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Spot quote
The value equivalent of the base currency to the quote currency
When we sell a currency pair…
We’re selling it relative to another currency
If I were to sell the EUR/ USD currency pair, I would be _____________ Euro’s and __________________ dollars.
Selling; buying
The third and fourth digits of a quote are known as…
Pips
A pip is short for…
Percentage in point (100th of a cent)
The fifth digit of a spot quote is known as a ….
fractional pip
A fractional pip represents…
…a tenth of a pip
For most traders in the United States, up to …. leverage is available.
50X
Most professional traders keep their leverage inside of …:1
10
Each standard lot is worth … of the base currency
$10,000
The …. currency is the first currency appearing in a quote. It’s also called the transaction currency.
Base