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Thursday, July 30, 2009

Forex Option Trading - Fixed Prices to Shield a Trading Account

By Steve Maenshel

Forex option trading is often used by large financial institutions for their hedging strategy implementation, as well as it is used by a large number of day traders as a speculative instrument. Forex options are a specific type of a trading instrument, which has its upsides and downsides. One of the special features of Forex option trading is that it's extremely liquid. Forex option buyer is called a holder, while Forex option seller is called the granter.

The forex option holder receives the right to exchange a predefined amount of currency at a predefined date and price. The option buyer is obligated to pay a premium to the seller of the option. In fact, this is the only liability of the buyer, making Forex option trading a field with very limited liabilities. The forex option seller has two ways to precede with his/her option - to buy the contract back or to hold it until its expiration.

Forex option trading can protect you from unfavorable fluctuations, which could eat up your whole account, since the amount that you may lose is fixed in advance.

Exercising of the Forex options does not always occur with Forex option trading. In fact, it does not occur more often than it does. The options are usually offset until they expire. Every time the option does get exercised, the option holder is said to be assigned a spot position. In case the final strike price is below the initial purchase price, the option expires and becomes worthless.

As mentioned before, options in Forex option trading have a fixed price. This special feature shields you from losing all of your capital with a particularly unfavorable market move. You will profit when the strike price is higher than your initial purchase price, and you will incur a loss when its lower.

Forex option trading can only be applied on the international markets, since it's a hedging instrument. Forex option trading is generally considered very risky, but also with higher potential of profits.

Call options grant their owners the right to buy the currency. Put options grant their owners the right to sell the currency. Both call and put Forex option prices are predominantly influenced by volatility. Increasing volatility results in both call and put options to grow in price. There are two types of put and call option contracts in Forex option trading. Common (plain) options are called "plain vanilla" options and customized ones are called "exotic" options.

Are there any ways to make your Forex option trading less risky? Yes, for that try to follow the below general guidelines:

1. Only place a small portion of your account into option trading.

2. Use only the proven signals with your Forex option trading.

3. Try your Forex option trading first on a demo account, in order to gain a valuable practical experience without risking any money.

Forex option trading is an additional Forex trading strategy. In order to become better diversified, you may wish to learn more about Forex option trading in addition to regular Forex trading. - 23200

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