Foreign Exchange Operations: Master Trading Agreements, Settlement, and Collateral

414 Pages·2013·11.16 MB·English

by  David F. DeRosa(auth.)

Foreign
Exchange
Operations
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Foreign
Exchange
Operations
Master Trading Agreements,
Settlement, and Collateral
DAVID F. DEROSA, Ph.D.
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Contents
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xv
CHAPTER 1
Introduction to Foreign Exchange 1
Defi ning Money 1
Participants in the Foreign Exchange Market 2
Identifying Currencies and Exchange Rates 4
Quotation Conventions 5
The Foreign Exchange Market 6
Foreign Exchange Regimes 11
Exchange Rate Controls 12
The Structure of the Foreign Exchange Market 12
Banks’ Identifi cation Codes 13
The Authorities 15
Spot Foreign Exchange Deals 17
Profi t and Loss on a Simple Trade 18
Value Dates 19
Forward Foreign Exchange and Covered Interest Parity 20
Forward Swaps 21
Non-Deliverable Forwards 22
Summary 22
Appendix 1.1: ISO Currency Codes 23
References 34
CHAPTER 2
Options on Foreign Exchange 35
Option Basics 35
Put–Call Parity 37
The Importance of Option Models 39
Risk Parameters 41
The Minor Greeks 44
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viii CONTENTS
More on Delta 45
Portfolios of Options 50
American Exercise Models 51
Volatility 52
Important Option Strategies 55
Option Market Making 56
Non-Deliverable Options 56
Barrier Options 58
Binary Options 65
Barrier Determination Agency 69
Other Exotic Options 70
More on Option-Related Risks 70
Summary 72
Appendix 2.1: Further Comments on Put–Call Parity 72
Appendix 2.2: Black-Scholes-Merton Model 74
Appendix 2.3: Barrier and Binary Options 75
References 78
CHAPTER 3
How Trades are Executed and Confi rmed 81
Spot Foreign Exchange Deals 83
Forward Outright Deals 83
Forward Swap Deals 85
Option Trades 87
How Foreign Exchange Trades are Executed 88
Concentration in Market Making 89
Example of an Electronic Trading Platform: FXall 92
Trade Documentation Cycle 97
Internal Operations and Reports for Dealers 141
Summary 159
Appendix 3.1: Transactions at Daily Fixings 160
References 160
CHAPTER 4
Foreign Exchange Settlement 161
Settlement Instructions for an Individual Spot Foreign
Exchange Deal 161
Overview of the Settlement Process 170
The Bretton Woods-Smithsonian Period 171
The Herstatt Legacy 172
Settlement Risk 173