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1. Currency Risk

   Linked via "strike price"

   Forward Contracts: Agreements to buy or sell a specific amount of currency at a predetermined exchange rate on a specified future date. These lock in the exchange rate, eliminating uncertainty for the covered transaction.
   Futures Contracts: Standardized, exchange-traded forward contracts. While offering high liquidity, they require daily margin calls based on marked-to-market fluctuations, which some [corporate treasuries](/entries/corporate-trea…

2. Financial Engineering

   Linked via "strike price"

   Derivatives are contingent claims whose value depends on the value of an underlying asset, rate, or index. Key examples include:
   Options: Contracts granting the right, but not the obligation, to buy (call) or sell (put) an asset at a specified price (strike price) before a certain date.
   Swaps: Agreements to exchange future cash flows based on different underlying rates (e.g., interest rate swaps, currency swaps).
   Futures: Contracts ob…