Youre a FX trader working in Mexico. You have decided not to bear transaction foreign...

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Youre a FX trader working in Mexico. You have decided not to bear transaction foreign exchange risk. The required information is as follows:

Bid

Ask

Spot rate (MXN/)

29.202

29.230

180-day Forward rate (MXN/)

28.956

28.982

Peso interest rate % p.a.

1.00

1.06

Pound interest rate % p.a.

4.04

4.10

Using a box diagram that represents covered interest arbitrage (a rectangular arbitrage that we have drawn with arrows in the tutorials), demonstrate how you can make arbitrage profit with a step-by-step approach. You MUST choose the correct bid or ask price for each transaction. Please start with 10,000 units of currency and use 4 decimal points. (6 marks)

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