An FX swap or currency swap agreement involves:
1) Exchanging one currency for another at a spot rate on one date.
2) Re-exchanging the same amounts at a forward rate on a future date.
FX swaps are commonly used by institutions to fund foreign exchange balances, and by importers/exporters and investors to hedge currency risk or speculate on exchange rates moving up or down. The valuation of an FX swap treats it as a combination of two forward contracts - a long position in one currency and a short position in another.
An FX swap or currency swap agreement involves:
1) Exchanging one currency for another at a spot rate on one date.
2) Re-exchanging the same amounts at a forward rate on a future date.
FX swaps are commonly used by institutions to fund foreign exchange balances, and by importers/exporters and investors to hedge currency risk or speculate on exchange rates moving up or down. The valuation of an FX swap treats it as a combination of two forward contracts - a long position in one currency and a short position in another.
An FX swap or currency swap agreement involves:
1) Exchanging one currency for another at a spot rate on one date.
2) Re-exchanging the same amounts at a forward rate on a future date.
FX swaps are commonly used by institutions to fund foreign exchange balances, and by importers/exporters and investors to hedge currency risk or speculate on exchange rates moving up or down. The valuation of an FX swap treats it as a combination of two forward contracts - a long position in one currency and a short position in another.
An FX swap or currency swap agreement involves:
1) Exchanging one currency for another at a spot rate on one date.
2) Re-exchanging the same amounts at a forward rate on a future date.
FX swaps are commonly used by institutions to fund foreign exchange balances, and by importers/exporters and investors to hedge currency risk or speculate on exchange rates moving up or down. The valuation of an FX swap treats it as a combination of two forward contracts - a long position in one currency and a short position in another.
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Currency Swap or FX Swapd
Difinition and Pricing Guide
Michael Taylor FinPricing https://finpricing.com/faq.html Currency Swap
An FX swap or currency swap agreement is a contract in which
both parties agree to exchange one currency for another currency at a spot FX rate. The agreement also stipulates to re-exchange the same amounts at a certain future date also at a forward FX rate. Many people confuse currency swaps with cross currency swaps. They are totally different. A cross currency swap is an interest rate swap in which two parties to exchange interest payments and principal on loans denominated in two different currencies. The most common use of FX Swaps is for institutions to fund their foreign exchange balances. FX swaps are also used by importers and exporters, as well as institutional investors who wish to hedge their positions. They are also used to speculate and, by incurring a risk, attempt to profit from rising or falling exchange rates. Currency Swap
Summary Currency Swap or FX Swap Introduction The Use of Currency Swaps Forex Market Convention Forward FX Rate Valuation A Real World Example Currency Swap
Currency Swap or FX Swap Introduction
An FX swap agreement is a contract in which both parties agree to exchange one currency for another currency at a spot FX rate. The agreement also stipulates to re-exchange the same amounts at a certain future date also at a swap FX rate. Many people confuse currency swaps with cross currency swaps. They are totally different. A cross currency swap is an interest rate swap in which two parties to exchange interest payments and principal on loans denominated in two different currencies.. In a currency swap, one party simultaneously borrows one currency and lends another currency to a second party. The repayment obligation is used as collateral and the amount of repayment is fixed at the FX forward rate. Currency Swap
Currency Swap or FX Swap Introduction (cont)
FX swaps can be considered riskless collateralized borrowing/lending. The contract virtually allows you to utilize the funds you have in one currency to fund obligations denominated in a different currency, without incurring foreign exchange risk. An FX swap is a simultaneous purchase and sale of identical amounts of one currency for another with two different value dates, normally spot to forward. Therefore, an FX swap consists of two transactions: a spot transaction and a forward transaction. Effectively the FX swap is two exchange contracts packed in one: a spot foreign exchange transaction, and a forward foreign exchange transaction Currency Swap
The Use of Currency Swaps
A swap deal can be used if you have a currency, which you do not need before a certain time, but at the same time have a short-term need for another currency Swap deals are used for managing currency risks, postponing the term of forward-deal and optimizing financing. The most common use of FX Swaps is for institutions to fund their foreign exchange balances. FX swaps are also used by importers and exporters, as well as institutional investors who wish to hedge their positions. They are also used to speculate and, by incurring a risk, attempt to profit from rising or falling exchange rates. Currency swaps are OTC trades and have credit risk. Currency Swap
Forex Market Convention
One of the biggest sources of confusion for those new to the FX market is the market convention. We need to make clear the meaning of the following terms in the forex market first. FX quotation: the quotation EUR/USD 1.25 means that one Euro is exchanged for 1.25 USD. Here EUR (nominator) is the base or primary currency and USD (denominator) is the quote currency. One can convert any amount of base currency to quote currency by QuoteCurrencyAmount = FxRate * BaseCurrencyAmount Currency Swap
Forex Market Convention (Cont)
Spot Days: The spot date or value date is the day the two parties actually exchange the two currencies. In other words, a currency pair requires a specification of the number of days between the quotation date (trade date) and the Spot Date on which the exchange is to take place at that quote. Spot days can be different for each currency pair, although typically it is two business days. Holidays: Each currency pair has a set of holidays associated with it. The holidays of a currency pair is the union of the holidays of the two currencies. Currency Swap
Forward FX Rate Given spot rate , spot date and forward date T, the FX forward rate can be represented as
where the spot FX rate quoted as base/quote t the valuation date the spot date (several days after the valuation date) T the forward date the discount factor of base currency the discount factor of quote currency Currency Swap
Valuation An FX swap is a simultaneous purchase and sale of identical amounts of one currency for another with two different value dates, normally spot date and forward date. Therefore, an FX swap has two legs – a spot transaction and a forward transaction. In the spot leg, a particular quantity of a currency is bought or sold versus another currency at an agreed upon rate on the spot date. In the forward leg, the same quantity of currency is then simultaneously sold or bought versus the other currency at a second agreed upon rate on the forward date. Currency Swap
Valuation (Cont) From valuation perspective, an FX swap can be viewed as a combination of two forward contracts.
In general, it has a long FX forward contract and a short one.
Typically, one leg of the outstanding contract would have
already expired. Therefore, in many situations, an FX swap is equivalent to an FX forward contract. Currency Swap
Valuation (Cont) The present value of an FX forward contract is given by
where t the valuation date T the payment date the spot FX rate quoted as base/quote the discount factor of base currency the discount factor of quote currency the notional principal amount for base currency the notional principal amount for quote currency Currency Swap
A Real World Example
Delivery Type Delivery Leg One Currency GBP Leg One Notional 10043000 Leg Two Currency USD Leg Two Notional 12289368.03 Net Price 1.223675 Buy Sell Buy Base Currency GBP Underlying Currency USD Instrument GBP/USD Spot Quotation Denominator GBP Spot Quotation Numerator USD Trade Date 10/28/2016 Maturity Date 11/1/2017 Settlement Date 11/1/2017 Thank You
