Go to Trading and Markets > FX Trading > Trading in the menu.
If you have access to multiple companies, select the company you want to trade for.
Trade FX
You can trade FX spots, forwards, and swaps.
- Select the FX product you want to trade, for example FX Spot/Forward in the product dropdown.
- Select the currencies you want to buy and sell. Select a currency from the list or enter the currency code.
- Enter the amount you want to buy or sell.
- Select the date, which is the date you want the trade to settle.
- Add a note for your own reference, if needed.
- Select Request to get a price quote.
- Select Trade to execute the deal, or Reject to cancel the request.
Create an FX Order
Use an FX Order to place an order that is triggered if your specified exchange rate is reached.
- Select FX Order in the product dropdown.
- Select the currencies you want to buy and sell.
- Enter the amount you want to trade.
- In If rate hits, enter the exchange rate that should trigger the order. The indicative mid-rate is shown below the field, and the order type, Take profit or Stop Loss, is set automatically.
- In Good until, select how long the order should remain active:
- Cancelled: The order remains active until it is filled or manually cancelled.
- Today, Spot, 2 Weeks, etc.: Select a predefined period.
- Specific date: Select the date when the order should expire.
- Add a note for your own reference, if needed.
- Select Review Order. If the button is unavailable, check that all required fields are completed.
- Review the order and make sure the information is correct.
- Select Submit order to activate the order.
You receive an automatically generated SMS if the order is filled.
Make a money market deposit
- Select MM Deposit in the product dropdown.
- Select the currency you want to deposit. Select a currency from the list or enter the currency code.
- Enter the amount you want to deposit.
- Select the start date and maturity date.
- Add a note for your own reference, if needed.
- Select Request to get a rate.
- Select Trade to execute the deal, or Reject to cancel the request.
After you execute a deal, you can view the trade in Trade history.