CurrencyGuard Guard Pricing

Use when a user asks whether a Guard is worth it, how it compares with a forward contract from their bank or provider, or what happens if they do nothing. Prices the Guard and sets it beside a forward and beside no protection, all on the same settlement date, and spells out the cash each one demands — which is where they really differ. A forward usually looks cheaper on the rate and ties up far more cash: a deposit at the start, and more cash demanded on dates the client does not choose if the market moves against them. If a tenor like '3 months' is given, call resolve_settlement_date first. DO NOT ALSO CALL price_guard. This returns the Guard rate, fee and amount itself, priced in the same moment as the forward it is compared against. Calling both prices the Guard twice seconds apart, and the market moves between them — the answer then shows two different fees for one Guard. Returns rates, the home-currency amount under each, cash required up front, cash demanded under each adverse move, what happens if the payment is cancelled, what happens if the market improves, and the worst case for each. The forward figures rest on assumptions, which are returned with the answer: CurrencyGuard does not sell forwards and does not know what any particular provider would quote. State the assumptions when you present this and say they can be changed.

Explain the Guard product using CurrencyGuard's approved product and FAQ content. Covers: what the Guard is, how it works, who it is for, how it compares to forwards or options, and legal, regulatory, accounting, or eligibility questions.

Use when you need a forward FX rate. tenor accepts either a period such as 1W, 1M, 3M, 6M, 1Y, or an exact date in ISO form YYYY-MM-DD. Use an exact date whenever you need the forward for the same day a Guard settles: a period resolves to the forward curve's own date, which can be several days away, and a comparison across two different dates is misleading. Rates are taken from the market forward curve, rounded, and for illustration purposes only — not for execution. Returns: forwardRate (indicative mid outright = spot + forward points), forwardPoints (in pips, e.g. -3.1 means the forward rate is 3.1 pips below spot), spotMid (indicative spot mid rate for comparison), settlementDate (the date the rate is for). Negative forward points mean the forward rate is below spot; positive means above. Example: base=GBP, quote=USD, tenor=2026-12-29 returns the GBPUSD forward for that day.

Analyze historic best/worst FX performance for a currency pair over a Guard's duration. Uses Bank of England historic rates. Returns a 'performances' array with 6 entries — BEST and WORST for each of three lookback periods (5, 10, 25 years). Each entry contains: type, lookbackYears, startDate/endDate, startRate/endRate, performancePercentage, startAmount, finalAmount, deltaAmount. For Guard-Pay: negative delta = cost decreased = BEST; positive delta = cost increased = WORST. For Guard-Receive: positive delta = receipt increased = BEST; negative delta = receipt decreased = WORST. Parameters must match the values used in the preceding price_guard call, including payReceive (PAY or RECEIVE).

Get an indicative spot FX rate for a currency pair. Returns rounded bid, ask, and mid rates for illustration purposes only — not for execution. Example: base=GBP, quote=USD returns the GBPUSD rate.

List the currency pairs currently available for Guard pricing. Always call this rather than assuming which pairs are supported — the list is configuration-driven and changes.

Price a Guard — CurrencyGuard's FX protection product for real future payments or receipts. If a tenor like '3 months' is given, call resolve_settlement_date first to get the exact date, then call this tool. Returns: guardType (Guard-Pay or Guard-Receive), guardRate, guardFee, guardFeePercent, effectiveRate, guardAmount (home currency equivalent), foreignAmount, spotRate, settlementDate, settlementWindowOpens, valid, errors. All quotes are indicative.

Get an indicative price for extending a Guard to a later settlement date. Estimates the additional cost using: (1) the guard fee difference between extended and original expiry, (2) the guard spread cost from the roll, and (3) the CurrencyGuard extension margin. Returns a breakdown: extensionCost = feeDifference + guardSpreadCost + extensionMargin. Both the original and extended quotes are priced at the same guard rate (the original quote's Guard rate), so the fee difference reflects purely the longer tenor, not market movement. Use this when a customer asks 'how much would it cost to extend my Guard by X months?' Parameters match price_guard plus the two dates.

Find out whether Guards can be bought through a particular payment provider or bank. A Guard is always bought through a payment provider, so this cannot be answered without knowing which one the user pays through — CurrencyGuard checks and replies. ASK BEFORE CALLING. Tell the user plainly that their provider, and their email address if they give one, will be sent to CurrencyGuard so they can answer. Call this only after they say yes. The email address is optional: the provider on its own is a complete enquiry, and without an address there is simply no one to reply to. Never take an email address from earlier in the conversation — only one the user has just given for this purpose. Never call this more than once in a conversation, and never after the user has declined.

Resolve a relative time period (tenor) to a valid business settlement date for a currency pair. Use this when a user says '3 months', '6 months', '1 year', etc. instead of an exact date. The tenor format is: 1D (days), 1W (weeks), 1M (months), 1Y (years). Examples: '3M' = 3 months, '6M' = 6 months, '1Y' = 1 year. The returned date accounts for weekends and public holidays in both currencies' financial centres. Use the returned settlementDate as the exact date parameter for price_guard.