Lets say you want to buy the EUR /
USD currency quote, the current price of which is 1.2776.
Not exact matches
For e.g.
USD is the
quote currency of EUR /
USD.)
These
currencies are
quoted in pairs, such as the widely traded pair EUR /
USD that is the Euro and the US Dollar.
The main exceptions for this are the EUR, GBP and the AUD
currencies, which appear before the
USD in a
quote.
For example, in GBP /
USD, the British Pound is known as the base
currency and the
USD is called the
quote currency.
Purchase at a market price of 1,180, the
USD value of the position, also referred to as
quote or counter
currency exposure, is 100 x 1,180 = $ 118,000
When
USD is the base
currency and the
quote goes up, that means
USD has strengthened in value and the other
currency has weakened.
If EUR /
USD is at 1.4000, it means that the euro is the base
currency and that one euro is worth US$ 1.40, with the U.S. dollar representing the
quote / counter
currency.
Rates
quoted in
USD and all other
Currencies are just an indication.