Spreads in Currency Pairs

[dansmo]

Hi!

Until now I only traded stocks and Index Futures. I am lookin into developing a strategy for FX.
The big question behind my backtests is the bid/ask spread for certain pairs.
Does anyone have statistics about spreads that he can post here? I am interested in the pairs
EUR_JPY
CHF_JPY
EUR_USD
GBP_JPY
GBP_USD
AUD_JPY
USD_CHF
I know that this can heaviliy depend on the platform one is using. Maybe there is someone using EBS and can post his numbers?

Thanks for your help!
dansmo

 

[dansmo]

No one backtesting strategies in FX?

 

[Lucrum]

http://fxtrade.oanda.com/spreads/recent_spreads.shtml

Doesn't look back very far but may be better than nothing. Spreads can and will widen during economic releases of course.

 

[dansmo]

Thanks, that is indeed better than nothing.