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INTERNATIONAL
FINANCIAL
MANAGEMENT
EUN / RESNICK
Third Edition
Chapter Objectives:
This chapter serves to introduce the student to the
institutional framework within which exchange rates are
determined.
This chapter lays the foundation for much of the
discussion throughout the remainder of the text, thus it
deserves your careful attention.
4Chapter Four
The Market for
Foreign Exchange
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Chapter Outline
• Function and Structure of the FOREX
Market
• The Spot Market
• The Forward Market
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Chapter Outline
• Function and Structure of the FOREX
Market
– FX Market Participants
– Correspondent Banking Relationships
• The Spot Market
• The Forward Market
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Chapter Outline
• Function and Structure of the FOREX
Market
• The Spot Market
– Spot Rate Quotations
– The Bid-Ask Spread
– Spot FX Trading
– Cross Exchange Rate Quotations
– Triangular Arbitrage
– Spot Foreign Exchange Market Microstructurewww.StudsPlanet.com
Chapter Outline
• Function and Structure of the FOREX
Market
• The Spot Market
• The Forward Market
– Forward Rate Quotations
– Long and Short Forward Positions
– Forward Cross-Exchange Rates
– Swap Transactions
– Forward Premium
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The Function and Structure of the
FOREX Market
• FOREX Market Participants
• Correspondent Banking Relationships
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FOREX Market Participants
• The FOREX market is a two-tiered market:
– Interbank Market (Wholesale)
• About 700 banks worldwide stand ready to make a
market in Foreign exchange.
• Nonbank dealers account for about 20% of the
market.
• There are FX brokers who match buy and sell orders
but do not carry inventory and FX specialists.
– Client Market (Retail)
• Market participants include international
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Correspondent Banking
Relationships
• Large commercial banks maintain demand deposit
accounts with one another which facilitates the
efficient functioning of the forex market.
• International commercial banks communicate with
one another with:
– SWIFT: The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial
Telecommunications.
– CHIPS: Clearing House Interbank Payments System
– ECHO Exchange Clearing House Limited, the first
global clearinghouse for settling interbank FOREX
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The Spot Market
• Spot Rate Quotations
• The Bid-Ask Spread
• Spot FX trading
• Cross Rates
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Spot Rate Quotations
• Direct quotation
– the U.S. dollar equivalent
– e.g. “a Japanese Yen is worth about a penny”
• Indirect Quotation
– the price of a U.S. dollar in the foreign currency
– e.g. “you get 100 yen to the dollar”
• See the insert card from your textbook.
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Spot Rate Quotations
The direct
quote for
British pound
is:
£1 = $1.5627
Country
USD
equiv
Friday
USD equiv
Thursday
Currency per
USD Friday
Currency per
USD Thursday
Argentina (Peso) 0.3309 0.3292 3.0221 3.0377
Australia
(Dollar) 0.5906 0.5934 1.6932 1.6852
Brazil (Real) 0.2939 0.2879 3.4025 3.4734
Britain (Pound) 1.5627 1.566 0.6399 0.6386
1 Month Forward 1.5596 1.5629 0.6412 0.6398
3 Months
Forward 1.5535 1.5568 0.6437 0.6423
6 Months
Forward 1.5445 1.5477 0.6475 0.6461
Canada (Dollar) 0.6692 0.6751 1.4943 1.4813
1 Month Forward 0.6681 0.6741 1.4968 1.4835
3 Months
Forward 0.6658 0.6717 1.502 1.4888
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Spot Rate Quotations
The indirect
quote for
British
pound is:
£.6399 = $1
1.49751.51060.66780.6626 Months Forward
1.48881.5020.67170.66583 Months Forward
1.48351.49680.67410.66811 Month Forward
1.48131.49430.67510.6692Canada (Dollar)
0.64610.64751.54771.54456 Months Forward
0.64230.64371.55681.55353 Months Forward
0.63980.64121.56291.55961 Month Forward
0.63860.63991.5661.5627Britain (Pound)
3.47343.40250.28790.2939Brazil (Real)
1.68521.69320.59340.5906Australia (Dollar)
3.03773.02210.32920.3309Argentina (Peso)
Currency per
USD Thursday
Currency per USD
Friday
USD equiv
Thursday
USD equiv
FridayCountry
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Spot Rate Quotations
Note that
the direct
quote is the
reciprocal
of the
indirect
quote:
6399.
