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Written by Al Parsai   
Wednesday, 16 January 2008

Forex (currency) brokers and traders and all who are engaged with currency trading use special names to refer to currencies. The most common names are those issued under ISO 4217 document. Here are some of the most common currency pairs that we trade.

 

Currency Common Names
 ISO Symbol
American Dollar Dollar, Greenback USD
Euro Euro EUR
British Pound Cable, Sterling GBP
Japanese Yen Yen JPY
Canadian Dollar Cnadian, Loonie CAD
Australian Dollar Aussie AUD
Switzerland Franc Swiss CHF
New Zealand Dollar Kiwi NZD

 

The forex market is not limited to the currency pairs mentioned above. The following table shows a list of some other currency pairs and their relevant ISO name.

 

Currency ISO Symbol
New Turkish Lira TRY
Yuan Renminbi (China) CNY
Indian Rupee INR
Rupiah (Indonasia) IDR
Malaysian Ringgit MYR
Mexican Peso MXN
New Taiwan Dollar TWD
Swedish Krona SEK

 

For a complete list of countries, currency pairs, and their ISO names click here to see the ISO 4217 document on ISO website.

 

 
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 16 January 2008 )
 
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