Understanding Foreign Exchange (trade & hedge; spot, swaps)
Master practical currency exchange trading & risk management (hedging) using spot, swaps and forwards
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What you will learn
Know the fundamentals of the foreign exchange market, including its organization, key participants, products, and trading motivations
Confidently read, interpret, and communicate FX quotes, understand settlement rules, and navigate the conventions that underpin the global currency market.
A solid understanding of the potential sources of currency risk, the key factors that determine its level, and basic knowledge of how to mitigate FX risk
Understand FX swaps: structure, calculation of swap points, derive FX forward rates, use swaps to bridge timing gaps between settlement dates.
Have practical skill to hedge FX short and long positions
Create a synthetic FX forward by combining a spot FX trade with an FX swap
Convert a home-Learn about FX swap variations, such as cross-currency interest rate swaps and basis swaps.currency price into an FX quote.
Learn basis of currency derivatives: currency (FX) swaps and forwards
Organization of currency market
Key participants trading on FX market
Currency (FX) spot transactions
Currency Trading motivations
How to mitigate currency (FX) risk
ISO currency codes
Base and quoted currencies
Understand settlement rules
Learn currency market conventions
Understanding currency risk sources
Structure of FX swaps
Volatility of spot rates
The calculation of FX forward (future) exchange rates
How to calculate currency swap points
Cross currency interest rate swaps (CCIRS)
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15/08/2025
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