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Trading FX

The two main ways to profit from FX trading

1. Buy at one exchange rate then sell at a higher rate

e.g. Buying USDJPY at 115.00 and selling USDJPY at 117.00 means a trading profit of 2 JPY per USD. If you buy and sell 100,000 USDJPY, your profit would be JPY 200,000.

2. Sell at one exchange rate then buy at a lower rate

e.g. Selling GBPUSD at 1.8500 and buying GBPUSD at 1.8300 means a trading profit of USD 0.02 per GBP. If you sell and buy 100,000 GBPUSD, your profit would be USD 2,000.

The two main ways to lose in FX trading

1. Buy at one exchange rate then sell at a lower rate

e.g. Buying USDJPY at 115.00 and selling USDJPY at 113.00 means a trading loss of 2 JPY per USD. If you buy and sell 100,000 USD at these rates, your loss would be JPY 200,000.

2.Sell at one exchange rate then buy at a lower rate

e.g. Selling GBPUSD at 1.8500 and buying GBPUSD at 1.8700 means a trading loss of USD 0.02 per GBP. If you sell and buy 100,000 GBP at these rates, your loss would be USD 2,000.

Note: Your profit and loss in FX trades is always in the quote currency.

Rollover financing

FX CFDs have a two-day settlement period but are offered as a rolling spot contract by Spread Co. Spread Co, and in some cases our broker partners, conduct automatic position rollovers at the end of every trading day. During the rollover process Spread Co extends the value date of clients' positions by closing and reopening each of these open positions.

For foreign exchange trades, the closing and opening prices generally differ by a fractional amount, to reconcile interest rate differentials in the underlying currencies. Clients will receive a rollover financing credit for being long in a higher interest yielding currency and short in a lower interest yielding currency. Conversely, clients will incur a rollover financing debit for being short in a higher interest yielding currency and long in a lower interest yielding currency. See FX examples to learn more.

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