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Currency Pairs
Currency Abbreviations
USD GBP EUR JPY CAN AUD CHF US Dollar British Pound Euro Japanese Yen Canadian Dollar Australian Dollar Swiss Franc
Currency Pairs
The Exchange Rate of a Currency Pair is the Number of Units of the Counter Currency that 1 Unit of the Base Currency can purchase.
Currency Pairs
GBP/USD
Base Currency 1st Currency in the Pair Currency is Bought Counter Currency 2nd Currency in the Pair Currency is Sold or Borrowed A Currency Pair Always represents a simultaneous sale and purchase of 2 currencies
Currency Pairs
You already use exchange rates everyday.
Purchase 1 Gallon of Gasoline @ $US 4.00 You Exchange/Sell $US 4.00 & Buy 1 gallon of gasoline What is your base currency?
Gasoline
Currency Pairs
GBP/USD
Base Currency? GBP Counter Currency? USD
USD/JPY
Base Currency? USD Counter Currency? JPY
Currency Pairs
Example
GBP/USD = 1.8750
What is the Base Currency? GBP What is the Counter Currency? USD What does this quote tell us? $US 1.8750 = 1.0000 GBP
Currency Pairs
Example
USD/GBP = .5333
What is the Base Currency? USD What is the Counter Currency? GBP What does this quote tell us? 0.5333 GBP = 1.0000 USD
Currency Pairs
The 2 Ways to Quote a Currency Pair have a Mathematical Inverse Relationship.
GBP/USD = 1.8750 USD/GBP = 1.00 / 1.8750 = .5333
Currency Pairs
EUR/USD
Buying the Pair
Currency Pairs
USD/CAD
Base Currency?
USD
Counter Currency?
CAD
If you BUY the pair, what currency in the pair must appreciate for you to profit? USD
Currency Pairs
AUD/USD
Base Currency?
AUD
Counter Currency?
USD
If you Sell the pair, what currency in the pair must appreciate for you to profit? USD
Currency Pips
Contract Sizes
100,000 Units of Base Currency
A LOT 4 lot controls 400,000 base currency
Currency Pips
A PIP is the smallest unit of measure for movement in the FX Market
Acronym for Percentage in Point USD/CHF = 1.0980 CHF/USD = 1.0980
Currency Pips
Value of a PIP
100,000 Units of Base Currency
1 PIP =$US10.00
Value of a PIP
10,000 Units of Base Currency
1 PIP =$US1.00
Currency Pips
Value of a PIP
100,000 Units of Base Currency
Example
Long 5 USD/CAN = .8950 USD/CAN = .9050 Profit/Loss ? Profit $CAN 5000.00 5 x $CAN 1000 ( 100 pips @ $CAN 10.000 per)
Currency Pips
Opening Trade USD/CAN
$US 100,000 exchanged for $CAN 89,500
USD/CAN .8950 5 x $CAN 89,500 = $CAN 447,500
Closing Trade
$CAN 99,500 exchanged for $US 100,000
USD/CAN = .9950 5 x $CAN 99,500= $CAN 497,500
Currency Pips
Value of a PIP
100,000 Units of Base Currency
Example
Long 3 EUR/USD = 1.5750 EUR/USD = 1.5775 Profit/Loss ? 3 x $US 250.00 ( 25 pips @ $US 10.000 per) Profit $US 750.00
Currency Pips
Value of a PIP
10,000 Units of Base Currency
Example
Short 5 AUD/USD = .9550 AUD/USD = .9580 Profit/Loss ? 5 x $US 30.00 (30 pips @ $US 1.000 per) Loss $US 150.00
Currency Pips
Value of a PIP
100,000 Units of Base Currency
Example
GBP/USD increases from 1.8750 to 1.8760 1 PIP =$US10.00 Long 1 GBP/USD profit = $100.00 Short 5 GBP/USD loss = $500.00
Currency Pips
Value of a PIP
10,000 Units of Base Currency
Example
AUD/USD increases from .8590 to .8600 1 PIP =$US1.00 Long 1 AUD/USD profit = $10.00 Short 5 AUD/USD loss = $50.00
Currency Pips
Value of a PIP
100,000 Units of Base Currency
Example
Long 6 EUR/USD = 1.4750 EUR/USD = 1.4775 Profit/Loss ? Profit $US 1500.00 6 x $US 250.00 ( 25 pips @ $US 10.000 per)
Currency Pips
Value of a PIP
100,000 Units of Base Currency
Example
Long 3 EUR/USD = 1.4750 EUR/USD = 1.4730 Profit/Loss ? Loss $US 600.00 3 x $US 200.00 ( 20 pips @ $US 10.000 per)
Currency Pips
Value of a PIP
10,000 Units of Base Currency
Example
Short 6 AUD/USD = .8650 AUD/USD = .8605 Profit/Loss ? Profit $US 270.00 6 x $US 45.00 (45 pips @ $US 1.000 per)
Currency Pips
Value of a PIP
