Currencies are traded on a price/ point (pip) system. Each currency pair has its own pip regard.

When you see a FOREX price quote, you’ll see something listed like this:

EUR/USD 1.2210/13

Explanation:

a) If you want to BUY the EUR/USD ( meaning you BUY EUROS and SELL US$ ) you buy 100,000 EUROS and you SELL 122,130 US$, or in other words you hear
122,130 US$ for 100,000 EUROS.

B) If you want to SELL the EUR/USD ( meaning you SELL EUROS and BUY US$ ) you buy 122,100 US$ and sell 100,000 EUROS, or in other words you hear 100,000 EUROS for 122,100 US$.

The difference between the bid and the ask price is referred to as the apply. In the example above, the apply is 3 or 3 pips.

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