If you are a beginner in the forex trading market, there are some terms that you will need to understand in order to carry out your trades without relying on guess work. First, you will need to understand what a currency pair is. When trading in the forex market, you will always trade in pairs, for instance USD/EUR means that you are trading a Euro with a US dollar. When the value of this pair is given as 1.2977, it means that 1 US dollar is equal to 1.2977 Euros. There are many other currency pairs and their value is usually given to four decimal places. The Japanese Yen is the exception since its value is given to two decimal places.
