The average rate in the table above is the worldwide exchange average rate. You can always check its value in the https://www.walutomat.com/en/exchange-rates/
The service provider guarantees the above rates during the week from Monday 8:00 a.m. to Friday 8:00 p.m. On weekends, the difference between the guaranteed purchase and sale rates may be doubled. This does not affect standard exchange rates or the commission, which remains at no more than 0,2%. This is due, among other things, to the fact that the interbank market is closed on weekends.
Example of exchange calculation.
You have PLN and want Walutomat users to sell you 100 000 USD. The average worldwide exchange rate is 3,9850.
The standard guaranteed rate would be 4,0000, because:
3,9850 + 0,0150 = 4,0000 (including commission of 0,2% amounting to 0,0080)
However, in the case of this transaction, the exchange rate will be more favorable by 0,0020, as transactions exceeding 200 000 PLN result in an automatic reduction of the commission from 0,2% to 0,15%. This reduces the commission from 0,0080 to 0,0060 per currency unit.
The final guaranteed exchange rate is therefore 4,0000 – 0,0020 which is 3,9980
Depending on the available offers, the transaction will consist of exchanges on the market and, if there are no sufficiently favorable offers, also exchanges at the guaranteed rate. The maximum rate collected from the exchange will be equal to:
4,0000 / (1+0,2%) = 3,9920
Simplified status of the market at the time of the example transaction:
The transaction on the market, without the protection mechanism, would have executed at a price of 399550,2 PLN, which, after commission, would have amounted to 400149,53 PLN. This transaction would have consisted of offers ranging from 3,9901 to 3,9998.
Through the control mechanism, no fragment will perform worse than 3,9920, which is the guaranteed rate. As a result, the entire transaction will be concluded for 399135,4 PLN, which, after commission, will be 399734,1031 PLN.
As a result, in the example above, the guaranteed rate will result in a saving of 415,42 PLN, or an additional 0,0041 on each dollar.
Example of how to calculate the rate at which offers will be removed from the market
In this example, the customer wants Walutomat to sell him dollars.
The average exchange rate on the interbank market is 3,9850. As a result, the standard guaranteed exchange rate is 4,0000, because:
3,9850 + 0,0150 = 4,0000
The commission paid by the client affects the final exchange rate, but not the level at which it will be matched with orders on the exchange.
To calculate the rate at which the client will conclude transactions on the market and at what point they will switch to the guaranteed rate, we must subtract the commission from the standard guaranteed rate:
4,0000 – (4,0000 * 0,2%) = 4,0000 – 0,0080 = 3,9920
As a result, the user’s exchange transaction will be matched in sequence with all offers up to 3,9920. If it were to be matched with an offer less favorable than 3,9920, the rest would be executed at the guaranteed rate, so that the user would not pay more than the guaranteed rate.