Upon downloading and opening the software of your chosen forex broker, the first concept that you will encounter is the forex price quote. The quote is simply the record of a previous transaction in which a currency pair changed hands. When two financial actors exchange currencies, the price at which the transaction occurred is called a quote. Let’s see this with an example.
EUR/USD 1.3524
In the above quote, the currency on the left side is the currency which was bought by us, while the one on the right is the one that we sold to finance our purchase. The number signifies the value at which the currencies were exchanged. Or to put it in a short and simple mathematical form, when we bought 1 Euro, the value of one Euro was equal to 1.35 USD, and we had to pay that much to buy the currency.
Upon executing the trade, we are now long the Euro, and short the dollar (we bought the Euro, and sold the dollar.), in either words, we have an open position. The principle of profit in currency trading is the same as in all other kinds of trading activity: to buy cheap, and to sell expensive is our purpose. Consequently, we will wait for the value of the Euro to rise above 1.35, to for instance, 1.38, where we will be able to close our position by selling the Euro and buying back the dollars, and making a profit. Since our base currency is the dollar, our profit will also be measured in dollars.
Let’s solidify this with an example:
We buy 1,000 EUR for 1,350 USD, with the quote at 1.35. We wait until the quote is at 1.38, when we close our position by selling our 1,000 Euro at 1,380 USD. Since our initial trade was worth 1,350 USD, the difference between 1,380 and 1,350, that is, 30 dollars, becomes our profit.
Upon downloading and opening the software of your chosen forex broker, the first concept that you will encounter is the forex price quote. The quote is simply the record of a previous transaction in which a currency pair changed hands. When two financial actors exchange currencies, the price at which the transaction occurred is called a quote. Let’s see this with an example.
EUR/USD 1.3524
EUR/USD 1.3524
In the above quote, the currency on the left side is the currency which was bought by us, while the one on the right is the one that we sold to finance our purchase. The number signifies the value at which the currencies were exchanged. Or to put it in a short and simple mathematical form, when we bought 1 Euro, the value of one Euro was equal to 1.35 USD, and we had to pay that much to buy the currency.
Upon executing the trade, we are now long the Euro, and short the dollar (we bought the Euro, and sold the dollar.), in either words, we have an open position. The principle of profit in currency trading is the same as in all other kinds of trading activity: to buy cheap, and to sell expensive is our purpose. Consequently, we will wait for the value of the Euro to rise above 1.35, to for instance, 1.38, where we will be able to close our position by selling the Euro and buying back the dollars, and making a profit. Since our base currency is the dollar, our profit will also be measured in dollars.
Let’s solidify this with an example:
We buy 1,000 EUR for 1,350 USD, with the quote at 1.35. We wait until the quote is at 1.38, when we close our position by selling our 1,000 Euro at 1,380 USD. Since our initial trade was worth 1,350 USD, the difference between 1,380 and 1,350, that is, 30 dollars, becomes our profit.
Upon downloading and opening the software of your chosen forex broker, the first concept that you will encounter is the forex price quote. The quote is simply the record of a previous transaction in which a currency pair changed hands. When two financial actors exchange currencies, the price at which the transaction occurred is called a quote. Let’s see this with an example.
EUR/USD 1.3524