Spread between the Buying and Selling Price

Correlation between currency pairs, price developments and indicators are thought a trader has to give consideration to.

Another consideration in trading currencies is the spread between the buying price and the selling price.

Purpose of this post

The purpose is to give some examples and a general idea of currency pairs with different spreads.

The content is only illustrative.

What is a spread between the buying and selling price

A spread is the pips between the price the currency pairs are brought at and the price they are sold at.

Why look at the spread

The wider the spread is the longer it will take to get profit.

Currency pairs with different spreads

Examples of different currency pairs with different spreads; the prices and the spreads are from the 18 of December 2013 from one of the trading platforms; the spreads could vary from other trading platforms.

Currency pairs with a 2 pips spread

EUR/USD	1,3741	1,3743
AUD/USD	0,8904	0,8906
USD/JYP	103,06	103,08

Currency pairs with a 3 pips spread

EUR/JYP	141,60	141,63
NZD/USD	0,8246	0,8249

Currency pairs with a 4 pips spread

EUR/CHF	1,2205	1,2209
EUR/AUD	1,5430	1,5434
USD/CHF	0,8880	0,8884
GBP/USD	1,6376	1,6380

Currency pairs with a 5 pips spread

USD/CAD

1,0642

1,0647