foreign exchange swap transaction refers to that in foreign exchange transactions , a transaction includes both spot foreign exchange transactions and forward foreign exchange transactions , that is, while buying or selling spot foreign exchange, sell or buy forward foreign exchange . Such transactions are usually carried out by banks to cover the risks that may arise from certain foreign exchange that has been purchased from or sold to customers. Sometimes a swap business consists of two transactions, called a forward-to-forward swap business.
Foreign currency futures trading is a foreign exchange trading business that conducts the buying and selling of foreign currency futures contracts in fixed places. Similar to other general commodity futures trading, foreign currency futures trading is also a transaction activity of buying and selling a fixed amount of foreign currency at an agreed price on a certain date in the future.