Risks in Foreign Exchange Trading, (cont.) I

• III. Credit risk addressed by:

  • diversification,
  • placing maturity limits on each customer &
  • limiting their positions

• IV. Delivery risk addressed by

  • spreading delivery time dates

[Risk associated with delivery of a contract across the time zones

(because the two transaction legs are NOT simultaneous)]

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- a drawback - no variability allowed