foreign currency futures and options

foreign currency futures and options

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1、ChapterChapter2020ForeignCurrencyFuturesandOptionsThischapterconsidersforeigncurrencyfuturesandoptionsanddemonstrateshowtheycanbeusedforhedgingorspeculativepurposes.Becausetheprofitsandlossesearnedonfuturesandoptioncontracts,aswellasthoseearnedonforwardcontracts,dependo

2、nhowthespotexchangerateevolvesovertime,alltheseinstrumentsareconsideredderivativesecurities.Derivativesecuritiesaresecuritieswhosevaluesdependonthevaluesofother,morebasicunderlyingvariables—inthiscase,thespotexchangerate.Aswithotherinstrumentsintheforeignexchangemarket,

3、muchofthetradeinfuturescontractsandoptionsisconductedbybanks.Commercialandinvestmentbanksdealaggressivelyinforeigncurrencyoptionsinordertomeetthedemandsoftheircorporateandinstitutionalcustomers,whousethemtohedgetheirforeignexchangerisks.Inadditiontobanks,hedgefundsandot

4、herinvestorstradeforeigncurrencyfuturesandoptionspurelyforspeculativepurposes—thatis,strictlyinordertoearnaprofit.Thischapterbeginsbyintroducingtheforeigncurrencyfuturesmarketanddiscussinghowfuturesandforwardcontractsdiffer.Itthendiscusseshedgingwithfutures.Sections20.3

5、and20.4presentthebasicsofforeigncurrencyoptionsandtheiruseinriskmanage-ment.Section20.5examinessomeexoticoptions.AswefirstmentionedinChapter3,exoticderivativescausedalargenumberofinternationalfirmsinemergingmarketstosuffersub-stantiallossesduringthe2007to2010globalfinan

6、cialcrisis,anditisimportanttounder-standtherisksinvolved.20.1THEBASICSOFFUTURESCONTRACTSFuturesVersusForwardsForeigncurrencyfuturescontractsallowindividualsandfirmstobuyandsellspecificamountsofforeigncurrencyatanagreed-uponpricedeterminedonagivenfutureday.Althoughthisso

7、undsverysimilartotheforwardcontractsdiscussedinChapter3,thereareanumberofimportantdifferencesbetweenforwardcontractsandfuturescontracts.ExchangeTradingThefirstmajordifferencebetweenforeigncurrencyfuturescontractsandforwardcon-tractsisthatfuturescontractsaretradedonanexc

8、hange,whereasforwardcontractsare671madebybanksandtheirclients.ExamplesoffuturesexchangesincludetheCMEGroupwith

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