A Foreign Exchange Primer

By: Shani Shamah

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Product code: 16016
ISBN: 0470851627
196 pages
Format: Hb
Published by: John Wiley & Sons, 2003

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Description of A Foreign Exchange Primer

A beginner's guide to trading the foreign exchange market

From strategies to trading forums, the foreign exchange (FOREX) market – where currency trading volume exceeds $1 trillion daily – is a moving target with massive profit possibilities. Even with relatively little starting capital, you can reap enormous rewards, but first you have to learn how. Foreign Exchange Primer introduces the novice investor to the practical skills necessary to understand the foreign exchange market.

This book provides a clear understanding of how the market functions through in-depth discussions of all the main products of the FX market, the most successful techniques used to profit from them, and the jargon used when dealing with the FX market. A bevy of numerical examples, as well as a detailed glossary of terms, will help any newcomer to this market excel.

A Foreign Exchange Primer - Chapter headings

Introduction

PART I: MARKET OVERVIEW
A Brief History of the Market
Market Overview
Major Participants
Roles Played
Purposes

PART II: FOREIGN EXCHANGE PRODUCTS
Spot Foreign Exchange
Forward Contracts
Short and Long Dated Contracts
Broken-Dated Contracts
Non-Deliverable Forwards
Foreign Exchange Swaps
Currency Swaps
Foreign Exchange Options
Picturing Profit and Loss of Options
Foreign Exchange Futures
Exchanges for Physical

PART III: ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE
Foreign Exchange Dealing Rooms
Managing the Relationship with an Institution
Foreign Exchange Deaings
Foreign Exchange Market Orders
Electronic Foreign Exchange Trading
Margin Trading

PART IV: FUNDAMENTALS AND TECHNICAL ANALYSIS
Fundamental versus Technical Approaches
Fundamental Analysis
Key Factors Impacting Currencies
Technical Analysis
Final Remarks

Authobiography of Shani Shamah

Shani Shamah has spent over twenty years working in the financial markets in variety of treasury, sales and marketing positions. She currently works for IFX Markets Ltd in London as Global Head of Sales. The company specializes in foreign exchange, contracts for difference, base and precious metals, managed investment and financial spread trading.

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