这不是报价变窄了吗

问题如下：

Using Exhibit 1, which of the following would be the best reason for the revised USD/GBP dealer quote of 1.2299/1.2307?

选项：

A request for a much larger transaction

A drop in volatility in the USD/GBP market

A request to trade when both New York and London trading centers are open

解释：

A is correct.

Posted quotes are typically for transactions in 1 million units of the base currency. Larger transactions may be harder for the dealer to sell in the interbank market and would likely require the dealer to quote a wider spread (lower bid price and higher offer price).

考点： Factors that affect the bid-offer spread

解析：注意到，USD/GBP的报价由 1.2301/1.2305 变成了1.2299/1.2307，说明Spread变大了。

Spread变大说明交易量很大，因为在外汇市场上较大的交易量会抽干市场的流动性。所以做市商的买卖价差随之变大。所以A选项的说法正确。

B选项和C选项，无论是市场波动的降低还是伦敦纽约两个市场同时开放，这两个因素都会导致Spread变小而不是变大，所以B和C的说法都不正确。