs US Dollar - Currencies vs USD Trading
Currencies vs US Dollar Investing
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PCIInstrument : &VSUSD_Index
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Currencies vs Dollar Description
The currency index is used for illustrating of the US currency movement against the rest of the Forex market. A portfolio of most liquid currencies - EUR, GBP, JPY, AUD, CHF, and CAD is used as a market systemic indicator.
Advantage
- The index reaction to the fundamental events in US economy is the most obvious and stable;
- The index forms a stable trend channel suitable for position trading;
- The index sensitivity to fundamental events in other currency zones is minimal. This allows detecting low-volatility trend movement of the index that characterizes objectively the state of US economy.
The theoretical bases for building the instrument can be found below in the section “Application field”.
Use these instruments for analysis and trading
Available exclusively in IFC Markets
Structure
Parameters
Trading hours
Structure
PCI Components and their volume
Swipe table
| &VSUSD_Index | № | Asset | Volume / 1 PCI | Percentage | Volume (USD) / 1 PCI | Unit of measurеment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base part | 1 | EUR | 107.8657 | 12.700 | 127.0000 | EUR |
| 2 | JPY | 17196.2752 | 14.500 | 145.0000 | JPY | |
| 3 | GBP | 115.3631 | 17.500 | 175.0000 | GBP | |
| 4 | CHF | 194.8028 | 19.100 | 191.0000 | CHF | |
| 5 | AUD | 222.0532 | 18.100 | 181.0000 | AUD | |
| 6 | CAD | 215.1918 | 18.000 | 180.0000 | CAD | |
| Quoted part | 1 | USD | 1000.000 | 100.0000 | 1000.0000 | USD |
Parameters
PCI main trading conditions
Swipe table
The volume to calculate Swap and 1 pip value
1
The size of 1 pip
0.00001
Margin in USD for the volume and leverage of 1:100
20.00 USD
Creation date
2015-01-13
| Standard | Beginner | Demo | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed spread, pip | |||
| Floating Spread, pip | |||
| Order distance, pip | |||
| Swap (long/short) in pips on Vol | |||
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Available volumes | |||
| The value of 1 pip in USD for the Vol |
Trading hours
PCI active trading hours
| Week day | Server time (CET) | Local hours |
| Monday | 00:00 — 24:00 | 00:00 — 24:00 |
| Tuesday | 00:00 — 24:00 | 00:00 — 24:00 |
| Wednesday | 00:00 — 24:00 | 00:00 — 24:00 |
| Thursday | 00:00 — 24:00 | 00:00 — 24:00 |
| Friday | 00:00 — 22:00 | 00:00 — 22:00 |
| Saturday | — | — |
| Sunday | — | — |
How can PCI be applied in trading?
Limit volumes (USD) for base and quoted parts = 1000.00 ; 1000.00.
To trade PCI instruments offered exclusively by IFC Markets, you need to open a free account and download the NetTradeX platform.
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