Spot foreign exchange transaction: also known as spot foreign exchange transaction, refers to a foreign exchange transaction in which both parties agree to handle the delivery within two working days after the transaction.
Forward transaction: also known as forward foreign exchange transaction, foreign exchange transactions are not delivered after the transaction, but are delivered at the time agreed in the contract.
Arbitrage: Arbitrage refers to a foreign exchange transaction that uses different foreign exchange markets, different currencies, different delivery times and differences in exchange rates and interest rates of some currencies to buy from the low-priced party and sell from the high-priced party to earn profits.
Arbitrage: A trading method that uses the interest rate difference between the two countries' currency markets to transfer funds from one market to another to earn profits.
Swap transaction: refers to a transaction that combines two or more foreign exchange transactions with the same currency but opposite directions and different delivery dates.
Foreign exchange futures: the so-called foreign exchange futures refer to futures contracts with exchange rates as the subject matter, which are used to avoid exchange rate risks. It is the earliest variety in financial futures.
Trading of foreign exchange options: foreign exchange options are traded in foreign exchange, that is, the option buyer obtains a right after paying the corresponding option fee to the option seller, that is, after paying a certain amount of option fee, the option buyer has the right to buy and sell the agreed currency at the exchange rate and amount agreed by both parties in advance on the agreed expiration date, and the buyer with the right also has the right not to execute the above-mentioned sales contract.
In the future, there will be a foreign exchange trading platform jointly established by banks and internet investment companies to reduce unnecessary costs for personal investment.
Generally speaking, the types of foreign exchange transactions are mainly divided into cash, spot, contract spot, futures, options and forward transactions. Judging from the quantity and scale of foreign exchange transactions, spot, contract spot and futures transactions account for the largest proportion in foreign exchange transactions at present.
This kind of personal foreign exchange transaction, also known as foreign exchange treasure, refers to the transaction behavior of individuals entrusting banks to buy and sell one foreign currency into another with reference to the real-time exchange rate in the international foreign exchange market. This kind of foreign exchange transaction is different from the internationally accepted foreign exchange margin transaction. It has no short selling mechanism and financing leverage mechanism for margin financing and securities lending, so it is also called firm trading.