Forex Options

Forex Options - Exotic options

Level: Beginner / Length: 7 minutes

In this module we’ll explain how exotic options can form part of your trading strategy, with particular emphasis on binary touch options.* These options are simple to manage as you can calculate the potential profit and loss before the trade is initiated.


Learn about one touch options…

And understand no touch options.


Exotic options are often associated with complex strategies and seen as having a lack of transparency. That is, however, not necessarily the case. Some of the exotic options types are actually very simple trade and to manage. We’ll take you through those in this module as well as several other features of exotic options:

In this course you’ll learn about:

  • Binary touch options
  • The full transparency of future potential profits and losses
  • And how they’re easy to manage

*Under measures announced by The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), from July 2018, only retail clients classified as ‘Professional’ will continue to have access to these products.

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