• An indirect quotation in the foreign exchange markets expresses the amount of foreign currency required to buy or sell one unit of the national currency.

  • An indirect quote is also known as a “quantity quote” because it expresses the amount of foreign currency required to purchase a unit of national currency.
  • The opposite of an indirect quotation is a direct quotation, which expresses the price of one unit of foreign currency in terms of a variable number of units of the national currency.