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Foreign Exchange Essentials 

Foreign Exchange Essentials
 at 
CFI 
Overview

A background and overview of the foreign exchange (FX) market

Duration

2 hours

Total fee

Free

Mode of learning

Online

Difficulty level

Beginner

Official Website

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Credential

Certificate

Foreign Exchange Essentials
 at 
CFI 
Highlights

  • Earn a certificate after successful completion of the program
  • CFI courses are designed by instructors with over 21 years of financial analyst training experience
  • Demonstrate mastery of the topics through completion of course materials, quizzes, and assessments
  • Common career paths for students who take the are Sales & Trading, Asset Management, Wealth Management, Treasury, Risk Management, and other capital markets careers
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Foreign Exchange Essentials
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CFI 
Course details

Who should do this course?
  • For anyone looking to understand more about the capital markets
What are the course deliverables?
  • Understand the historical development of the foreign exchange market
  • Describe the different foreign exchange regimes (free float, managed float, etc.)
  • Identify market participants in the FX market
  • Identify FX platforms that facilitate transactions
  • Understand the settlement process and market drivers
More about this course
  • This prep course on Foreign Exchange Essentials covers the fundamental knowledge students need to know about the FX markets
  • Learn more about the historical development of the FX market, the different exchange systems that exist, and the many market participants
  • Also learn about various foreign exchange platforms, along with regulations
  • This program teaches students trading strategies used in the finance and capital markets industry

Foreign Exchange Essentials
 at 
CFI 
Curriculum

Course Introduction

Learning Objectives

Downloadable Files

What Is FX

Market Data

Perfect Market

Foreign Exchange History

History of FX Markets

Coinage and Debasement

Interactive Exercise 1

Fiat Money and Gold Standard

The Gold Standard Conversion

The Gold Standard Timeline

Bretton Woods

Bretton Woods Drawbacks

Interactive Exercise 2

Exchange Rate Regimes

Free Float

Managed Dirty Float

Managed Transparent Float

Pegged Exchange Rate

Crawling Peg

Currency Basket

Impossible Triangle

Interactive Exercise 3

Midway Check In

Market Participants

Central Banks

International Banks

International Investors

Day Traders

Interactive Exercise 4

Multinational Corporations

Domestic Corporations FREE PREVIEW

Private Investors and Tourists

Interactive Exercise 5

Foreign Exchange Brokers

Interbank vs. Retail

Market Participants Size

All Market Participants

Interactive Exercise 6

Foreign Exchange Platforms

Foreign Exchange Platforms Introduction

In Person

Telephone

Retail Digital Platforms

Bank to Bank Digital Platforms

Interbank Platforms

Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME)

Interactive Exercise 7

Settlement Process

Settlement Process

SWIFT

ISDA

Interactive Exercise 8

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Students Ratings & Reviews

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Kiran Bhatta
Foreign Exchange Essentials
Offered by Corporate Finance Institute
5
Other: This course start with the brief introduction about the historical progress of foreign exchange. its participants, regulatory bodies and various progress and downfall it has gone through.
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Monika Singh
Foreign Exchange Essentials
Offered by Corporate Finance Institute
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Other: Enjoyed their way of explaining, really commendable.
Reviewed on 5 Sep 2021Read More
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