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The Big Figure: Trading Currencies
If one is currency trading on the major world markets, they will hear often the term “Big Figure”. What is a big figure? When speaking of currency trading the big figure simply is identifying the whole number associated with a given currency’s value. To understand the big figure in currency trading using the Euro, look at this example.
The current market value for a Euro against the Japanese Yen is 604.233
The big figure in this example is the whole number associated with the value in Yen of the Euro. In this case the whole number is 604. Identifying the big figure is simply ignoring the decimal point fractions, only using the preceding whole number. When considering just the big figure in currency trading the Euro could be trading at one moment for 604.233 and a few hours later for 604.688, however the big figure would remain the same: 604. The value of the Euro in relation to the Yen has certainly changed, but the big figure has not.
Big Figure Ignored But Not Forgotten
The odd aspect to the big figure is not that it is used as often as it is ignored. While certainly currencies fluctuate, they tend to stay within a given ballpark. This is especially true during any single trading session and even more true of currencies like the Yen whose value is much less than other world currencies, meaning more digits in its numerical expression. So in currency trading, the big figure is often left out of a quote between two traders. It obviously exists, but with so many numbers it is assumed so just the decimal point changes are discussed. While this may seem an excessive shortening of a number expression to speed things along, one must take into consideration the pace and size of the currency trading markets of the world. Not only are they the largest in value and volume, the currency trading markets such as the Forex market operate 24 hours a day. Under these stresses it is no wonder why a shorthand system of accounting for currency values comes in handy.
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