Disliked{quote} I'm simply explaining how it works, and you're wrong.. professionals usually only use fx as hedging. And I don't expect you to be able to understand this, but yes most of what funds trade are protected with assets, it's fairly complex and if you want to understand it then you'll have to take an economics degree, financial engineering, then get hired at a firm. If I were you I would stick to your day job and leave the markets to the professionals. By the way I think I would know, I've been a professional trader for 2 years now iIgnored
Here is a link to currency trading CTA's that don't exist:
'Barclay Currency Traders Index
An equal weighted composite of managed programs that trade currency futures and/or cash forwards in the inter bank market. In 2015 there are 82 currency programs included in the index.'
http://www.barclayhedge.com/research.../sub/curr.html