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Best forex pairs to scalp during london session

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PTScalper
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Best forex pairs to scalp during london session

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Hi scalpers,

what do you think or is your experience, what is the best forex pair to scalp during London UK session?

From my own experience i love most GBPUSD, GBPJPY or EURUSD.
GBPUSD is because in these times there are regularly some news and volatility is great.
EURUSD i love, because there is low spread, high liquidity and time to time volatility is good too :-)

What do you think?
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Re: Best forex pairs to scalp during london session

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London for me is mostly EURUSD / GBPUSD, sometimes GBPJPY if RVOL is real. I drop thin crosses early — they look clean until the first news spike.

Filter I use in the first 90 minutes:
- Prefer pairs where London is the primary liquidity (not just "open")
- Skip if Asia left a messy unfinished range and I'm guessing the break
- One A-setup pair > three mediocre ones

Tech note: I keep session markers + a simple RVOL proxy on the 1m/5m so I'm not inventing "London energy."

What's your London A-list this year — still majors only, or do you add gold/indices in the same window?
Do you flat before NY open or let a runner into the overlap?
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