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Currency Pairs

Rakuten Securities HK offers 40 currency pairs on the Trading Station§. The “majors” and the “commodity pairs” are the most liquid and most widely traded currency pairs in the forex market. These pairs and their combinations (EUR/JPY, GBP/JPY, and EUR/GBP) make up the vast majority of all trading in the forex market. Because these pairs typically have the largest volume of buyers and sellers, they also typically will have the tightest spreads.

 

  • Majors: EUR/USD, USD/JPY, GBP/USD, USD/CHF
  • Commodity Pairs: AUD/USD, USD/CAD, NZD/USD

There are however many other currency pairs that allow you to take advantage of macroeconomic events in specific international markets, such as the USD/CNH (US Dollar/Chinese Yuan) and USD/MXN (US Dollar/Mexican Peso).

 

USD/CNH

Rakuten Securities HK offers online USD/CNH trading so that you can trade on the growth in China and its volatility inherent in one of the world’s fastest growing economies.

 

WHAT IS CNH?

  • CNH is an offshore version of the renminbi (RMB) created by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority and the People’s Bank of China. CNY is the onshore version of the RMB.
  • CNH allows investors outside of mainland China to gain exposure to the RMB.
  • Short-term divergences between USD/CNH and USD/CNY can occur, but in the longer term the CNH correlates to the CNY.

Please contact us if you have any questions related to account opening.

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Although demo accounts attempt to replicate real-time market scenarios, they are based on simulated market environment. As such, there are key differences that distinguish it from a live account; including but not limited to, the lack of dependence on real-time market liquidity, delay or difference in pricing and spread. The operational capabilities when executing orders in a demo environment may result in atypically expedited transactions, lack of rejected orders, and/or the absence of slippage. Additionally, updates to demo account may not coincide with those of live accounts.

^ Rakuten Securities was ranked as the world’s fifth largest retail forex broker by volume in August 2017 from Finance Magnates.
Ŧ Only available for clients who hold a Rakuten FX account.
¤ Fixed spreads are offered in Rakuten FX account during at least 95% of the time of the monthly core-time trading period (8am to 2am HKT of every trading day). Spreads shown above and in our website are for reference only and are not guaranteed and may widen beyond the average spreads depending on the market volatility, especially under circumstances of extremely low liquidity, news events or public holidays. Please always refer to the trading platforms for the most updated spreads.
ɞ Order execution rate is calculated based on the AS Streaming and Streaming trading orders in 10k or less order size with lower than 1 pip slippage setting in which were executed during the period between Jan 1 to Nov 1, 2017.
§ Rakuten Securities HK offers Trading Station platform through its partner FXCM.
※ Commission is charged per trade side on both open trade(s) and close trade(s). All commission fees may be subject to change from time to time without prior notice. Please always refer to the most updated Schedule of Standard Fees and Charges.
ʊ MARKETSPEED FX platform is the winner of “Online Forex Trading Platform” by Good Design Award in 2012.

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When executing customers’ trades, Rakuten Securities HK can be compensated in several ways, which include, but are not limited to: charging fixed lot-based commissions at the open and close of a trade, adding a markup to the spreads, acting as a counterparty in the transactions. As a result, Rakuten Securities HK’s interests may be in conflict with yours.

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