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The foreign exchange market (forex, FX (pronounced "fix"), or currency market) is a global decentralized or over-the-counter (OTC) market for the trading of currencies. This market determines foreign exchange rates for every currency. It includes all aspects of buying, selling and exchanging currencies at current or determined prices.
For example, a GBPUSD contract could give the owner the right to sell £1,000,000 and buy $2,000,000 on December 31. In this case the pre-agreed exchange rate, or strike price, is 2.0000 USD per GBP (or GBP/USD 2.00 as it is typically quoted) and the notional amounts (notionals) are £1,000,000 and $2,000,000.
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A currency pair is the quotation of the relative value of a currency unit against the unit of another currency in the foreign exchange market.The currency that is used as the reference is called the counter currency, quote currency, or currency [1] and the currency that is quoted in relation is called the base currency or transaction currency.
Banks constantly quote a bid and an ask price based on anticipated currency movements taking place [clarification needed] and thereby make the market. Major banks handle very large forex transactions, often in billions of units. [1] These transactions cause the primary movement of currency prices in the short term.
The standard settlement timeframe for foreign exchange spot transactions is T+2; i.e., two business days from the trade date.Notable exceptions are USD/CAD, USD/TRY, USD/PHP, USD/RUB, and offshore USD/KZT and offshore USD/PKR currency pairs, which settle at T+1.
Although MT5 was introduced in 2009, according to a study conducted in September 2019, MetaTrader 4 was still the most popular Forex trading platform in the world at the time. [ 10 ] On September 24, 2022, it was reported that MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5 platforms had been removed from Apple's App Store but was still available on the Android ...
As of November 2024, India's foreign exchange reserves stand at approximately $682.13 billion. This figure can fluctuate based on various factors such as trade balances, capital flows, and the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) interventions in the forex market. During pre-1991 Era, India faced significant balance of payments crises, leading to low ...