Foreign Exchange rate or Forex quote looks like:
EUR/USD = 1.3426
This example shows the foreign exchange rate between the Euro and the US Dollar.
in any forex quotes, there will always be two currencies quoted. This is because when you make a trade on the foreign exchange you are in effect buying one currency and selling a second currency at the same time.
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When reading forex quotes, the first currency listed is called the base currency. The second currency listed is called the quote currency.

The exchange rate is made up by showing how many units of the quote currency you have to pay in order to buy one unit of the base currency.

The euro is the base currency, above, and US dollars are the quote currency. The quote shows how each currency trades relative to the other. If you want to buy one euro unit, therefore, you will have to sell 1.3426 US dollar units.
Next is the "bid/ask" spread. The bid/ask spread is the alternative to broker commissions in the forein exhange market. Brokers get paid for their work via the bid/ask spread.
With the bid/ask spread added to the above example, it looks like this:

EUR/USD = 1.2526/1.2528

Simplified, it looks like this:

EUR/USD = 1.2526/8

Brokers make their money when they sell currencies for slightly more than they buy them. This is legal and every broker does it. However, the spread can differ significantly between brokers.
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