1
5627.1 =
1.49751.51060.66780.6626 Months Forward
1.48881.5020.67170.66583 Months Forward
1.48351.49680.67410.66811 Month Forward
1.48131.49430.67510.6692Canada (Dollar)
0.64610.64751.54771.54456 Months Forward
0.64230.64371.55681.55353 Months Forward
0.63980.64121.56291.55961 Month Forward
0.63860.63991.5661.5627Britain (Pound)
3.47343.40250.28790.2939Brazil (Real)
1.68521.69320.59340.5906Australia (Dollar)
3.03773.02210.32920.3309Argentina (Peso)
Currency per
USD Thursday
Currency per USD
Friday
USD equiv
Thursday
USD equiv
FridayCountry
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The Bid-Ask Spread
• The bid price is the price a dealer is willing
to pay you for something.
• The ask price is the amount the dealer wants
you to pay for the thing.
• The bid-ask spread is the difference
between the bid and ask prices.
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Spot FX trading
• In the interbank market, the standard size
trade is about U.S. $10 million.
• A bank trading room is a noisy, active
place.
• The stakes are high.
• The “long term” is about 10 minutes.
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Cross Rates
• Suppose that S($/€) = .50
– i.e. $1 = 2 €
• and that S(¥/€) = 50
– i.e. €1 = ¥50
• What must the $/¥ cross rate be?
,
¥
€
€
$
¥
$
since ×=
¥100$1or.01¥)/($
¥100
1$
¥50
1€
2€
1$
==⇒=× S
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Triangular Arbitrage
$
£¥
Credit
Lyonnais
S(£/$)=1.50
Credit Agricole
S(¥/£)=85
Barclays
S(¥/$)=120
Suppose we
observe these
banks posting
these exchange
rates.
First calculate the
implied cross
rates to see if an
arbitrage exists.
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Triangular Arbitrage
$
Credit
Lyonnais
S(£/$)=1.50
Credit Agricole
S(¥/£)=85
Barclays
S(¥/$)=120
80¥
1£
120¥
1$
1$
50.1£
=×
The implied S(¥/£) cross
rate is S(¥/£) = 80
Credit Agricole has
posted a quote of
S(¥/£)=85 so there is an
arbitrage opportunity.
So, how can we make money?
Buy the £ @ ¥80; sell @ ¥85. Then trade yen for dollars.
¥ £
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Triangular Arbitrage
$
Credit
Lyonnais
S(£/$)=1.50
Credit Agricole
S(¥/£)=85
Barclays
S(¥/$)=120
As easy as 1 – 2 – 3:
1. Sell our $ for £,
2. Sell our £ for ¥,
3. Sell those ¥ for $.
¥ £
1
2
3
$
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Triangular Arbitrage
Sell $100,000 for £ at S(£/$) = 1.50
receive £150,000
Sell our £ 150,000 for ¥ at S(¥/£) = 85
receive ¥12,750,000
Sell ¥ 12,750,000 for $ at S(¥/$) = 120
receive $106,250
profit per round trip = $ 106,250- $100,000 = $6,250
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Spot Foreign Exchange
Microstructure
• Market Microstructure refers to the
mechanics of how a marketplace operates.
• Bid-Ask spreads in the spot FX market:
– increase with FX exchange rate volatility and
– decrease with dealer competition.
• Private information is an important
determinant of spot exchange rates.
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The Forward Market
• Forward Rate Quotations
• Long and Short Forward Positions
• Forward Cross Exchange Rates
• Swap Transactions
• Forward Premium
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The Forward Market
• A forward contract is an agreement to buy
or sell an asset in the future at prices agreed
upon today.
• If you have ever had to order an out-of-
stock textbook, then you have entered into a
forward contract.
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Forward Rate Quotations
• The forward market for FOREX involves
agreements to buy and sell foreign
currencies in the future at prices agreed
upon today.
• Bank quotes for 1, 3, 6, 9, and 12 month
maturities are readily available for forward
contracts.
• Longer-term swaps are available.
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Forward Rate Quotations
• Consider the example from above:
for Japanese yen, the spot rate is
$1.5627 = £1.00
While the 180-day forward rate is
$1.5445 = £1.00
• What’s up with that?
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Spot Rate Quotations
Clearly the
market
participants
expect that
the pound
will be
worth less
in dollars in
six months.
