Currency Carry : How do Banks do it??

Discussion in 'Forex' started by Remiraz, Jul 30, 2005.

  1. gkishot

    gkishot

    Never heard of it. Is it in spot forex?
     
    #11     Jul 31, 2005
  2. Remiraz

    Remiraz

    according to one guy on the big O forum, there is no hedge for carry trades. else it will be an arbitrage opportunity.

    also, i read somewhere one of the ways bank do carry trades is to short the spot and long the 90 days forward to earn the interest difference.

    now...where can we find the 90 days forward thingy? :D
     
    #12     Jul 31, 2005
  3. ig0r

    ig0r

    It's not that simple - the interest that would be accumulated in the next 90 days would already be priced into the forward
     
    #13     Jul 31, 2005
  4. Yeah that would be a spread. You could only profit if the market had miscalculated the interested rate for the 90 days.

    Runningbear
     
    #14     Jul 31, 2005