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How to trade in currencies

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Gift Nifty indicates a positive start for the Indian stock indices; The US markets ended higher led by tech stocks; The Asian markets also traded higher following the Wall Street

Forex – For+ex. It involves foreign currency trade and exchange. Foreign exchange involves changing one country’s currency into another currency for commercial and tourism purposes. You can trade in foreign currency through your forex trading account or the currency trading account.

What Is the Forex Market?

Just like the share market, the Forex market deals with foreign currencies of different countries. As an investor, you can buy and sell foreign currencies here for profit. Unlike share markets, the forex market’s open timings differ depending on the country. Also, the regulatory body here includes RBI apart from SEBI as it involves forex currencies.

Spot Market and the Forwards & Futures Markets

You can trade foreign currencies in three ways – Spot market, forwards, and futures market. Spot market involves direct trade in the market, while futures and forwards majorly involve companies that aim at hedging the forex risks out to a specific future date.
Forwards and futures do not trade in actual currencies. It deals with contracts that represent a claim on a future date. The contract is made for a particular currency at a specific rate to be settled at a specific date. The primary aim of these contracts is to hedge the risk of price speculation in the future.

Forex for Hedging

Companies involved in foreign transactions or foreign businesses invest in Forex futures and forwards to hedge the risk in price fluctuations. Here is an example of how forex hedging works.

Let us assume that a company ABC plans to sell its product in the US. The manufacturing cost involved is INR1000 and the selling price at the US market is fixed at USD30 for a future date. Now, in this case, if the company sells the product at $30 with an exchange rate of 1$=75INR, the company makes a profit of around 1250INR.

In case, the USD/INR rate on the expected date depreciates to 1$=70INR, the company makes a profit of only 1000INR. To hedge this risk, the company buys a future or swap contract at the fixed price of 1$=75INR on a future date. By executing this contract, the risk involved in the price fluctuation is hedged.

Forex for Speculation

Factors like interest rates, tourism, economic status, and natural pandemics affect the price of forex currencies. An investor can watch the market and hold the respective currency in his/her currency account to profit from the change.

For example, if the interest rates in the US increase, it indicates an increase in demand for the USD. In this case, if the investor holds USD in his/her account for a longer time, the profit ratio increases.

How to open your first currency trading account:

To open your forex currency trading account, you need to submit your income proof as well as the regulatory bodies include RBI. The other documents required for opening your currency trading account includes:

    • PAN card,
    • Aadhaar card,
    • Passport size photo,
    • Signature on a white paper
    • Bank proof (cancelled cheque or statement)

Flattrade offers the lowest brokerage trading accounts and you can open your online Currency trading account in just 10 mins!

Click here to fill the form and upload your documents to open your Flattrade currency trading account.

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