USDCHF STATISTICS

The US Dollar against the Swiss Franc. USDCHF accounted for 4.4% of the Foreign Exchange market volume in 2016. The Swiss Franc is the official currency of Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and Campione d’ Italia.

 

◙ USDCHF SEASONAL PATTERNS:

According to our data {2000-2018}, these are the best months to go long/short on USDCHF:

• BEST MONTHS FOR LONG TRADES (↑)

MAY, average returns +0.45%, times (10-9), and +0.27% momentum

RECENT 5 PERIODS: 3 bullish out of 5

RELIABILITY: NOT a reliable seasonal pattern (☆)

• OCTOBER, average returns +0.15%, times (10-8), and +0.23% momentum

RECENT 5 PERIODS: 5 bullish out of 5

RELIABILITY: a reliable pattern only after 2012 (☆☆)

BEST MONTHS FOR SHORT TRADES (↓)

• JUNE, average negative returns -0.92%, times (6-13), and -0.87% momentum

RECENT 5 PERIODS: 3 bearish out of 5

RELIABILITY: not a very reliable seasonal pattern (☆☆)

• DECEMBER, average negative returns -1.64%, times (7-11), and -0.95% momentum

RECENT 5 PERIODS: 3 bearish out of 5

RELIABILITY: NOT a very reliable pattern, in recent years. However, historically, strong and extended bearish movements occurred in December. December is the month to ‘run your profits’ if you go ‘Short’ on USDCHF (☆☆)

 

 

◘ USDCHF AND BONDS CORRELATION

The rates of US Bonds show a historical correlation to USDCHF. The Swiss Franc along with the Japanese Yen offer traditionally very low interest rates. Hence, if US rates start moving higher investors tend to go long on USDCHF to implement carry-trading strategies. In other words, they go long on USD against the CHF to collect the positive USDCHF overnight rate.

 

◘ USD/CHF Central Banks

» US Federal Reserve

» Swiss Central Bank

 

◘ COMPARE USD/CHF BROKERS & TRADING TERMS

In the following table, you may find a basic comparison of regulated USD/CHF Forex Brokers.

Table: Compare USD/CHF Forex Trading Cost 

USDCHF FOREX BROKER
□ USDCHF SPREAD	1.7 pip on USDCHF (without trading commissions)	0.19-0.80 pip on USDCHF	0.92 pip on USDCHF	0.9 pip on USDCHF
□ TRADING COMMISSIONS	NO	YES $7/full traded lot	YES $7/full traded lot	YES $7/full traded lot
□ PLATFORMS	MT4/MT5 RStocks Trader	MT4/MT5 Ctrader	MT4/MT5	MT4/MT5
□ AUTO-TRADING	Fully Allowed Free VPS	Fully Allowed Free VPS	Fully Allowed Free VPS NY4 and LD5 IBX Equinix	Fully Allowed
□ REGULATION	FSC 000138/7 (Belize)	FSC (Mauritius) -License Number: GB21026834	FSC of the Republic of Vanuatu (No. 40313)	MFSA (Malta) FSC (Mauritius)
□ ACCOUNT INFO	35 Forex pairs Min. Deposit: 200 USD Funding Methods: Cards | Bank Wire | Skrill PerfectMoney | Neteller » Review RoboForex	65 Forex pairs Min. Deposit: 200 USD Funding Methods: Credit Cards | Bank Wire Skrill | PayPal | Neteller » Review IC Trading	61 Forex pairs Min. Deposit: 200 USD Funding Methods: Credit Cards | Bank Wire Skrill | UnionPay | Neteller » TitanFx Review	65 Forex pairs Min. Deposit: 100 USD Funding Methods: Credit Cards | Bank Wire UnionPay | Neteller » Review FXDD
□ WEBSITE	» RoboForex Website	» IC Trading Website	» TitanFx Accounts	» FXDD Accounts

 

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