1.49751.51060.66780.6626 Months Forward
1.48881.5020.67170.66583 Months Forward
1.48351.49680.67410.66811 Month Forward
1.48131.49430.67510.6692Canada (Dollar)
0.64610.64751.54771.54456 Months Forward
0.64230.64371.55681.55353 Months Forward
0.63980.64121.56291.55961 Month Forward
0.63860.63991.5661.5627Britain (Pound)
3.47343.40250.28790.2939Brazil (Real)
1.68521.69320.59340.5906Australia (Dollar)
3.03773.02210.32920.3309Argentina (Peso)
Currency per
USD Thursday
Currency per USD
Friday
USD equiv
Thursday
USD equiv
FridayCountry
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Long and Short Forward
Positions
• If you have agreed to sell anything (spot or
forward), you are “short”.
• If you have agreed to buy anything (forward
or spot), you are “long”.
• If you have agreed to sell forex forward,
you are short.
• If you have agreed to buy forex forward,
you are long.
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Payoff Profiles
0
S180($/¥)
F180($/¥) = .009524
Short positionloss
profit
If you agree to sell anything in the
future at a set price and the spot
price later falls then you gain.
If you agree to sell anything in the
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Payoff Profiles
loss
0 S180(¥/$)
F180(¥/$) = 105
-F180(¥/$)
profit
Whether the
payoff profile
slopes up or
down depends
upon whether
you use the
direct or indirect
quote:
F180(¥/$) = 105 or
F180($/¥) = .
short position
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Payoff Profiles
loss
0
S180(¥/$)
F180(¥/$) = 105
-F180(¥/$)
When the short entered into this forward contract,
he agreed to sell ¥ in 180 days at F180(¥/$) = 105
profit
short position
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Payoff Profiles
loss
0
S180(¥/$)
F180(¥/$) = 105
-F180(¥/$)
120
If, in 180 days, S180(¥/$) = 120, the short will
make a profit by buying ¥ at S180(¥/$) = 120 and
delivering ¥ at F180(¥/$) = 105.
15¥
profit
short position
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Payoff Profiles
loss
0
S180(¥/$)
F180(¥/$) = 105
Long position-F180(¥/$)
F180(¥/$) short position
profit
Since this is a zero-sum game,
the long position payoff is the
opposite of the short.
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Payoff Profiles
loss
0
S180(¥/$)
F180(¥/$) = 105
Long position
-F180(¥/$)
profit
The long in this forward contract agreed to BUY
¥ in 180 days at F180(¥/$) = 105
If, in 180 days, S180(¥/$) = 120, the long will
lose by having to buy ¥ at S180(¥/$) = 120
and delivering ¥ at F180(¥/$) = 105.
120
–15¥
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Forward Cross Exchange Rates
• It’s just an “delayed” example of the spot
cross rate discussed above.
• In generic terms
)/($
)/($
)/(
and
)/($
)/($
)/(
kF
jF
jkF
jF
kF
kjF
N
N
N
N
N
N
=
=
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SWAPS
• A swap is an agreement to provide a
counterparty with something he wants in
exchange for something that you want.
• Swap transactions account for
approximately 56 percent of interbank FX
trading, whereas outright trades are 11
percent.
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Forward Premium
• It’s just the interest rate differential implied
by forward premium or discount.
• For example, suppose the € is appreciating
from S($/€) = .5235 to F180($/€) = .5307
• The forward premium is given by:
01375.
5235.
5235.5307.
180
360
€)/($
€)/($€)/($180
$,€180 =
−
=×
−
=
S
SF
f v
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Currency Market
• Where currencies are bought and sold
against each other.
• OTC market.
• Quite decentralized and operates
through an electronic network that
links various market participants.
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Typical Forex Transaction
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Global Currency Markets
• A 24 hours market
• Spreads geographically across all the time
zones
• No physical presence
• Through dealing rooms of commercial banks
• Sleek, being screen based
• Deep, highly liquid, efficient and “fairest”
• Highly volatile
• High potential for profits/losswww.StudsPlanet.com
Forex Markets
$351 bn
$637 bn
$149 bn
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Forex Markets
• Domestic/Global
• Euro markets
• Offshore centers
• Dealers/brokers
• Spot/Forward
• Inter-bank rates/Merchant
rates
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Currency Market Participants
• Commercial banks
• Investment institutions
• Currency brokers
• Corporations
• Individuals
• Central banks
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Indian Currency Market
Consists of
• Authorized Dealers
• Full-fledged Money Changers
• Restricted Money Changers
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Dealing Room
• A centralised establishment, usually
of a commercial bank, which is
willing to make/offer a two way
dealing price for different currencies
at all times even when they may not
wish to deal, but all during
prescribed business hours.
