Foreign exchange trading is the exchange of one country’s currency for another country’s currency. Unlike other financial markets, the foreign exchange market has no specific location and no central exchange, but trades through electronic networks among banks, businesses and individuals. “Forex trading” is the simultaneous purchase of one currency in a pair of currency pairs and the sale of another currency.
From the perspective of the nature of the transaction and the type of realization, foreign exchange trading can be divided into the following two categories:
1Basic foreign exchange transactions to meet customers’ real trade and capital transaction needs.
2In addition to basic foreign exchange transactions, foreign exchange derivatives transactions are conducted to avoid and guard against exchange rate risks or for foreign exchange investment and speculation needs.
The basic foreign exchange transactions belonging to the first category are mainly spot foreign exchange transactions, while foreign exchange derivative transactions include forward foreign exchange transactions, foreign exchange option transactions, swap transactions, swap transactions, etc.