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What is Spot Exchange Transactions Comments Off

Posted on February 22, 2011 by admin

Spot Exchange Transactions is buying one currency with a different currency for immediate delivery, rather than for future delivery.

Spot Exchange Transactionsis the purchase or sale of foreign currencies for spot delivery. Spot is defined as value 2 working days from the date of a transaction. Transactions can also be done for delivery on the same day or next day depending on the customer’s needs and depending on the market situation. Spot Exchange Transactions are offered in all major currencies and many minor currencies.

The standard settlement timeframe for Foreign Exchange Spot trades is T+2 days; i.e., 2 days from the date of trade execution. A notable exception is the USD/CAD currency pair which settles T+1.

Characteristics

·Spot Transaction of Foreign Exchange refers to the foreign exchange transaction settled on the second bank working day after the foreign exchange transaction has been concluded. The settlement day is the value date. The value date will be postponed if it falls out of the bank working day or during the holidays. The rate of Spot Transaction of Foreign Exchange is called Spot Rate.

·The Bank of China can conduct foreign exchange dealings concluded on the same day with interest being calculated or dealings concluded on the same day with the interest being calculated on the next day.

Spot Exchange Transactions Medthods

1. favourable exchange

2. Adverse exchange

Spot Exchange Transactions Terminology

1.value

2.Business Day

3.Dealer

4.Quote

5.point

Relative strength index Comments Off

Posted on February 08, 2011 by admin

Developed J. Welles Wilder, the Relative Strength Index (RSI) is a momentum oscillator that measures the speed and change of price movements. RSI oscillates between zero and 100. Traditionally, and according to Wilder, RSI is considered Overbought when above 70 and Oversold when below 30. Signals can also be generated by looking for divergences, failure swings and centerline crossovers. RSI can also be used to identify the general trend.

RSI is an extremely popular momentum indicator that has been featured in a number of articles, interviews and books over the years. In particular, Constance Brown’s book, Technical Analysis for the Trading Professional, features the concept of bull market and bear market ranges for RSI. Andrew Cardwell, Brown’s RSI mentor, introduced positive and negative reversals for RSI. In addition, Cardwell turned the notion of divergence, literally and figuratively, on its head.

Wilder features RSI in his 1978 book, New Concepts in Technical Trading Systems. This book also includes the Parabolic SAR, Average True Range and the Directional Movement Concept (ADX). Despite being developed before the computer age, Wilder’s indicators have stood the test of time and remain extremely popular.

For each trading period an upward change U or downward change D is calculated. Up periods are characterized by the close being higher than the previous close:

U = closenow − closeprevious
D = 0

Conversely, a down period is characterized by the close being lower than the previous period’s (note that D is nonetheless a positive number),

U = 0
D = closeprevious − closenow

If the last close is the same as the previous, both U and D are zero. The average U and D are calculated using an n-period exponential moving average (EMA). The ratio of these averages is the Relative Strength:

RS = \frac{\text{EMA}(U,n)}{\text{EMA}(D,n)}

If the average of D values is zero, then the RSI value is defined as 100.

The Relative Strength is then converted to a Relative Strength Index between 0 and 100:

 RSI = 100 - { 100 \over {1 + RS} }

The exponential moving averages should be appropriately initialized with a simple averages using the first n values in the price series.

What is Overbought Comments Off

Posted on February 08, 2011 by admin

An asset that has experienced sharp upward movements over a very short period of time is often deemed to be Overbought. Determining the degree in which an asset is overbought is very subjective and can differ between investors.

Overbought – Oversold relative, said the price of an asset is increased to the level of fundamental factors, often driven up in price after a short time. This could mean the market is liable to a downward correction. In technical analysis, when a financial instrument’s Relative Strength Index of more than 75%, generally regarded as overbought. The opposite is called “oversold. “

What is Oversold Comments Off

Posted on February 08, 2011 by admin

Assets that have experienced sharp declines over a brief period of time are often deemed to be Oversold. Determining the degree to which an asset is oversold is very subjective and could easily differ between investors.

Oversold – Overbought relative that refers to the fundamental factors, asset prices have fallen to unreasonable levels, usually occurs after a sharp fall in the price of the short term. Oversold means the price is vulnerable to upward adjustment. In technical analysis, when a financial instrument’s Relative Strength Index of less than 25%, generally regarded as an “oversold. ” Opposite of “overbought”

What is subprime mortgage loan? Comments Off

Posted on January 25, 2011 by admin

In finance, subprime mortgage loan (also referred to as near-prime, non-prime, and second-chance lending) means making loans to people who may have difficulty maintaining the repayment schedule.

