Which currency pair did you learn on, and would you recommend it?

EUR/USD is the usual suggestion for beginners because it's the most traded pair and typically has the tightest spreads. Plenty of traders started elsewhere, though: GBP/USD for its bigger moves, USD/JPY because it suited their time zone, or gold because that's what drew them to trading.

Tell us which pair or market you learned on and what you'd tell someone starting today. It helps to mention:

• the session you trade, since a pair can be quiet in one session and busy in another
• how its typical daily range affected where you placed stops
• anything about it that caught you out early, like spreads widening at rollover

Background: major, minor and exotic pairs, and live prices on the markets page.