Datasets for FX investing
Konstantinos Vafeidis, Associate (London)
In this primer, we introduce the conventional and alternative datasets available for FX investing. We also discuss some of the nuances within the FX data landscape, such as dataset challenges and industry maturity.
Friendly PSA: this is meant as an introductory piece into FX data. If you are an experienced user of FX data, or are passably familiar with datasets for this asset class, then there is a chance that you will not learn anything new here.
THE 30,000-FOOT VIEW
Before jumping into the minutiae, it is important to take a step back and understand what the data landscape for FX investing comprises as of 2022. At Neudata, we summarise it with the below image: