Currency arbitrage

Currency arbitrage

Taking advantage of divergences in exchange rates in different money markets by buying a currency in one market and selling it in another market.

Currency Arbitrage

An investment strategy in which one buys a currency on one market and instantly sells it on another market. Currency arbitrage takes advantage of temporary discrepancies in price between the two markets. Because currency markets are so liquid, opportunities for currency arbitrage are few and generally last only for a few seconds. Conducting it requires sophisticated computer software.
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A foreign currency arbitrage trading strategy may employ several major currencies, including currencies of the industrialized nations for which there are regulated futures contracts, as well as the currencies of smaller nations.
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The idea behind currency arbitrage is to take advantage of the price differential between spot or cash trades versus the pricing of future or forward value of the same currency.
Besides the carry trades, which may consist of simple term contracts, swaps, reversed repos or more complex financial instruments, several Governments have also resorted to currency arbitrage but on a very different scale and with a different motive.
The financial crisis has also given rise to direct or indirect currency arbitrage by multiple Governments which can only exacerbate the global situation.
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Its strategy is long term, fundamental seeking alpha opportunities in most market conditions by benefiting from currency arbitrage and exchange rate differentials.
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com, capturing that currency arbitrage, and then resell the inventory to their customers at a 50 percent markup.
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