Types of Foreign Exchange Transactions

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 Types of Foreign Exchange Transactions
Definition: The Foreign Exchange Transactions refers to the sale and purchase of foreign
currencies. Simply, the foreign exchange transaction is an agreement of exchange of
currencies of one country for another at an agreed exchange rate on a definite date.

1. Spot Transaction: The spot transaction is when the buyer and seller of different
currencies settle their payments within the two days of the deal. It is the fastest way to
exchange the currencies. Here, the currencies are exchanged over a two-day period,
which means no contract is signed between the countries. The exchange rate at which
the currencies are exchanged is called the Spot Exchange Rate. This rate is often the
prevailing exchange rate. The market in which the spot sale and purchase of
currencies is facilitated is called as a Spot Market.
2. Forward Transaction: A forward transaction is a future transaction where the buyer
and seller enter into an agreement of sale and purchase of currency after 90 days of
the deal at a fixed exchange rate on a definite date in the future. The rate at which the
currency is exchanged is called a Forward Exchange Rate. The market in which the
deals for the sale and purchase of currency at some future date is made is called a
Forward Market.
3. Future Transaction: The future transactions are also the forward transactions and
deals with the contracts in the same manner as that of normal forward transactions.
But however, the transactions made in a future contract differs from the transaction
made in the forward contract on the following grounds:
 The forward contracts can be customized on the client’s request, while the future
contracts are standardized such as the features, date, and the size of the contracts is
standardized.
 The future contracts can only be traded on the organized exchanges, while the
forward contracts can be traded anywhere depending on the client’s convenience.

 No margin is required in case of the forward contracts, while the margins are
required of all the participants and an initial margin is kept as collateral so as to
establish the future position.
4. Swap Transactions: The Swap Transactions involve a simultaneous borrowing and
lending of two different currencies between two investors. Here one investor borrows
the currency and lends another currency to the second investor. The obligation to
repay the currencies is used as collateral, and the amount is repaid at a forward rate.
The swap contracts allow the investors to utilize the funds in the currency held by
him/her to pay off the obligations denominated in a different currency without
suffering a foreign exchange risk.
5. Option Transactions: The foreign exchange option gives an investor the right, but
not the obligation to exchange the currency in one denomination to another at an
agreed exchange rate on a pre-defined date. An option to buy the currency is called as
a Call Option, while the option to sell the currency is called as a Put Option.
Thus, the Foreign exchange transaction involves the conversion of a currency of one country
into the currency of another country for the settlement of payments.

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