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Base Currency

The local currency or accounting currency of an investor or a securities issuer. In forex, it is the first currency…

Elf-X Option

It stands for equity-linked foreign exchange option; a compo option that gives the holder the right to trade a foreign…

CUPS

It stands for currency-protected swap. A cross currency basis swap which doesn’t involve currency conversion. For example, assume short-term interest…

Currency-Protected Swap

A cross currency basis swap which doesn’t involve currency conversion. For example, assume short-term interest rates in Japan are very…

Quanto Put

A quanto option which gives the holder the right to sell a foreign asset (e.g., a share of stock) and...

Quanto Call

A quanto option which gives the holder the right to buy a foreign asset (e.g., a share of stock) and...

Swap

The simultaneous purchase and sale of an identical amount of one currency (base currency) for another (foreign currency) with two...

Base Currency

The first currency in a currency pair. It is the basis for the buy or the sell: if an investor...

Floater Option

An option on an option which is made up of a strip of European digital or binary options. In this...

Non-Deliverable Forward

A derivative instrument which is used for hedging the exchange rate risk associated with non-convertible currencies. By definition, a non-deliverable...