Forex trading, as well as any other kind of human activity has its unique professional terms – the vocabulary, used by the professionals daily, but absolutely not understandable for a newcomer or an industry outsider.
| Notion | Currency Pair | Trading term |
| GBPUSD | British Pound / US Dollar | "Cable" |
| EURUSD | Euro / US Dollar | "Euro" |
| USDJPY | US Dollar / Japanese Yen | "Dollar Yen" |
| USDCHF | US Dollar / Swiss Franc | "Dollar Swiss", or "Swissy" |
| USDCAD | US Dollar / Canadian Dollar | "Dollar Canada" |
| AUDUSD | Australian Dollar / US Dollar | "Aussie Dollar" |
| EURGBP | Euro / British Pound | "Euro Sterling" |
| EURJPY | Euro / Japanese Yen | "Euro Yen" |
| EURCHF | Euro / Swiss Franc | "Euro Swiss" |
| GBPCHF | British Pound / Swiss Franc | "Sterling Swiss" |
| GBPJPY | British Pound / Japanese Yen | "Sterling Yen" |
| CHFJPY | Swiss Franc / Japanese Yen | "Swiss Yen" |
| NZDUSD | New Zealand Dollar / US Dollar | "New Zealand Dollar" or "Kiwi" |
| USDZAR | US Dollar / South African Rand | "Dollar Zar" or "South African Rand" |
| GLDUSD | Spot Gold | "Gold" |
| SLVUSD | Spot Silver | "Silver" |
