The Problems

No Charts

There are no charts for the US Dollar on its own (or any other currency for that matter) – you have to compare the USD with something else to get a feel for the strength or weakness of the currency.

By looking at the EURUSD you can get a feel of whether the US Dollar is stronger or weaker than the EUR. This is a narrow view as the EUR itself could be very strong or very weak so you are only getting information on the EUR compared to the US Dollar.

The Confusion

What makes this comparison even more confusing is that different time periods will give you different perspectives. The EUR could be stronger than the Dollar on the monthly, 4hour, 15 minute charts and weaker on the weekly, daily, 1 hour, 30 minute, 5 minute and 1 minute charts. Pretty confusing isn’t it.

The Sheer volume of information

And that is only 1 cross, the EURUSD. Imagine trying to do it for the top 8 currencies crosses in all Time periods. You would have to look at 8 x 8 = 64 possible crosses. This amount can be halved as you don’t need to both the EURUSD and the USDEUR. But then you would have to look at 32 charts in each time period (Monthly, Weekly, Daily, 4 Hour, I Hour, 30 Minute, 15 minute, 5 minute and 1 minute charts) 32 x 7 = 224 constantly changing charts and readings.