Currency exchange traded funds (ETFs) are funds which enable traders to profit from the most liquid financial market on this planet, the forex market. Currency ETFs are one of the newest trading instruments available. Just like traditional exchange traded funds, currency ETFs too are traded just like stocks. The only difference is that they track foreign currencies, not indexes or stocks.
ETF firms create currency exchange traded funds by buying and holding foreign currencies in a fund. Then the shares of the fund are made available for traders. Whenever the foreign currency price rises (usually against US Dollar, USD) the whole value of the ETF rises and so as the price of shares. Whenever the foreign currency falls opposite events occurs.
Currently there are number of currency ETFs available for trading which can be classified into three broad categories.ETFs which track Single Currencies: Here each share of the currency ETF represents a fixed amount of a single foreign currency. Examples include British Pound Trust (FXB), CurrencyShares Euro Trust (FXE), CurrencyShares Swiss Franc Trust (FXF), Australian Dollar Trust (FXB), CurrencyShares Japanese Yen Trust (FXY), Canadian Dollar Trust (FXC), etc.
ETFs which track a number of currencies: Usually these are currencies which show greater correlations. Examples include PowerShares DB U.S. Dollar Bearish (UDN) and PowerShares DB U.S. Dollar Bullish (UUP); tracking currencies include Euro (EUR), Japanese Yen (JPY), British Pound (GBP), Canadian Dollar (CAD), Swiss Franc (CHF) and Swedish Krona (SEK). The number and proportion of currencies can vary with fund to fund. Read More
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