what is a handle 
a handle is the whole number part of a price quote that is the portion of the quote to the left of the decimal point for example if the price quote for the stock is 56 25 the handle is 56 eliminating the value of cents in the quote in foreign exchange markets the handle refers to the part of the price quote that appears in both the bid and the offer for the currency for example if the eur usd currency pair has a bid of 1 4183 and an ask of 1 4185 the handle would be 1 41 the part of the quote that is equal to both the bid and the ask 