Forex Investment and Currency Trading

Foreign Currency Options
You don’t have to actually buy any currency to speculate in the foreign currency market. You can buy a foreign exchange or currency option contract. This contract gives you the right but not the obligation to buy or sell a specified amount of one currency for another at a specified price on (or [...]

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FX swaps can be either a buy/sell swap, which means that you buy the base currency on the near date and sell it on the far date, or a sell/buy swap, which means you sell the base currency on the near date and buy it on the far date. For example, if you buy a [...]

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Forward Transactions
If you don’t want to settle a transaction within two business days, you can also trade using an outright forward transaction. In this transaction, you trade one currency for another on a pre-agreed date at some time in the future, but it must be three or more days after the deal date. The forward [...]

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