{"id":23478,"date":"2025-06-17T16:25:26","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T16:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/?p=23478"},"modified":"2025-06-17T16:25:27","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T16:25:27","slug":"yen-per-dollar-is-an-indirect-quote-for-all-traders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/yen-per-dollar-is-an-indirect-quote-for-all-traders\/","title":{"rendered":"Yen per dollar is an indirect quote for all traders"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Yen per dollar is an indirect quote for all traders. Group of answer choices True False<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\"><strong>The correct answer and explanation is:<\/strong><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Correct Answer: False<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Explanation (300 words)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In foreign exchange (forex) markets, <strong>currency quotations<\/strong> can be given in two ways: <strong>direct quotes<\/strong> and <strong>indirect quotes<\/strong>. The classification depends on the perspective of the trader\u2019s <strong>home country<\/strong> or base currency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A <strong>direct quote<\/strong> is when the exchange rate is expressed as the amount of <strong>domestic currency<\/strong> per one unit of <strong>foreign currency<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An <strong>indirect quote<\/strong> is when the exchange rate is expressed as the amount of <strong>foreign currency<\/strong> per one unit of <strong>domestic currency<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s take the example of a trader based in <strong>the United States<\/strong>, where the <strong>U.S. dollar (USD)<\/strong> is the domestic currency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If the exchange rate is quoted as <strong>JPY 150\/USD<\/strong>, this means <strong>150 Japanese yen per one U.S. dollar<\/strong>.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>For a U.S.-based trader, this is an <strong>indirect quote<\/strong>, because it tells them how much <strong>foreign currency (yen)<\/strong> they get for <strong>one unit of their domestic currency (USD)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>However, for a trader based in <strong>Japan<\/strong>, where the <strong>yen (JPY)<\/strong> is the domestic currency:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The same quote (JPY 150\/USD) is a <strong>direct quote<\/strong>, because it expresses the value of <strong>one unit of foreign currency (USD)<\/strong> in terms of their <strong>domestic currency (yen)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This means that whether a quote is direct or indirect depends on the <strong>location of the trader<\/strong>. Therefore, the statement <strong>&#8220;Yen per dollar is an indirect quote for all traders&#8221;<\/strong> is <strong>false<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Key Point<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>&#8220;Yen per dollar&#8221; (JPY\/USD)<\/strong> is:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Indirect<\/strong> for U.S. traders<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Direct<\/strong> for Japanese traders<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Thus, it cannot be <strong>indirect for all traders<\/strong> globally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Summary<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The truth of whether a quote is indirect or direct depends entirely on the trader\u2019s domestic currency. Therefore, the statement is <strong>False<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yen per dollar is an indirect quote for all traders. Group of answer choices True False The correct answer and explanation is: Correct Answer: False Explanation (300 words) In foreign exchange (forex) markets, currency quotations can be given in two ways: direct quotes and indirect quotes. 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