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Interest rates add value to every country's currency. Higher interest rates in relation to a currency means it offers relatively higher return compared to any other currency. This way, the higher interest rates in a country, the demand for their currency will rise too because investors will want to have them.

The opposite may happen with lower interest rates. When a country's central bank lowers interest rates, the exchange rates will undergo depreciation. For instance, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) cut their interest rates twice in 2013. Even further, until December of that year, the governor repeatedly mentioned the possibility of a third cut. As a result, AUD became one of the worst major in 2013, having entered a bearish trend that went on until 2014.

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Based on a survey in 2019, JP Morgan, UBS, and Deutsche Bank are the top 3. Each has a market share of 10.78%, 8.13%, and 7.58% of the global forex market respectively.

They are followed by Citi (5.53%), HSBC (5.33%), Goldman Sachs (4.62%), State Street (4.61%), and Bank of America Merrill Lynch (4.5%).

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As a matter of fact, yes. For instance, there is often a correlation between the rise of the US Dollar and strong gains in stock indices like Dow Jones, NASDAQ, and S&P500. Similarly, a correlation has been observed between the Nikkei stock index and the Japanese Yen.

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Knowing major banks' FX positions can be important for certain traders, as it provides insights that can help identify low-risk, high-reward, and high-probability entry points in the market.

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