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Bloomberg Getting Started Guide: FX / Currency

Common Commands

Each command should be followed by selecting the GO button.

FXIP - Foreign Exchange home page

FXTF - Search for currency data and tickers

FXFC - Access FX rate

GP - Graph Price

HP- Historical Price

FRD - Calculate forward exchange rates

VOLC - Implied vs realized  volatilities and FX rates

Foreign Exchange Getting Started

There are two pathways into Foreign Exchange / Currency. You can select the gold coloured CRNCY (F11) key and select the GO key as illustrated below, or you input the  FXIP command and select GO to display the FX Information Portal page.

Currency / FX (Foreign Exchange) Menu

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