Forex pairs explained
Forex trading is risky and complicated. There are countless pairs to choose from and it’s easy for a novice trader to become overwhelmed. Information is power and Born2Invest has curated some beginners forex trading tips to help you get started.
Currency pairs are the foundation of forex trading. Whenever you purchase one currency you sell another. Every pair has a base currency, in this example EUR (Euro) and a quote currency, or GBP (British Pound Sterling).
A currency pair represents how much quote currency, or GBP (British Pound Sterling), that needs to be spent in order to purchase one unit of EUR (Euro), the base currency. In the current example you would need to spend 0.903049 of GBP (British Pound Sterling) in order to purchase 1 EUR (Euro).
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