Posts Tagged ‘Currency’

Hedging – What is It, and It’s Uses in Risk Management

The second of a two part article…. Before I discuss the use of hedging to off-set risk, we need to understand the role and the purpose of hedging. The history of modern futures trading begins in Chicago in the early 1800’s. Chicago is located at the base of the Great Lakes, close to the farmlands [...]

Currency Derivatives: Pricing Theory, Exotic Options, and Hedging Applications (Kindle Edition)

A groundbreaking collection on currency derivatives, including pricing theory and hedging applications. “David DeRosa has assembled an outstanding collection of works on foreign exchange derivatives. It surely will become required reading for both students and option traders.”—Mark B. Garman President, Financial Engineering Associates, Inc. Emeritus Professor, University of [...]

Forex Options Trading – 9 Reasons on Why You Must Trade Forex (part 1 of 2)

In the late 90’s, many financial company dominated the Forex Exchange Market. In the past several years the Forex Exchange Market has show a dramatic development. Nowadays private company are offering access to the Forex Market via internet data feed trading platform.
Private investors are going into Forex Market, with access to the same market [...]

Forex Options Trading – What is Forex? (part 1 of 2)

Forex or foreign Exchange or FX involves the buying and selling of one currency against another currency. They are always traded in pairs e.g. EUR/USD, USD/JPY. So when you are buying Euro dollars (EUR) you are also selling the US dollars (USD) in exchange for the Euro dollars. If you want to buy US dollars [...]