What is forex pips and spreads?
The bid price is the price at which a trader can sell a unit of the base currency and the ASK / OFFER price is the price at which a client can buy a unit of the base currency. For example, if the quote for the exchange rate of the Euro/U.S. Dollar in the market is 1.2573 / 1.2576, this means that the client can pay $1.2576 in order to buy one Euro of the base currency and will receive $1.2573 if one Euro is sold. The BID price is lower than the ASK price and the difference or 'spread' between the two numbers is measured in pips. In this example the spread is 3 pips.
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