Transcription of FOREIGN EXCHANGE TRAINING MANUAL
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CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED BY BARCLAYS SOURCE: LEHMAN LIVE LEHMAN BROTHERS FOREIGN EXCHANGE TRAINING MANUAL Confidential Treatment Requested By Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. LBEX-LL 3356480 CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED BY BARCLAYS SOURCE: LEHMAN LIVE TABLE OF CONTENTS CONTENTS .. PAGE FOREIGN EXCHANGE SPOT: INTRODUCTION .. 1 FXSPOT: AN INTRODUCTION TO FOREIGN EXCHANGE SPOT transactions .. 2 INTRODUCTION .. 2 WJ-IAT IS AN OUTRIGHT? .. 3 VALUE DATES .. 4 CREDIT AND SETTLEMENT RISKS .. 6 EXCHANGE RATE QUOTATION TERMS .. 7 RECIPROCAL QUOTATION TERMS (RATES) .. 10 EXCHANGE RATE MOVEMENTS .. 11 SHORTCUT .. 14 BIDS AND OFFERS .. 16 THE RULE OF THE LEFT BID -RIGHT OFFER .. 17 CROSS RATES .. 22 BID-OFFER FOR THE CROSS RATES OF CURRENCIES ON SAME TERMS .. 25 EXCHANGE RATE MOVEMENT REVISITED FOR CROSSES .. 26 BID-OFFER FOR CROSS RATES OF CURRENCIES ON DIFFERENT TERMS .. 27 SUMMARY .. 28 SHORTCUTS .. 31 TRADING CONVENTIONS AMONG MARKET MAKERS.
Foreign exchange is a business of exchanging one currency for another. This exchange can take two basic forms: an outright or a swap. When two parties simply exchange one currency for another the transaction is an outright. For example, if one party gives the other dollars for Euros, they have completed an outrighttransaction.
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