Commodities are key resources in world growth, and they impact global inflation. This chapter focuses on what the forex trader should know about the commodity connection to currencies. Gold price movements are important for currency traders to understand. The idea that gold is important to currency moves is sound, but needs to be qualified and put in the context of world events. Copper is one of the world's commodities that is strongly related to economic growth because it is a key material for global infrastructure in the building and telecommunications industry. The relationship between currencies and equities is an area of interest that is becoming increasingly important for traders to become knowledgeable about. Currency traders should consider opportunities in going long the housing equities, if in fact they anticipate interest rates increasing. It is also very useful to look at the USDJPY patterns when considering trading the US markets.