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Dealing Room
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Currency Dealers
• Primary price makers or professional
dealers make a two-way market to
each other and to their clients
• Foreign currency brokers act as
middlemen between two market
makers.
• Corporations usually are price
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Exchange Quotes
• Direct Quote/Home Currency Quote:
– Unit of foreign currency is kept constant against the
amount of home currency to be exchanged for it.
Example: US $ 1 = INR 43.60
• Indirect Quote/Foreign Currency Quote:
– Indicates the number of units of foreign currency which
will be exchanged for a fixed number of home currency
units.
Example: INR 100 = US $ 2.16
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Exchange Rates
Exchange of currencies on the very date of
deal.
Cash/Ready
Rate
Exchange of currencies on the next working
day i.e. tomorrow
Tom Rate
Exchange of currencies on the second
working day after the date of deal.
Spot Rate
Exchange of currencies after a period of spot
date.
Forward Rate
Simultaneous purchase and sale of identical
amounts of a currency for different value
dates.
Swap
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Spot Quotes
• USD/CHF SPOT: 1.4575/1.4580
Bid Offer
• Bank will buy 1 USD and give CHF 1.4575
• Bank will sell 1 USD and want to be paid
CHF 1.4580.
• Shortened to 1.4575/80 or even 75/80
between dealers. “1.45” is the “big figure”www.StudsPlanet.com
Spot Rates
• A spot GBP/USD deal on Friday Dec 8 : Value date
Tuesday Dec 11
• If Dec 11 holiday in NY/London, value date 12 Dec.
• A 2-month forward deal USD/CHF on Monday Dec
11: Value date Feb 13 2001. If holiday in NY/Zurich,
Feb 14.
• A 2-month forward USD/JPY on Dec 26. Value date
Feb 28. If holiday Tokyo/NY, push forward? NO.
Pushing forward must not carry to next calendar
month. Push back to Feb 27.
• Spot deals in some currency pairs such as US dollar-
Canadian dollar settled in one business day
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Spot Rates
• Base Currency/Quoted Currency Bid Rate/Offer
Rate
– USD/CHF : USD base, CHF quoted
– GBP/USD : GBP base, USD quoted
• Most currencies quoted with USD as base.
Exceptions are EUR, GBP, AUD, NZD
• Quotation given as no. of units of quoted
currency per unit of base currency, bid rate/offer
rate.
• Bid rate applies to market maker buying base
currency. Offer rate applies to market maker
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Interbank Spot Dealing
• Monday September 21, 10.45 am
BANK A: "Bank A calling. DLR-FRF 25
please.
• BANK B: "Forty -Fifty two”
(Bank B is specifying a two-way price.
Knowing that the caller is also a forex
dealer, the dealer in Bank B quotes only the
last two decimals of the full quotation. For
instance the full quotation might be
4.1540/4.1552.)
• BANK A: “Mine”www.StudsPlanet.com
Forward Rates
Spot rate interest rate differential forward period
100 × No. of days in the year (usually 360)
× ×
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Forward Rates
Where,
F = Forward exchange rate
S = Spot exchange rate
iT = Interest rate in the country of the terms
currency
ic = Interest rate in the country of the
commodity
currency
t = Time period
( )
( )
1
1
t
T
t
c
S i
F
i
+
=
+
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Forward Quotes
Spot EUR 1 = USD 0.8650/55
1 month Forward = 13 - 15
2 months Forward = 25 - 26
3 months Forward = 37 - 38
Forward premium
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Euro Markets
• International money and capital markets on
which currencies held outside their countries of
origin are traded
• Dollar is the predominant currency
• Tokyo, Singapore, London, Frankfurt,
Bahamas, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Panama
• Euro money market
• Euro credit market
• Euro capital market
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Intl fin mkts chap iii

  • 1. INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT EUN / RESNICK Third Edition Chapter Objectives: This chapter serves to introduce the student to the institutional framework within which exchange rates are determined. This chapter lays the foundation for much of the discussion throughout the remainder of the text, thus it deserves your careful attention. 4Chapter Four The Market for Foreign Exchange www.StudsPlanet.com
  • 2. Chapter Outline • Function and Structure of the FOREX Market • The Spot Market • The Forward Market www.StudsPlanet.com
  • 3. Chapter Outline • Function and Structure of the FOREX Market – FX Market Participants – Correspondent Banking Relationships • The Spot Market • The Forward Market www.StudsPlanet.com
  • 4. Chapter Outline • Function and Structure of the FOREX Market • The Spot Market – Spot Rate Quotations – The Bid-Ask Spread – Spot FX Trading – Cross Exchange Rate Quotations – Triangular Arbitrage – Spot Foreign Exchange Market Microstructurewww.StudsPlanet.com
  • 5. Chapter Outline • Function and Structure of the FOREX Market • The Spot Market • The Forward Market – Forward Rate Quotations – Long and Short Forward Positions – Forward Cross-Exchange Rates – Swap Transactions – Forward Premium www.StudsPlanet.com
  • 6. The Function and Structure of the FOREX Market • FOREX Market Participants • Correspondent Banking Relationships www.StudsPlanet.com
  • 7. FOREX Market Participants • The FOREX market is a two-tiered market: – Interbank Market (Wholesale) • About 700 banks worldwide stand ready to make a market in Foreign exchange. • Nonbank dealers account for about 20% of the market. • There are FX brokers who match buy and sell orders but do not carry inventory and FX specialists. – Client Market (Retail) • Market participants include international banks, their customers, nonbank dealers,www.StudsPlanet.com
  • 8. Correspondent Banking Relationships • Large commercial banks maintain demand deposit accounts with one another which facilitates the efficient functioning of the forex market. • International commercial banks communicate with one another with: – SWIFT: The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications. – CHIPS: Clearing House Interbank Payments System – ECHO Exchange Clearing House Limited, the first global clearinghouse for settling interbank FOREX transactions. www.StudsPlanet.com
  • 9. The Spot Market • Spot Rate Quotations • The Bid-Ask Spread • Spot FX trading • Cross Rates www.StudsPlanet.com
  • 10. Spot Rate Quotations • Direct quotation – the U.S. dollar equivalent – e.g. “a Japanese Yen is worth about a penny” • Indirect Quotation – the price of a U.S. dollar in the foreign currency – e.g. “you get 100 yen to the dollar” • See the insert card from your textbook. www.StudsPlanet.com
  • 11. Spot Rate Quotations The direct quote for British pound is: £1 = $1.5627 Country USD equiv Friday USD equiv Thursday Currency per USD Friday Currency per USD Thursday Argentina (Peso) 0.3309 0.3292 3.0221 3.0377 Australia (Dollar) 0.5906 0.5934 1.6932 1.6852 Brazil (Real) 0.2939 0.2879 3.4025 3.4734 Britain (Pound) 1.5627 1.566 0.6399 0.6386 1 Month Forward 1.5596 1.5629 0.6412 0.6398 3 Months Forward 1.5535 1.5568 0.6437 0.6423 6 Months Forward 1.5445 1.5477 0.6475 0.6461 Canada (Dollar) 0.6692 0.6751 1.4943 1.4813 1 Month Forward 0.6681 0.6741 1.4968 1.4835 3 Months Forward 0.6658 0.6717 1.502 1.4888 www.StudsPlanet.com
  • 12. Spot Rate Quotations The indirect quote for British pound is: £.6399 = $1 1.49751.51060.66780.6626 Months Forward 1.48881.5020.67170.66583 Months Forward 1.48351.49680.67410.66811 Month Forward 1.48131.49430.67510.6692Canada (Dollar) 0.64610.64751.54771.54456 Months Forward 0.64230.64371.55681.55353 Months Forward 0.63980.64121.56291.55961 Month Forward 0.63860.63991.5661.5627Britain (Pound) 3.47343.40250.28790.2939Brazil (Real) 1.68521.69320.59340.5906Australia (Dollar) 3.03773.02210.32920.3309Argentina (Peso) Currency per USD Thursday Currency per USD Friday USD equiv Thursday USD equiv FridayCountry www.StudsPlanet.com
  • 13. Spot Rate Quotations Note that the direct quote is the reciprocal of the indirect quote: 6399. 1 5627.1 = 1.49751.51060.66780.6626 Months Forward 1.48881.5020.67170.66583 Months Forward 1.48351.49680.67410.66811 Month Forward 1.48131.49430.67510.6692Canada (Dollar) 0.64610.64751.54771.54456 Months Forward 0.64230.64371.55681.55353 Months Forward 0.63980.64121.56291.55961 Month Forward 0.63860.63991.5661.5627Britain (Pound) 3.47343.40250.28790.2939Brazil (Real) 1.68521.69320.59340.5906Australia (Dollar) 3.03773.02210.32920.3309Argentina (Peso) Currency per USD Thursday Currency per USD Friday USD equiv Thursday USD equiv FridayCountry www.StudsPlanet.com
  • 14. The Bid-Ask Spread • The bid price is the price a dealer is willing to pay you for something. • The ask price is the amount the dealer wants you to pay for the thing. • The bid-ask spread is the difference between the bid and ask prices. www.StudsPlanet.com
  • 15. Spot FX trading • In the interbank market, the standard size trade is about U.S. $10 million. • A bank trading room is a noisy, active place. • The stakes are high. • The “long term” is about 10 minutes. www.StudsPlanet.com
  • 16. Cross Rates • Suppose that S($/€) = .50 – i.e. $1 = 2 € • and that S(¥/€) = 50 – i.e. €1 = ¥50 • What must the $/¥ cross rate be? , ¥ € € $ ¥ $ since ×= ¥100$1or.01¥)/($ ¥100 1$ ¥50 1€ 2€ 1$ ==⇒=× S www.StudsPlanet.com
  • 17. Triangular Arbitrage $ £¥ Credit Lyonnais S(£/$)=1.50 Credit Agricole S(¥/£)=85 Barclays S(¥/$)=120 Suppose we observe these banks posting these exchange rates. First calculate the implied cross rates to see if an arbitrage exists. www.StudsPlanet.com
  • 18. Triangular Arbitrage $ Credit Lyonnais S(£/$)=1.50 Credit Agricole S(¥/£)=85 Barclays S(¥/$)=120 80¥ 1£ 120¥ 1$ 1$ 50.1£ =× The implied S(¥/£) cross rate is S(¥/£) = 80 Credit Agricole has posted a quote of S(¥/£)=85 so there is an arbitrage opportunity. So, how can we make money? Buy the £ @ ¥80; sell @ ¥85. Then trade yen for dollars. ¥ £ www.StudsPlanet.com
  • 19. Triangular Arbitrage $ Credit Lyonnais S(£/$)=1.50 Credit Agricole S(¥/£)=85 Barclays S(¥/$)=120 As easy as 1 – 2 – 3: 1. Sell our $ for £, 2. Sell our £ for ¥, 3. Sell those ¥ for $. ¥ £ 1 2 3 $ www.StudsPlanet.com
  • 20. Triangular Arbitrage Sell $100,000 for £ at S(£/$) = 1.50 receive £150,000 Sell our £ 150,000 for ¥ at S(¥/£) = 85 receive ¥12,750,000 Sell ¥ 12,750,000 for $ at S(¥/$) = 120 receive $106,250 profit per round trip = $ 106,250- $100,000 = $6,250 www.StudsPlanet.com
  • 21. Spot Foreign Exchange Microstructure • Market Microstructure refers to the mechanics of how a marketplace operates. • Bid-Ask spreads in the spot FX market: – increase with FX exchange rate volatility and – decrease with dealer competition. • Private information is an important determinant of spot exchange rates. www.StudsPlanet.com
  • 22. The Forward Market • Forward Rate Quotations • Long and Short Forward Positions • Forward Cross Exchange Rates • Swap Transactions • Forward Premium www.StudsPlanet.com
  • 23. The Forward Market • A forward contract is an agreement to buy or sell an asset in the future at prices agreed upon today. • If you have ever had to order an out-of- stock textbook, then you have entered into a forward contract. www.StudsPlanet.com
  • 24. Forward Rate Quotations • The forward market for FOREX involves agreements to buy and sell foreign currencies in the future at prices agreed upon today. • Bank quotes for 1, 3, 6, 9, and 12 month maturities are readily available for forward contracts. • Longer-term swaps are available. www.StudsPlanet.com
  • 25. Forward Rate Quotations • Consider the example from above: for Japanese yen, the spot rate is $1.5627 = £1.00 While the 180-day forward rate is $1.5445 = £1.00 • What’s up with that? www.StudsPlanet.com
  • 26. Spot Rate Quotations Clearly the market participants expect that the pound will be worth less in dollars in six months. 1.49751.51060.66780.6626 Months Forward 1.48881.5020.67170.66583 Months Forward 1.48351.49680.67410.66811 Month Forward 1.48131.49430.67510.6692Canada (Dollar) 0.64610.64751.54771.54456 Months Forward 0.64230.64371.55681.55353 Months Forward 0.63980.64121.56291.55961 Month Forward 0.63860.63991.5661.5627Britain (Pound) 3.47343.40250.28790.2939Brazil (Real) 1.68521.69320.59340.5906Australia (Dollar) 3.03773.02210.32920.3309Argentina (Peso) Currency per USD Thursday Currency per USD Friday USD equiv Thursday USD equiv FridayCountry www.StudsPlanet.com
  • 27. Long and Short Forward Positions • If you have agreed to sell anything (spot or forward), you are “short”. • If you have agreed to buy anything (forward or spot), you are “long”. • If you have agreed to sell forex forward, you are short. • If you have agreed to buy forex forward, you are long. www.StudsPlanet.com
  • 28. Payoff Profiles 0 S180($/¥) F180($/¥) = .009524 Short positionloss profit If you agree to sell anything in the future at a set price and the spot price later falls then you gain. If you agree to sell anything in the future at a set price and the spot price later rises then you lose.www.StudsPlanet.com
  • 29. Payoff Profiles loss 0 S180(¥/$) F180(¥/$) = 105 -F180(¥/$) profit Whether the payoff profile slopes up or down depends upon whether you use the direct or indirect quote: F180(¥/$) = 105 or F180($/¥) = . short position www.StudsPlanet.com
  • 30. Payoff Profiles loss 0 S180(¥/$) F180(¥/$) = 105 -F180(¥/$) When the short entered into this forward contract, he agreed to sell ¥ in 180 days at F180(¥/$) = 105 profit short position www.StudsPlanet.com
  • 31. Payoff Profiles loss 0 S180(¥/$) F180(¥/$) = 105 -F180(¥/$) 120 If, in 180 days, S180(¥/$) = 120, the short will make a profit by buying ¥ at S180(¥/$) = 120 and delivering ¥ at F180(¥/$) = 105. 15¥ profit short position www.StudsPlanet.com
  • 32. Payoff Profiles loss 0 S180(¥/$) F180(¥/$) = 105 Long position-F180(¥/$) F180(¥/$) short position profit Since this is a zero-sum game, the long position payoff is the opposite of the short. www.StudsPlanet.com
  • 33. Payoff Profiles loss 0 S180(¥/$) F180(¥/$) = 105 Long position -F180(¥/$) profit The long in this forward contract agreed to BUY ¥ in 180 days at F180(¥/$) = 105 If, in 180 days, S180(¥/$) = 120, the long will lose by having to buy ¥ at S180(¥/$) = 120 and delivering ¥ at F180(¥/$) = 105. 120 –15¥ www.StudsPlanet.com
  • 34. Forward Cross Exchange Rates • It’s just an “delayed” example of the spot cross rate discussed above. • In generic terms )/($ )/($ )/( and )/($ )/($ )/( kF jF jkF jF kF kjF N N N N N N = = www.StudsPlanet.com
  • 35. SWAPS • A swap is an agreement to provide a counterparty with something he wants in exchange for something that you want. • Swap transactions account for approximately 56 percent of interbank FX trading, whereas outright trades are 11 percent. www.StudsPlanet.com
  • 36. Forward Premium • It’s just the interest rate differential implied by forward premium or discount. • For example, suppose the € is appreciating from S($/€) = .5235 to F180($/€) = .5307 • The forward premium is given by: 01375. 5235. 5235.5307. 180 360 €)/($ €)/($€)/($180 $,€180 = − =× − = S SF f v www.StudsPlanet.com
  • 37. Currency Market • Where currencies are bought and sold against each other. • OTC market. • Quite decentralized and operates through an electronic network that links various market participants. www.StudsPlanet.com
  • 39. Global Currency Markets • A 24 hours market • Spreads geographically across all the time zones • No physical presence • Through dealing rooms of commercial banks • Sleek, being screen based • Deep, highly liquid, efficient and “fairest” • Highly volatile • High potential for profits/losswww.StudsPlanet.com
  • 40. Forex Markets $351 bn $637 bn $149 bn www.StudsPlanet.com
  • 41. Forex Markets • Domestic/Global • Euro markets • Offshore centers • Dealers/brokers • Spot/Forward • Inter-bank rates/Merchant rates www.StudsPlanet.com
  • 42. Currency Market Participants • Commercial banks • Investment institutions • Currency brokers • Corporations • Individuals • Central banks www.StudsPlanet.com
