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2. Foreign exchange market - Wikipedia

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   The foreign exchange market ( forex, FX (pronounced "fix"), or currency market) is a global decentralized or over-the-counter (OTC) market for the trading of currencies. This market determines foreign exchange rates for every currency. It includes all aspects of buying, selling and exchanging currencies at current or determined prices.

3. Margin (finance) - Wikipedia

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   Margin (finance) In finance, margin is the collateral that a holder of a financial instrument has to deposit with a counterparty (most often their broker or an exchange) to cover some or all of the credit risk the holder poses for the counterparty. This risk can arise if the holder has done any of the following:

4. Covered interest arbitrage - Wikipedia

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   Covered interest arbitrage. Covered interest arbitrage is an arbitrage trading strategy whereby an investor capitalizes on the interest rate differential between two countries by using a forward contract to cover (eliminate exposure to) exchange rate risk. [1] Using forward contracts enables arbitrageurs such as individual investors or banks to ...

5. Futures contract - Wikipedia

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   Initial margin is the equity required to initiate a futures position. This is a type of performance bond. The maximum exposure is not limited to the amount of the initial margin, however, the initial margin requirement is calculated based on the maximum estimated change in contract value within a trading day. The initial margin is set by the ...

6. Foreign exchange option - Wikipedia

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   Foreign exchange option – the right to sell money in one currency and buy money in another currency at a fixed date and rate. Strike price – the asset price at which the investor can exercise an option. Spot price – the price of the asset at the time of the trade. Forward price – the price of the asset for delivery at a future time.

7. Over-the-counter (finance) - Wikipedia

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   Over-the-counter ( OTC) or off-exchange trading or pink sheet trading is done directly between two parties, without the supervision of an exchange. [ 1] It is contrasted with exchange trading, which occurs via exchanges. A stock exchange has the benefit of facilitating liquidity, providing transparency, and maintaining the current market price.

8. Foreign exchange swap - Wikipedia

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   e. In finance, a foreign exchange swap, forex swap, or FX swap is a simultaneous purchase and sale of identical amounts of one currency for another with two different value dates (normally spot to forward) [ 1] and may use foreign exchange derivatives. An FX swap allows sums of a certain currency to be used to fund charges designated in another ...

9. Omega ratio - Wikipedia

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   Omega ratio. The Omega ratio is a risk-return performance measure of an investment asset, portfolio, or strategy. It was devised by Con Keating and William F. Shadwick in 2002 and is defined as the probability weighted ratio of gains versus losses for some threshold return target. [ 1] The ratio is an alternative for the widely used Sharpe ...