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Finance Primer / Markets and Derivative Contracts

FX

Converting a foreign-currency payment requires a quote with explicit units. Reversing that quote changes the conversion and the hedge. This lesson reads bid and ask prices, calculates a cross rate and explains how two funding rates enter an FX forward. Each calculation keeps the base and quote currencies visible.

In this lesson

  1. Learning objectives
  2. Quotations and trading
  3. Spot, forwards, and interest rates
  4. Follow the quotation units

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