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What are the biggest banks that trade forex?
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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Are there any correlations between stock market indices and currencies?
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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Is there imbalance power in the forex market?
According to a study by the Bank of International Settlements that was originally published in 2013 and revised in 2016 about client flows in forex trading, the flow of institutional traders reflects a significantly superior alignment with future pricing than that of corporate and private traders' flows. To put it simply, the power imbalance in forex trading gives a huge advantage to institutional traders.
Their order flow is usually so powerful that it can drive the price to move in a certain direction, hence creating a trend. But don't lose hope just yet because fortunately, there is still a way to analyze market sentiment for retail traders, and that is through the Commitment of Traders data report.
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Why is PMI considered more useful in forex analysis than GDP?
GDP is published quarterly, and it is too long for companies to wait for GDP before making important decisions. Besides, different countries often have different methods of calculating GDP. Such a difference makes them practically incomparable.
Contrarily, an independent institution that counts PMI for many countries will certainly use a similar method. Unlike other economic reports published by government bodies, PMI is commonly held and published by private institutions. This ensures the independence of the survey and lends credibility to the result.
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