Abstract:Over various time frames, each table depicts the connection between each primary currency pair (in orange) and other currency pairings (in white). Remember that currency correlation is expressed as a correlation coefficient, which is essentially a number between -1.00 and +1.00 in decimal notation.
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If that's the case, congratulations! Take a peek at the tables below.
Over various time frames, each table depicts the connection between each primary currency pair (in orange) and other currency pairings (in white).
Remember that currency correlation is expressed as a correlation coefficient, which is essentially a number between -1.00 and +1.00 in decimal notation.
A coefficient close or equal to +1 implies that the two pairings are strongly correlated and will most likely move in the same direction.
A coefficient approaching or equal to -1, on the other hand, implies that the two pairings have a significant correlation, but it is negative, resulting in the pairs travelling in opposing directions.
A coefficient that is close to or equal to 0 suggests that the association is very weak or random.
EUR/USD Correlations
EUR/USD | USD/JPY | USD/CHF | GBP/USD | USD/CAD | AUD/USD | NZD/USD | EUR/JPY | EUR/GBP |
1 week | -0.23 | -1.00 | 0.94 | -0.98 | 0.98 | 0.93 | 0.93 | 0.86 |
1 month | 0.63 | -0.98 | 0.13 | -0.90 | 0.90 | 0.96 | 0.91 | 0.86 |
3 month | -0.62 | -0.92 | 0.83 | 0.14 | 0.63 | 0.42 | 0.61 | 0.75 |
6 month | -0.62 | -0.85 | 0.31 | -0.35 | 0.61 | 0.65 | 0.28 | 0.71 |
1 year | -0.69 | -0.98 | 0.88 | -0.93 | 0.95 | 0.96 | 0.66 | 0.02 |
USD/JPY Correlations
USD/JPY | EUR/USD | USD/CHF | GBP/USD | USD/CAD | AUD/USD | NZD/USD | EUR/JPY | EUR/GBP |
1 week | -0.23 | 0.22 | -0.21 | 0.07 | -0.22 | 0.07 | 0.14 | -0.20 |
1 month | 0.63 | -0.52 | -0.35 | -0.58 | 0.46 | 0.64 | 0.89 | 0.77 |
3 month | -0.62 | 0.52 | -0.62 | -0.40 | -0.30 | 0.09 | 0.24 | -0.35 |
6 month | -0.62 | 0.78 | 0.14 | 0.43 | -0.70 | -0.63 | 0.58 | -0.68 |
1 year | -0.69 | 0.74 | -0.51 | 0.67 | -0.69 | -0.69 | 0.09 | -0.20 |
USD/CHF Correlations
USD/CHF | EUR/USD | USD/JPY | GBP/USD | USD/CAD | AUD/USD | NZD/USD | EUR/JPY | EUR/GBP |
1 week | -1.00 | 0.22 | -0.95 | 0.98 | -0.99 | -0.95 | -0.93 | -0.83 |
1 month | -0.98 | -0.52 | -0.24 | 0.89 | -0.93 | -0.94 | -0.87 | -0.79 |
3 month | -0.92 | 0.52 | -0.79 | 0.14 | -0.78 | -0.57 | -0.62 | -0.67 |
6 month | -0.85 | 0.78 | -0.07 | 0.66 | -0.88 | -0.86 | 0.06 | -0.74 |
1 year | -0.98 | 0.74 | -0.87 | 0.96 | -0.98 | -0.98 | -0.58 | -0.01 |
GBP/USD Correlations
GBP/USD | EUR/USD | USD/JPY | USD/CHF | USD/CAD | AUD/USD | NZD/USD | EUR/JPY | EUR/GBP |
