Foreign Exchange Essentials
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Approx 2.0 to complete
100% online and self-paced
Overview
Foreign Exchange Essentials Course Overview
This prep course on Foreign Exchange Essentials covers the fundamental knowledge you need to know about the FX markets. You will learn more about the historical development of the FX market, the different exchange systems that exist, and the many market participants. You will also learn about various foreign exchange platforms, along with regulations.
Foreign Exchange Essentials Learning Objectives
Upon completing this course, you will be able to:
- Understand the historical development of the foreign exchange market
- Describe the different foreign exchange regimes (free float, managed float, etc.)
- Identify market participants in the FX market
- Identify FX platforms that facilitate transactions
- Understand the settlement process and market drivers
- Describe various market regulations
Foreign Exchange Essentials Is a Prep Course of CFI’s CMSA® Program
CFI’s Capital Markets & Securities Analyst (CMSA)® program covers all the basic, intermediate, and advanced topics about sales and trading, investment banking, and asset management. This program teaches you trading strategies used in the finance and capital markets industry. It is ideal for students who want to learn how to trade different asset classes. The program is completely online so you can take it at your own pace, from anywhere in the world.
Common career paths for students who take the CMSA® are Sales & Trading, Asset Management, Wealth Management, Treasury, Risk Management, and other capital markets careers.
Who Should Take This CMSA® Course?
This Foreign Exchange Essentials course is great for anyone looking to understand more about the capital markets. It teaches a generic overview of foreign exchange, and is a great prep course for more advanced topics in FX. This course is designed to equip anyone who desires to begin a career in fixed income, equity, sales and trading, or other areas of finance with the fundamental knowledge of foreign exchange.
What You'll Learn
Get the course in a bundle
Foreign Exchange Essentials is part of the All Capital Markets & Securities Analyst (CMSA)® courses, which includes 25 courses.
- All 25 CMSA® courses
- Skills Learned Trading strategies used in the finance and capital markets
- Career Prep Work in capital markets, whether on the buy-side or the sell-side
Path To Certification
Prep Courses
5 courses from beginner to intermediate level.
01OptionalCore Courses
6 courses from beginner to intermediate level.
02RequiredElective Courses
13 courses in advanced and intermediate levels.
03RequiredGet Certified
Submit your CMSA® checklist and order your certificate.
04Required
Join Our Community
Get access to the Global Corporate Finance Society.
05Optional
How the Certification Works
What Our Students Say
This was short but quite a journey! It has opened my eyes to a lot of things that I was not aware of before and it was great. I would recommend this to anyone interested in foreign investments.
LIPOLELO NTLELE MOHLAKORE
It has all the basic elements to understand Foreign Exchange and the infinite possibilities for financial practitioners. Gives appetite for learning more. Thank you Robert
Robert Hernández Martínez
The course is interactive and informative. Lovely pace and downloadable videos are easy to understand.The questions are challenging enough that once you pass you are perfect in Foreign Exchange.
Domnic Omondi
This course essentially opened my eyes to the basics and introductory of foreign exchange. My capacity has deepen since the completion of the course; I am renewed and professionally can now speak on the subject matter. Thanks to the great team at CFI for such a distinct compilation of this course materials.