10,000 Units of Base Currency
Example
Short 4 AUD/USD = .8550 AUD/USD = .8580 Profit/Loss ? Loss $US 120.00 4 x $US 30.00 (30 pips @ $US 1.000 per)
Currency Pairs
Arbitrage insures this mathematic relationship is present is all transactions
GBP/USD = 1.8750 USD/GBP =.6000
Sell GBP/USD 1.8750 Buy USD/GBP .6000
1.00/.6000 = 1.6667
Two-Sided Market
Purchase of a Real Estate
Buyer Submits a Bid Seller Offers the Property
Offer
Quantity at Price 10 GBP/USD Spot at .75
FX Spot Margin
Allows a trader to leverage the cash in their trading account
Dont need full cash value of the trade
Margin up to 100:1 for 100,000 Unit and 10,000 Unit Trades Leverage must be managed!
Order Designations
Opening
Initiates or adds to an existing position
Closing
Reduces or closes an existing position
Order Types
Market Limit Stop / Stop Loss One Cancels Other / OCO Day Order Good till Cancelled / GTC
Order Types
Market Order
Executed immediately within the current market conditions. Fastest way to execute Price not a concern
Order Types
Market Buy
Order to Buy @ the lowest offer. Continues to chase the offer until filled
Order Types
Market Sell
Order to Sell on the highest bid. Continues to chase the bid until filled
Order Types
Limit Order
Bid or Offer at a price you determine May not execute immediately if it is away form the market Can allow you to trade between the markets
Order Types
Limit Order Buy
Bid at a price you determine May not execute immediately if it is away form the market Can allow you to trade between the markets
Order Types
Limit Order Sell
Sell at a price you determine May not execute immediately if it is away form the market Can allow you to trade between the markets
Order Types
Stop / Stop Loss
A limit order placed above/below the current market Becomes a Market Order once the underlying trades at the limit price. Used to minimize risk
Order Types
One Cancels Other / OCO
Order combines a stop order and a limit order Only 1 trade will be executed. The other will cancel. Perfect way to manage an active spot trade
Order Types
Day Order
The order stays active in the system until it is executed or the close of New York Trading Day for traders in the US.
Order Types
Good till Cancelled / GTC
The order remains active until it is executed or cancelled.
Order Types
Good till Close of Market TOS
The order stays active in the system until it is executed or the close of Trading Day you choose.
What is an Option?
Options are contractual agreements to buy or sell stock at a specific price over a given time period. Derivative instruments Danger depends on how they are used! Options created to hedge risk.
Long Options
Call options: Give the owner the right, not the obligation, to buy an underlying security a fixed price over a given period of time. Call away from owner. Put options: Give the owner the right, not the obligation to sell an underlying security at a fixed price over a given period of time. Put it back to owner.
Short Options
Call options: Give the seller the obligation to sell an underlying security at a fixed price over a given period of time. Put options: Give the seller the obligation to buy an underlying security at a fixed price over a given period of time.
Put
Right to sell Obligation to buy
Call Option
Expires 10/31/08
Expires 10/31/08
Terminology: Premium
The price you pay for an option is called the premium. Remember that each contract controls 10,000 underlying base currency so the premium must be multiplied by 10,000 to get the total contract value.
Terminology: Moneyness
Options are classified as: In-the-money Out-of-the-money At-the-money Exchanges always try to maintain at least one of each.
$8 $5 $3
Volatility
Volatility is the major determining factor of an options price.
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