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Forward Market
Mr. Sachin Rohatgi
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Forward Market
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Forward Market
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Forex dealers normally quote forward rates at regular intervals like one
month or three months. For example, dealers normally quote 1-week, 2week, 1,2,3 6 months forward rate.
However, depending on customers requirement, these dealers quote
forward rate on a specific future Such kinds of forwards quotes are known
as broken period quotes.
As forward contracts are OTC contracts, in real life, most of the contracts
would be for a broken periods.
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Forward Point=
Spot x IQ IB x D/360
100
-----------------------------1+ (IB/100)X(D/360)
Spot = Spot rate
IQ= Interest rate of the quoted currency
IB= Interest rate of the base currency
D= Days between spot and forward rate
360= no. of days
If the forward point is positive, it is added to the spot rate
otherwise, it is subtracted form the spot rate.
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Questions:
1. If USDINR rate is 45.17 and USDJPY is 112.35, what would be
JPYINR rate?
a. 2.4872
b. 0.0310
c. 0.40204
d. 32.217
2. Suppose spot USD/INR is 46.75 and 1 year US interest rate is 5%
while it is 11% in India. The 1 year USD/INR forward rate is
a. 42.22
b. 42.29
c. 49.46
d. None of these.
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Swap Points
Premium / Discount
Usually, traders do not state the algebraic sign when quoting swap
points. There are two ways to find out whether the swap points are
at a premium or at a discount.
A) Analysis of the interest rates
interest rate base currency < interest rate quote currency= premium
interest rate base currency > interest rate quote currency= discount
B) Bid > Offer = Discount
Bid < Offer = Premium
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