Pair Characteristics GBP / JPYFundamentally, trade transactions between Britain and Japan are actually not extraordinary. Both are not familiar trading partners between each other. However, England is the center of the financial industry in the Western world, while Japan is the center of the financial industry in the Eastern hemisphere. By itself, the transfer of payments between financial institutions is busy every day, both in the Asian and European sessions.
Technically, it is a characteristic that you first need to know before exploring more about how to be successful in GBP / JPY pair trading is extreme volatility. The movement can reach 150-200 pips per day, much different from popular pairs such as EUR / USD, USD / JPY, or GBP / USD which normally only in the range 50-100 pips per day.
In addition, the movement of the GBP / JPY pair is very fast, so that excessive stop loss and poor risk management can immediately clear the contents of your account.Linkback: https://www.forex.zone/forex-education/29/pair-gbp-jpy/932/