| Spreads, Currency Pairs and Premiums
Below are the spreads that are offered to FX Solutions' customers during normal market conditions:
| Forex Symbol |
Currency Pairs |
Spreads |
| EUR/USD |
Euro / U.S. Dollar |
3 pips |
| USD/JPY |
U.S. Dollar / Japanese Yen |
3 pips |
| GBP/USD |
British Pound / U.S. Dollar |
4 pips |
| USD/CHF |
U.S. Dollar / Swiss Franc |
4 pips |
| USD/CAD |
U.S. Dollar / Canadian Dollar |
5 pips |
| AUD/USD |
Australian Dollar / U.S. Dollar |
5 pips |
| EUR/GBP |
Euro / British Pound |
5 pips |
| EUR/JPY |
Euro / Japanese Yen |
5 pips |
| EUR/CHF |
Euro / Swiss Franc |
5 pips |
| GBP/JPY |
British Pound / Japanese Yen |
10 pips |
| NZD/USD |
New Zealand Dollar / U.S. Dollar |
4 pips |
| AUD/CAD |
Australian Dollar / Canadian Dollar |
9 pips |
| AUD/JPY |
Australian Dollar / Japanese Yen |
7 pips |
| AUD/NZD |
Australian Dollar / New Zealand Dollar |
12 pips |
| CHF/JPY |
Swiss Franc / Japanese Yen |
8 pips |
| EUR/CAD |
Euro / Canadian Dollar |
9 pips |
| GBP/CHF |
British Pound / Swiss Franc |
12 pips |
| EUR/AUD |
Euro / Australian Dollar |
12 pips |
| CAD/JPY |
Canadian Dollar / Japanese Yen |
9 pips |
| NZD/JPY |
New Zealand Dollar / Japanese Yen |
9 pips |
Rollover/Interest Policy Premiums
In the spot Forex market trades settle in two business days. If a trader sells 10,000 euros on Tuesday, the seller must deliver 10,000 euros on Thursday unless the position is held open and rolled over to the next value date. As a service to our traders, FX Solutions automatically rolls over all open positions to the next settlement date at 5:00 PM Eastern Standard Time. Roll over involves exchanging the expiring position for a position expiring the following settlement date. The positions being exchanged are not valued at the same price. If a trader is long the currency bearing the higher interest rate, the position "being sold" is worth more than the position being acquired. The reverse is also true; if a trader is short the currency bearing the higher interest rate, the trader is acquiring a position worth more than the one "being sold". The amount of the difference varies based on the currency pair, the interest rate differential between the two currencies, and fluctuates day to day.
At 5:00 PM each day, funds are subtracted from or added to accounts with open positions because of this automatic roll over.
Note
On Wednesdays, the amount added or subtracted to an account as a result of rolling over a position is three times the usual amount. This "3-Day" rollover accounts for settlement of trades through the weekend period. When there are bank holidays in either settlement country the normal roll schedule does not apply.
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