Mastering foreign exchange & currency options : a practitioner's guide to the mechanics of the markets
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Mastering foreign exchange & currency options : a practitioner's guide to the mechanics of the markets
(Financial Times/Pitman Publishing, . Market editions)
Pitman, 1997
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Mastering foreign exchange and currency options
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The floating exchange rate has created a need for banks and their corporate customers to manage their currency exposure on an active and commercial basis. It has also opened up great opportunities for speculators to gamble on. Hedgers seek to remove or manage their currency risk. Speculators seek to take currency risk in the hope of making a profit. The advent of currency derivatives has raised the stakes and complicated the transactions in both cases. These are tough markets to master. "Mastering Foreign Exchange & Currency Options" will enable you to get your currency dealing right. It is the essential handbook for any player in the foreign exchange market. It addresses current practice and future issues and is written for both new entrants in to the markets and for seasoned professionals seeking to refresh or broaden their knowledge.Eight of the sixteen chapters are written by guest practitioners, providing a unique insight into their methods, and includes:* the background and developement of the foreign exchange and currency options markets* all aspects of hedging and trading, forex and currency options* how currency options and forex inter-relate* the mechanics of SPOT foreign exchange, forward foreign exchange and currency options* information to navigate you through the increasing amount of technology being introduced to foreign exchange trading* codes of conduct and market practice* technical analysis for trading* essential economics of the currency markets* traditional and exotic products* the role of the banker
Table of Contents
1 The Historical Perspective 2 Background and Development of the Foreign Exchange Market 3 Currency Classifications 4 The Economics of Foreign Exchange 5 The Last Ten Years: Developments in the Foreign Exchange Market - A Broker's Perspective 6 Technology and the Markets 7 The Mechanics of Spot Foreign Exchange 8 The Mechanics of Forward Foreign Exchange 9 Emerging Market Foreign Exchange 10 Foreign Exchange Trading for the Individual Investor 11 Currency Risk Management 12 Background and Development of the Currency Option Market 13 The Mechanics of Currency Options 14 Exotic Options: The Way to Transparency 00 Yuval Levy, SuperDerivatives 15 e-Foreign Exchange 00 Francesca Taylor, Taylor Associates 16 Multi-bank Electronic Trading: A Brief History and Current Use 00 Ted Sanborn, Currenex 17 Innovations in e-fx 00 Anneliese Widdows, Citigroup 18 Electronic Procurement of Foreign Exchange: The Corporate Perspective 00 Neil Cotter, LogicaCMG 19 Improving the Business Process 00 Tom Buschman, Shell Group and TWIST 20 Technical Analysis 00 Derek Taylor, Taylor Associates 21 Continuous Linked Settlement: Changing the Way the World Works 00 Joseph de Feo, CLS Bank International Appendices
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