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Direct/indirect Quotes And Base/counter Currency Forex Pairs
By a.anies
Every local can be quoted directly or indirectly against other currencies (most of the time the US Dollar):
Direct quotation: Amount of local that is needed to buy one unit of the foreign (most commonly the USD)
And,
Indirect Quotation: Amount of local that is to be received when one unit of the foreign is sold.
Ok, now imagine your local is the EUR, in this case the quotation scheme against the US Dollar would be:
Direct Quotation: USD/EUR – How many Euros to get one US Dollar
And,
Indirect Quotation: EUR/USD – How many US Dollars to get one Euro
For the sake of simplicity, sometimes the US Dollar is called the “Foreign Currency”, so for the majors we have the following:
Direct Currencies
- USD/JPY
- USD/CAD
- USD/CHF
Indirect Currencies
- EUR/USD
- GBP/USD
- AUD/USD
Counter and base (or quote) currency
The first of the pair is always called base currency. The second is called counter

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(or quote currency). pair quotes are always expressed in units of the counter to get one unit of the base currency.
EUR/USD = Base Currency/Counter Currency
This is how many USD are required to get one EUR
If the EUR/USD quote is 1.2520, then it requires 1.2520 USD to get one EUR…and the same goes for other pairs:
If the USD/JPY quote is at 110.05, it requires 110.05 JPY to get one USD
TIP: The EUR is always the dominant base against all other currencies. All pairs against the EUR are identified as EUR/USD, EUR/JPY, EUR/CHF...The next in the hierarchy is the GBP, which is always the base currency, but against the EUR (EUR/GBP).

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Commonly used term for foreign exchange.