Understanding Forex Currency Pair Quotes


Reading a FOREX quote may seem a bit confusing at first but it's actually quite simple. Forex quotes are presented as two numbers. The first number is called the bid and the second is the offer/ask.

If we use the USD/JPY (U.S. Dollar/Japanese Yen) as an example 115.37/115.40, the first number 115.37 is the bid price and is the price traders are prepared to buy USD against the JPY.

The second number 115.40 is the offer price and is the price traders are prepared to sell the USD against the JPY.