# XML Schema Documentation

### Complex Type: SideRate

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Super-types: | None
Sub-types: | None

Name | SideRate
Used by (from the same schema document) | Complex Type SideRates , Complex Type SideRates
Abstract | no
Documentation | A type that is used for describing a particular rate against base currency. Exists within SideRates.

XML Instance Representation
<...>
<currency> Currency </currency> [1]

'The currency in which an amount is denominated.'

<sideRateBasis> SideRateBasisEnum </sideRateBasis> [1]

'The method by which the exchange rate against base currency is quoted.'

<rate> xsd:decimal </rate> [1]

'The rate of exchange between the two currencies of the leg of a deal. Must be specified with a quote basis.'

<spotRate> xsd:decimal </spotRate> [0..1]

'An optional element used for FX forwards and certain types of FX OTC options. For deals consumated in the FX Forwards Market, this represents the current market rate for a particular currency pair. For barrier and digital/binary options, it can be useful to include the spot rate at the time the option was executed to make it easier to know whether the option needs to move \"up\" or \"down\" to be triggered.'

<forwardPoints> xsd:decimal </forwardPoints> [0..1]

'An optional element used for deals consumated in the FX Forwards market. Forward points represent the interest rate differential between the two currencies traded and are quoted as a preminum or a discount. Forward points are added to, or subtracted from, the spot rate to create the rate of the forward trade.'

</...>
Diagram
Schema Component Representation
<xsd:complexType name="SideRate">
<xsd:sequence>
<xsd:element name="currency" type=" Currency "/>
<xsd:element name="sideRateBasis" type=" SideRateBasisEnum "/>
<xsd:element name="rate" type=" xsd:decimal "/>
<xsd:element name="spotRate" type=" xsd:decimal " minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="forwardPoints" type=" xsd:decimal " minOccurs="0"/>
</xsd:sequence>
</xsd:complexType>