Forex Currency Quotes
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Reading a foreign exchange quote or FOREX quotes is very simple as long as you can remember the following important things:
- The first currency listed is the base currency
- The value of the base currency is always 1.
- The second currency listed is called the quoted currency.
- The bid price is how much of the counter or quoted price you can buy using a unit of the base currency.
- The ask price is how much of the quoted currency you will have to give up in order to acquire a unit of the base currency
The US dollar is usually considered the base currency for quotes. In other words, when the base currency is USD, we think of the quote as telling us what a US dollar is worth in that other currency. When USD is the base currency and the quote goes up, it means that the USD has strengthened in value and the other currency has weakened. This also means that the dollar can now buy you more of the currency that before. If you were looking at the graph, you would see a graph going up left to right.
When the US dollar is the base currency and it looses value against the other currency, the quoted value will be smaller, thus the dollar is now able to buy you far less of the other currency that before. If you were looking at the graph for the two currency, you would see the graph going down from left to right.
Cross currencies - are currency pair that does not involve the USD, the idea still remains the same as when you are dealing with the USD and another currency. In other words, your quotes still have the two sides:
- The BID is the price at which you can SELL base currency.
- The ASK is the price at which you can BUY base currency.
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