Forward trade

Forward trade
A transaction in which the settlement will occur on a specified date in the future at a price
agreed upon the trade date.
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forward trade A trade for settlement on some future (post spot) date.
Fourier transform An integral transform used in signal processing, physics and financial engineering.
FRA Forward rate agreement.

Forward trades in FX are usually expressed as a margin above (premium) or below (discount) the spot rate. To obtain the actual forward FX price, one adds the margin to the spot rate.

bulls, bears, panics, bubbles, short selling, margin trading, and most of the other features of modern exchanges. Discusses trading operations that were complex, involving both options and forward trades; such trading was used both to hedge, ...

In the case of a spot transaction, the value date is usually two days after the transaction has been agreed upon. In forward trade it corresponds to the future date indicated in the forward contract.

A method for hedging price risk that involves an agreement between a lender and an investor to sell particular kinds of loans at a specified price and future time.
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forward trade A trade for which settlement occurs at a specified future date and price. forward trading An illegal activity in which a trader takes a position in equity in advance...

See also: Trade Date, Forward rate, Yield curve, Forward rate agreement, Floor trader