0.0001 (fourth decimal place).
About $10 per pip on a standard lot (USD-quoted, so the value is fixed in dollars). Broker specification is authoritative.
Roughly Sunday 22:00 UTC to Friday 21:00 UTC (24/5), per your broker's calendar.
Active earlier than European pairs: Sydney/Asia hours (22:00–08:00 UTC) carry Australian data and Chinese releases; US hours add the dollar side.
AUDUSD is the market's favorite commodity currency: Australia exports iron ore, coal, and gas — much of it to China — so the aussie behaves partly as a proxy for Chinese demand and global growth optimism. Risk-on markets tend to lift it; risk-off sinks it.
It is also one of the few majors genuinely alive during Asian hours, when Australian data (RBA decisions, jobs, CPI) and Chinese figures (PMI, trade balance) hit the tape.
How AUDUSD behaves
- Chinese data releases move AUDUSD as reliably as Australian ones — the calendar to watch is double-length.
- Correlates positively with equity risk appetite; sharp stock-market falls usually drag it down.
- Asian-session moves are real but thinner; European hours often retrace them.
Risk notes for AUDUSD
- Risk-off shocks hit the aussie hard and fast — it is not a defensive holding.
- Positions held through Chinese data (often ~01:00–02:00 UTC) carry event risk many traders forget to check.
- Correlation with NZDUSD is very high; trading both is close to doubling one position.
Whatever the instrument, the sizing method is the same: place the stop where the trade idea is invalid, then size the position so that stop costs a fixed fraction of the account. Our position size calculator does that math, and the stop-loss and risk–reward guide explains why the order of operations matters.
AUDUSD — frequently asked questions
Why does Chinese data move AUDUSD?
China is Australia's largest trading partner, buying the bulk of its commodity exports. Signals about Chinese demand — PMI, industrial output, stimulus news — directly reprice expectations for Australian trade income, and the currency with it.
When is the best time to trade AUDUSD?
It has two useful windows: Asian hours (22:00–08:00 UTC) when Australian and Chinese data land, and the US session when dollar-side flows arrive. It is one of the few majors where Asian-session strategies have real data to work with.
How much is an AUDUSD pip worth?
About $10 per standard lot — the pair is USD-quoted, so pip value is fixed in dollars regardless of the rate, subject to your broker's contract size.
Reference information, not financial advice. Contract sizes, pip values, hours, and spreads vary by broker — your broker's specification is authoritative, and RezSync Algo always reads these values live from the broker rather than assuming them. Trading involves substantial risk of loss; forward-test on a demo account before any live decision.
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