The Foreign Exchange Rate

The Foreign Exchange Rate

In the international market, the Foreign Exchange rate is demonstrated by five numerals, for example:

EUR/USD 1.2653
USD/JPY 107.65
GBP/JPY 195.03


The Exchange Rate Change

The exchange rate smallest change for the final figure (is 1 pip), for example:

The EUR/USD smallest change is 0.0001
USD/JPY smallest change is 0.01


Quoted Price

All quoted prices can be divided into direct quoted price and the indirect quoted price, for example:

The direct quoted price currency includes: EUR/USD, GBP/USD, AUD/USD, NZD/USD ......
The indirect quoted price currency includes: USD/JPY, USD/CHF, USD/CAD ......

For example, the EUR/USD quoted price is 1.2653, which means each euro could convert to 1.2653 US dollars, while the USD/JPY quoted price is 107.65, which means that each US dollar could convert to 107.65 Japanese Yen.

The buying price and the selling price of the foreign currency is decided by the bank or the broker house, customer decides only the buying trend. For example, the EUR/USD quoted price general demonstration is 1.2652/57, which means the broker house is willing to buy Euro dollar at the price of 1.2652, and sell at the price of 1.2657. At this time, the price difference between the buyer and the seller (pip difference) is 5 pips, for foreign exchange trading, the smaller the point means the trading cost is lower and the chance of profit making is much larger.

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