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Example of How a Forward Contract Works The business meets with the supplier, and agrees to pay USD $500,000 in 3 months from now. The current GBP / USD exchange rate at the time of the deal is GBP £1.00 = USD $1.32. ABC Factory therefore expects to pay GBP £378,788 for the equipment.

There are two main types of options, calls and puts. Call options provide the holder the right (but not the obligation) to purchase an underlying asset at a specified price (the strike price), for a certain period of time.

Record a forward contract on the contract date on the balance sheet from the seller's perspective. On the liability side of the equation, you would credit the Asset Obligation for the spot rate. Then, on the asset side of the equation, you would debit the Asset Receivable for the forward rate.

For example, an investor enters into a forward contract to purchase 10 euros at a price of 15 US dollars today. The person selling 10 euros will deliver the assets on the agreed upon date. Forward contracts are usually traded in secondary markets between participating parties and not very common on centralized markets.

A simple example of a Currency Option is called a Vanilla Option. This gives you the choice of whether or not to sell one currency and buy another at a specified exchange rate (the protection rate) on a date in the future (the expiry date).

Contract size is the deliverable amount of a market that makes up a futures or options contract or spot forex. These vary between markets and assets. For instance, in forex the standard size of one contract is typically 100,000 units of the currency.

A transferable contract known as "currency futures" provides a price at which a specific currency can be purchased or sold on a future date. This type of contract is legally binding, and the pair of currency must be traded by the parties holding the contract on the delivery date at the specific price.