Shorting a currency is usually done in response to a bearish market view on that currency’s exchange rate. In general, shorting currency involves opening a new position by selling one currency and ...

Currency futures are a fascinating financial instrument that allows traders to lock in exchange rates for currencies at a predetermined date. Unlike the often unpredictable nature of forex trading, ...

Foreign exchange trading, or FX trading, sometimes feels like all the rage and a fast route to riches. But the reality couldn’t be more different. Most so-called retail traders (those of us without ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

Capital at risk. The value of your investments can go up and down, and you may get back less than you invest. Accurate at the point of publication. Investments in a currency other than sterling are ...

When selecting the right option to buy, a trader has several choices to make. One is whether to purchase an in-the-money (ITM) or out-of-the-money (OTM) option. While the goal for "vanilla" buyers is ...

This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly. Over the course of a single week in 2010, I lost $8 million betting on Swiss ...

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The U.S. has held off on labeling any country a currency manipulator - for now The Trump administration has warned its major trading partners that it is going to get tough on what it views as unfair ...

Wall Street is raking in even more money from trading than it did during the market’s Covid-19 era swings. Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase and Morgan Stanley all said a surge in trading revenue helped ...