ACY Securities' Low Spread Currency Pairs – 17th February to 21st February 2025

• Major Currency Pairs: EURUSD, GBPUSD, AUDUSD, and USDJPY spreads stayed at "Improvement Required" due to lower liquidity, USD volatility, and seasonal factors.
• Gold and USWTI Oil: XAUUSD spreads were "Average," improving from two weeks ago, while USWTI spreads tightened from "Good" to "Excellent."
• Dow Jones 30 and German 30 Indices: DJ30 spreads remained "Excellent," while GER30 tightened from "Good" to "Excellent" during EU/US sessions.

Major Currency Pairs - EURUSD, AUDUSD, GBPUSD and USDJPY

(Note: The above chart excludes the spread data of the first two hour after market open and the last one hour before market close to minimise the impact of outliers during illiquid market sessions)

Majors Currency Pairs   

Over the past week, EURUSD, GBPUSD, AUDUSD and USDJPY spreads remained at an ‘Improvement required’ level across all sessions.

Key factors contributing to these conditions:

February 17 U.S. holiday led to lower liquidity affecting all major currency pairs, while several retail / CPI / Unemployment data increased USD volatility, impacting spreads in last week. On February 19, the FOMC meeting minutes heightened market caution, reducing liquidity, while EU PMI data and frequent Trump speaks contributed to lower liquidity in EU-related currency pairs. Additionally, seasonally low trading activity in February further affected spread stability.

Gold and US WTI Oil  

(Note: The above chart excludes the spread data of the first one hour after market open and the last one hour before market close to minimise the impact of outliers during illiquid market sessions)  

For the spread of XAUUSD, from the chart above it illustrates that the spreads were at an “Average” level during EU / US sessions, its condition has improvement comparing with 2 weeks ago. the chart above it illustrates that the spreads were at an “Improvement Required” level during all sessions.

As for USWTI, its spread began at an ‘Good’ level during the Asian session and then progressed to an 'Excellent' level during the EU and US sessions.

Dow Jones 30 and German 30 Indices   

(Note: The above chart excludes the spread data of the first one hour after market open and the last one hour before market close to minimise the impact of outliers during illiquid market sessions) 

The DJ30 spreads had been constantly ranging between 100-200 points, which was on a ‘Excellent” level across all trading sessions.

In contrast, the GER30 initially experienced a Good level spread during the Asian session due to reduced trading activity and a subdued market condition. However, it subsequently underwent significant tightening, reaching an ‘Excellent level (100-200) during the EU and US sessions.

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