diff --git a/src/shared/formatters/index.ts b/src/shared/formatters/index.ts
index 4daf8d0a..defa21e5 100644
--- a/src/shared/formatters/index.ts
+++ b/src/shared/formatters/index.ts
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 export * from './numberformat';
+export * from './pairFormat';
 export * from './timeformat';
diff --git a/src/shared/formatters/pairFormat.ts b/src/shared/formatters/pairFormat.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3b28d7c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/shared/formatters/pairFormat.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+/**
+ *  Split a trade pair into stake and quote currency
+ * @param pair pair to split, either <stake>/<quote> or <stake>/<quote>:<settle>
+ * @returns {stakeCurrency, quoteCurrency}
+ */
+export function splitTradePair(pair: string): { stakeCurrency: string; quoteCurrency: string } {
+  const [stakeCurrency, quoteCurrency] = pair.split('/');
+  const quoteCurrencySplit = quoteCurrency.split(':');
+  return { stakeCurrency, quoteCurrency: quoteCurrencySplit[0] || quoteCurrency };
+}
diff --git a/tests/unit/formatPair.spec.ts b/tests/unit/formatPair.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d70e28fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/formatPair.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest';
+import { splitTradePair } from '@/shared/formatters';
+
+describe('splitTradePair', () => {
+  it('Extracts stake and quote currencies from spot pairs', () => {
+    expect(splitTradePair('BTC/USDT')).toEqual({ stakeCurrency: 'BTC', quoteCurrency: 'USDT' });
+    expect(splitTradePair('USDT/BTC')).toEqual({ stakeCurrency: 'USDT', quoteCurrency: 'BTC' });
+    expect(splitTradePair('USDT/USDT')).toEqual({ stakeCurrency: 'USDT', quoteCurrency: 'USDT' });
+    expect(splitTradePair('USDT/USDT')).toEqual({ stakeCurrency: 'USDT', quoteCurrency: 'USDT' });
+  });
+  it('Extracts stake and quote currencies from spot pairs', () => {
+    expect(splitTradePair('BTC/USDT:USDT')).toEqual({
+      stakeCurrency: 'BTC',
+      quoteCurrency: 'USDT',
+    });
+    expect(splitTradePair('USDT/BTC:BTC')).toEqual({ stakeCurrency: 'USDT', quoteCurrency: 'BTC' });
+    expect(splitTradePair('USDT/USDT:USDT')).toEqual({
+      stakeCurrency: 'USDT',
+      quoteCurrency: 'USDT',
+    });
+    expect(splitTradePair('USDT/USDT:USDT')).toEqual({
+      stakeCurrency: 'USDT',
+      quoteCurrency: 'USDT',
+    });
+  });
+});