Ah, I didn't realize the pair was referred to as a "cross". I thought he was alluding to some sort of price versus moving average technique.
Those are only cross rates for Americans. If you live in Japan, the EUR/JPY is NOT a cross rate. LOL.
Let me try this one more time for you. A cross rate is any rate that does not involve your local currency. It is NOT simply a currency that does not involve the dollar. In Japan, the EUR/JPY would not be referred to as a cross date as they have nothing to cross. They are simply exchanging their local yen for euros.
I don't agree. There would be three currencies involved. Whatever EUR/JPY rate they agree on will be influenced by the USD.