Proponents of subprime mortgage loan maintain that the practice extends credit to people who would otherwise not have access to the credit market. Professor Rosen of Princeton University explained” “The main thing that innovations in the mortgage market have done over the past 30 years is to let in the excluded: the young, the discriminated-against, the people without a lot of money in the bank to use for a down payment

A subprime mortgage loan is one who made loans to borrowers who did not qualify for loans from mainstream lenders. Some were independent, but most were affiliates of mainstream lenders operating under different names. I use the past tense because at the time of the most recent revision of this article, virtually all subprime mortgage loans had disappeared.

subprime mortgage loans seldom if ever identified themselves as such. The only clear giveaway was their prices, which were uniformly higher than those quoted by mainstream lenders. Borrowers who qualified for mainstream financing were sometimes induced to borrow from a subprime mortgage loan.

subprime mortgage crisis

The US subprime mortgage crisis was one of the first indicators of the 2007–2010 financial crisis, characterized by a rise in subprime mortgage delinquencies and foreclosures, and the resulting decline of securities backing said mortgages.

Approximately 80% of U.S. mortgages issued to subprime borrowers were adjustable-rate mortgages.[1] After U.S. house sales prices peaked in mid-2006 and began their steep decline thereafter, refinancing became more difficult. As adjustable-rate mortgages began to reset at higher interest rates, mortgage delinquencies soared. Securities backed with mortgages, including subprime mortgages, widely held by financial firms, lost most of their value. Global investors also drastically reduced purchases of mortgage-backed debt and other securities as part of a decline in the capacity and willingness of the private financial system to support lending. Concerns about the soundness of U.S. credit and financial markets led to tightening credit around the world and slowing economic growth in the U.S. and Europe

What is Base Currency Comments Off

Posted on January 24, 2011 by admin

In Foreign Exchange Rates,The first currency quoted in a currency pair on Forex. It is also typically considered the domestic currency or accounting currency. For accounting purposes, a firm may use the base currency to represent all profits and losses.

The base currency is assigned the value of 1 when calculating exchange rates. For example, if one is calculating the exchange rate of the U.S. dollar to the British pound and the pound is the base currency, it is expressed as GBPUSD and read as “dollars per one pound.” See also: quote currency.

What is Currency? Comments Off

Posted on January 21, 2011 by admin

In economics, the term currency can refer to a particular currency, for example, the Euro, or to the coins and banknotes of a particular currency, which comprise the physical aspects of a nation’s money supply. The other part of a nation’s money supply consists of bank deposits (sometimes called deposit money), ownership of which can be transferred by means of cheques, debit cards, or other forms of money transfer. Kareoke money and currency are money in the sense that both are acceptable as a means of payment.

Safe Haven Currency Comments Off

Posted on January 21, 2011 by admin

In Forex Market, A major traded currency, such as the U.S. dollar or Swiss franc, used by investors and fund managers seeking a safe haven for their funds in times of market turmoil.

What is Back to back Loan? Comments Off

Posted on January 20, 2011 by admin

Back to back loan is a product to solve the parallel loans in credit risk . It is the parent company of the two countries  direct loans with each other, loan currency different single currency equal to the loan maturity surname pass, their interest payments, each due to repay the original loan currency.

A loan in which two companies in different countries borrow offsetting amounts from one another in each other’s currency. The purpose of this transaction is to hedge against currency fluctuations. With the advent of currency swaps this type of transaction is no longer used very often.

Though ,  there are two loans in Back to back loan, we only sign a loan agreement, the agreement clearly if one party defaults, the other party have the right to offset obligations. This greatly reduces the loan credit risk that may arise.

Similarly, back to back loans involve to the problems related to cross-border lending,which exsits an issue about foreign exchange controls . And parallel loans and back to back loans are a loan, credit and debt reflects the relationship between assets and liabilities. It will affect the structure of the enterprise. At present these two methods do not circumvent foreign exchange controls used.

What is Foreign Exchange Rates? Comments Off

Posted on January 19, 2011 by admin

Foreign Exchange Rates (also known as the exchange rate, Forex rate or FX rate)  means  the exchange rate between 2 countries currency.Due the difference of every Country Currency.The value of a currency is also Different. So, There is a Exchange Rates between 2 countries, We call it Foreign Exchange Rates

Foreign Exchange rate is the most important  adjustment lever in international trading. Because the goods of a country are calculated according to the cost of local currency, and get to compete on the international market, the commodity cost is associated with the Foreign exchange rate. Exchange rates will directly affect the level of costs and prices of the commodity in the international market  directly,also affecting the international competitiveness of goods.



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