Fundamental trading strategies involve trying to find the value of an instrument or asset class by looking at the macro and micro economic conditions that could affect the value of that instrument.  The relative economic and politic variables of each country will help determine the intrinsic value of its currency. Variable such as GDP, Retail Sales, Price Indexes, Industrial Production indexes all help in fundamentally framing a currency’s position versus its peers.  Fundamentals ultimately move the markets and as a result a basic knowledge and understanding is required.  At Vanguard Forex, this economic variable resource for the trader on our website.