With development of the market Forex a special demand derivative financial instruments (derivatives), first of all, received swaps, spreads, options and some other.
The derivative financial instrument represents possibility of purchase or sale of the rights for acquisition of basic assets on which the financial instrument, or on receiving/payment of the profit which was a consequence of change of any characteristic parameter of these basic assets is based. Unlike primary financial instruments, derivatives don’t provide any manipulations immediately with basic assets.
In the derivative basis always there are any assets, goods, bonds, stocks, currencies, bills, etc., and respectively, its price is defined proceeding from the price of basic assets.
Usually, the basic assets at each derivative financial instrument, have changing, in the conditions of the market, the price. According to it and the price for the derivative is exposed market change.
The main advantage of derivative financial instruments in movement of calculations for them in future time, in lack of need of solid costs of acquisition of this financial instrument and change of its cost depending on the change in price of basic assets. The main reserving of derivative financial instruments in the market Forex is insurance (hedging) of risks of a document-holder upon probable losses in the currency market.
Forex Derivatives 