If you believe that the euro will strengthen against the dollar you'll want to buy euro now and sell it back later at a higher price.
| • You buy euro | We quote EURUSD at Bid 0.9875 and Ask 0.9878, which means that you can sell 1 euro for 0.9875 USD or buy 1 euro for 0.9878 USD. In this example you buy euro 100,000, at the quote price of 0.9878 (ask price) per euro. |
| • The market moves in your favor | Later the market turns in favour of the euro and the EURUSD is now quoted at Bid 0.9894 and Ask 0.9896. |
| • Now you sell your euro and get the profit | You sell euro at a Bid price of 0.9894. |
| • The profit is calculated as follows | Sell price-buy price x size of trade (0.9894 minus 0.9878) multiplied by 100.000 = USD 140 Profit (Note that the profit or loss is always expressed in the secondary currency) |
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