1 week | 0.94 | -0.21 | -0.95 | -0.90 | 0.94 | 0.87 | 0.88 | 0.64 |
1 month | 0.13 | -0.13 | -0.24 | -0.26 | 0.31 | 0.20 | -0.10 | -0.39 |
3 month | 0.83 | -0.62 | -0.79 | 0.21 | 0.70 | 0.49 | 0.41 | 0.26 |
6 month | 0.31 | 0.14 | -0.07 | 0.17 | -0.02 | -0.16 | 0.49 | -0.45 |
1 year | 0.88 | -0.51 | -0.87 | -0.89 | 0.87 | 0.86 | 0.69 | -0.45 |
USD/CAD Correlations
USD/CAD | EUR/USD | USD/JPY | USD/CHF | GBP/USD | AUD/USD | NZD/USD | EUR/JPY | EUR/GBP |
1 week | -0.98 | 0.07 | 0.98 | -0.90 | -0.98 | -0.98 | -0.97 | -0.88 |
1 month | -0.89 | -0.58 | 0.89 | -0.26 | -0.96 | -0.96 | -0.83 | -0.70 |
3 month | 0.14 | -0.40 | 0.14 | 0.21 | -0.41 | -0.56 | -023 | -0.02 |
6 month | -0.35 | 0.43 | 0.66 | 0.17 | -0.83 | -0.77 | 0.16 | -0.45 |
1 year | -0.93 | 0.67 | 0.96 | -0.89 | -0.97 | -0.96 | -0.59 | 0.13 |
AUD/USD Correlations
AUD/USD | EUR/USD | USD/JPY | USD/CHF | GBP/USD | USD/CAD | NZD/USD | EUR/JPY | EUR/GBP |
1 week | 0.98 | -0.22 | -0.99 | 0.94 | -0.98 | 0.95 | 0.92 | 0.83 |
1 month | 0.90 | 0.46 | -0.93 | 0.31 | -0.96 | 0.94 | 0.76 | 0.67 |
3 month | 0.63 | -0.30 | -0.78 | 0.70 | -0.41 | 0.87 | 0.48 | 0.28 |
6 month | 0.61 | -0.70 | -0.88 | -0.02 | -0.83 | 0.91 | -0.23 | 0.58 |
1 year | 0.95 | -0.69 | -0.98 | 0.87 | -0.97 | 0.99 | 0.59 | -0.0 |
NZD/USD Correlations
NZD/USD | EUR/USD | USD/JPY | USD/CHF | GBP/USD | USD/CAD | AUD/USD | EUR/JPY | EUR/GBP |
1 week | 0.93 | 0.07 | -0.95 | 0.87 | -0.98 | 0.95 | 0.98 | 0.83 |
1 month | 0.96 | 0.64 | -0.94 | 0.20 | -0.96 | 0.94 | 0.90 | 0.79 |
3 month | 0.42 | 0.09 | -0.57 | 0.49 | -0.56 | 0.87 | 0.61 | 0.17 |
6 month | 0.65 | -0.63 | -0.86 | -0.16 | -0.77 | 0.91 | -0.09 | 0.72 |
1 year | 0.96 | -0.63 | -0.98 | 0.86 | -0.96 | 0.99 | 0.61 | 0.00 |
EUR/JPY Correlations
EUR/JPY | EUR/USD | USD/JPY | USD/CHF | GBP/USD | USD/CAD | AUD/USD | NZD/USD | EUR/GBP |
1 week | 0.93 | 0.14 | -0.93 | 0.88 | -0.97 | 0.92 | 0.98 | 0.81 |
1 month | 0.91 | 0.89 | -0.84 | -0.10 | -0.83 | 0.76 | 0.90 | 0.90 |
3 month | 0.61 | 0.24 | -0.62 | 0.41 | -0.23 | 0.48 | 0.61 | 0.58 |
6 month | 0.28 | 0.58 | 0.06 | 0.49 | 0.16 | -0.23 | -0.09 | -0.09 |
1 year | 0.66 | 0.09 | -0.58 | 0.69 | -0.59 | 0.59 | 0.61 | -0.20 |
EUR/GBP Correlations
EUR/GBP | EUR/USD | USD/JPY | USD/CHF | GBP/USD | USD/CAD | AUD/USD | NZD/USD | EUR/JPY |
1 week | 0.86 | -0.20 | -0.83 | 0.64 | -0.88 | 0.83 | 0.83 | 0.81 |
1 month | 0.86 | 0.77 | -0.79 | -0.39 | -0.70 | 0.67 | 0.79 | 0.90 |
3 month | 0.75 | -0.35 | -0.67 | 0.26 | -0.02 | 0.28 | 0.17 | 0.58 |
6 month | 0.71 | -0.68 | -0.74 | -0.45 | -0.45 | 0.58 | 0.72 | -0.09 |
1 year | 0.02 | -0.20 | -0.01 | -0.45 | 0.13 | -0.03 | 0.00 | -0.20 |
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