Currency Strength Meter

Geometric-mean performance against the basket of counterparts · 30 pairs · as of 2026-09-17

PHP, ZAR excluded from the ranking — insufficient bilateral coverage (see the note under the table).

Strongest · 1 week

🇺🇸 USD

+1.39% vs basket

Weakest · 1 week

🇳🇿 NZD

-0.64% vs basket

Weekly spread

2.03 pp

strongest minus weakest

Currencies scored

8

from 30 pairs

Strength ranking · 1 week

Each bar is the currency's geometric-mean move against every counterpart it trades against. Bars are anchored at zero, so the length is comparable across the row.

1🇺🇸USD+1.39%
2🇪🇺EUR+0.03%
3🇨🇦CAD+0.01%
4🇯🇵JPY-0.14%
5🇬🇧GBP-0.17%
6🇦🇺AUD-0.17%
7🇨🇭CHF-0.46%
8🇳🇿NZD-0.64%

All horizons

percent vs basket · green/blue = strong, red = weak
#Currency1 day1 week1 month3 monthsCoverage
1🇺🇸USDUS Dollar+0.36%+1.39%+0.61%-0.39%9 pairs
2🇪🇺EUREuro-0.08%+0.03%-0.38%-0.62%7 pairs
3🇨🇦CADCanadian Dollar-0.06%+0.01%-0.18%+0.70%7 pairs
4🇯🇵JPYJapanese Yen+0.06%-0.14%+3.30%+3.27%7 pairs
5🇬🇧GBPBritish Pound-0.58%-0.17%-1.03%+0.41%7 pairs
6🇦🇺AUDAustralian Dollar+0.28%-0.17%+1.08%+0.99%7 pairs
7🇨🇭CHFSwiss Franc-0.25%-0.46%-1.12%-3.04%7 pairs
8🇳🇿NZDNew Zealand Dollar+0.14%-0.64%-2.15%-0.81%7 pairs
🇺🇸USD#1
1 day+0.36
1 week+1.39
1 month+0.61
3 months-0.39
🇪🇺EUR#2
1 day-0.08
1 week+0.03
1 month-0.38
3 months-0.62
🇨🇦CAD#3
1 day-0.06
1 week+0.01
1 month-0.18
3 months+0.70
🇯🇵JPY#4
1 day+0.06
1 week-0.14
1 month+3.30
3 months+3.27
🇬🇧GBP#5
1 day-0.58
1 week-0.17
1 month-1.03
3 months+0.41
🇦🇺AUD#6
1 day+0.28
1 week-0.17
1 month+1.08
3 months+0.99
🇨🇭CHF#7
1 day-0.25
1 week-0.46
1 month-1.12
3 months-3.04
🇳🇿NZD#8
1 day+0.14
1 week-0.64
1 month-2.15
3 months-0.81

Not scored

These currencies are in the universe but trade against too few counterparts to produce a meaningful basket reading. Scoring them would just restate one or two exchange rates, so they are withheld instead.

PHPonly 1 counterparty in the universe — a score built from that few rates would just restate them
ZARonly 1 counterparty in the universe — a score built from that few rates would just restate them

How to read this

  • Strength is relative, not absolute. Every score is measured against the other currencies in the basket, so a reading of +2% means it outperformed its counterparts — not that it rose in isolation.
  • Scores are geometric means. Returns compound: a pair up 10% then down 10% is not flat. Averaging in log space, then exponentiating, is what keeps the reciprocal exact — a 1% gain in BASE is a 1% loss in QUOTE, and the arithmetic is built so that stays true.
  • Divergence across horizons is the signal. A currency strong on the week but weak on the month is a mean-reversion candidate; one strong on every horizon is a trend. The matrix is there to show that disagreement.
  • This is a descriptive measure of what has already happened in the price series. It contains no forecast, and a strong currency can weaken at any time.
EdgefulFinder · Probability & macro analytics. Historical statistics are not forecasts.Data: Yahoo Finance · CFTC · BLS · SEC EDGAR