Daft question but.....

Sure. I recommended the tread because it explains the exchange topic at length. That is why I said it is important to read it fully to get all the background infos.

There is a difference between “sell” and “buy” interbank rates, which alone would explain the loss of a GBP-USD-GBP transaction, even if all rates involved would stay exactly the same during the experiment.

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