  • 43. Indian Currency Market Consists of • Authorized Dealers • Full-fledged Money Changers • Restricted Money Changers www.StudsPlanet.com
  • 44. Dealing Room • A centralised establishment, usually of a commercial bank, which is willing to make/offer a two way dealing price for different currencies at all times even when they may not wish to deal, but all during prescribed business hours. www.StudsPlanet.com
  • 46. Currency Dealers • Primary price makers or professional dealers make a two-way market to each other and to their clients • Foreign currency brokers act as middlemen between two market makers. • Corporations usually are price takers. www.StudsPlanet.com
  • 47. Exchange Quotes • Direct Quote/Home Currency Quote: – Unit of foreign currency is kept constant against the amount of home currency to be exchanged for it. Example: US $ 1 = INR 43.60 • Indirect Quote/Foreign Currency Quote: – Indicates the number of units of foreign currency which will be exchanged for a fixed number of home currency units. Example: INR 100 = US $ 2.16 www.StudsPlanet.com
  • 48. Exchange Rates Exchange of currencies on the very date of deal. Cash/Ready Rate Exchange of currencies on the next working day i.e. tomorrow Tom Rate Exchange of currencies on the second working day after the date of deal. Spot Rate Exchange of currencies after a period of spot date. Forward Rate Simultaneous purchase and sale of identical amounts of a currency for different value dates. Swap www.StudsPlanet.com
  • 49. Spot Quotes • USD/CHF SPOT: 1.4575/1.4580 Bid Offer • Bank will buy 1 USD and give CHF 1.4575 • Bank will sell 1 USD and want to be paid CHF 1.4580. • Shortened to 1.4575/80 or even 75/80 between dealers. “1.45” is the “big figure”www.StudsPlanet.com
  • 50. Spot Rates • A spot GBP/USD deal on Friday Dec 8 : Value date Tuesday Dec 11 • If Dec 11 holiday in NY/London, value date 12 Dec. • A 2-month forward deal USD/CHF on Monday Dec 11: Value date Feb 13 2001. If holiday in NY/Zurich, Feb 14. • A 2-month forward USD/JPY on Dec 26. Value date Feb 28. If holiday Tokyo/NY, push forward? NO. Pushing forward must not carry to next calendar month. Push back to Feb 27. • Spot deals in some currency pairs such as US dollar- Canadian dollar settled in one business day www.StudsPlanet.com
  • 51. Spot Rates • Base Currency/Quoted Currency Bid Rate/Offer Rate – USD/CHF : USD base, CHF quoted – GBP/USD : GBP base, USD quoted • Most currencies quoted with USD as base. Exceptions are EUR, GBP, AUD, NZD • Quotation given as no. of units of quoted currency per unit of base currency, bid rate/offer rate. • Bid rate applies to market maker buying base currency. Offer rate applies to market maker selling base currency.www.StudsPlanet.com
  • 52. Interbank Spot Dealing • Monday September 21, 10.45 am BANK A: "Bank A calling. DLR-FRF 25 please. • BANK B: "Forty -Fifty two” (Bank B is specifying a two-way price. Knowing that the caller is also a forex dealer, the dealer in Bank B quotes only the last two decimals of the full quotation. For instance the full quotation might be 4.1540/4.1552.) • BANK A: “Mine”www.StudsPlanet.com
  • 53. Forward Rates Spot rate interest rate differential forward period 100 × No. of days in the year (usually 360) × × www.StudsPlanet.com
  • 54. Forward Rates Where, F = Forward exchange rate S = Spot exchange rate iT = Interest rate in the country of the terms currency ic = Interest rate in the country of the commodity currency t = Time period ( ) ( ) 1 1 t T t c S i F i + = + www.StudsPlanet.com
  • 55. Forward Quotes Spot EUR 1 = USD 0.8650/55 1 month Forward = 13 - 15 2 months Forward = 25 - 26 3 months Forward = 37 - 38 Forward premium www.StudsPlanet.com
  • 56. Euro Markets • International money and capital markets on which currencies held outside their countries of origin are traded • Dollar is the predominant currency • Tokyo, Singapore, London, Frankfurt, Bahamas, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Panama • Euro money market • Euro credit market • Euro capital market www.StudsPlanet.com