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FX Risk

Value at Risk (VaR)

VaR measures the potential loss in value of a financial asset or portfolio due to adverse movements in market factors, such as exchange rates, over a specified period and at a given confidence level.some text

Example: TechCorp, a U.S.-based electronics manufacturer, imports components from a supplier in Germany and pays in euros. The VaR for TechCorp represents the maximum expected loss in the value of their euro payments due to fluctuations in the EUR/USD exchange rate over the next 30 days, within a certain statistical confidence interval.

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