FX Exposure & Hedge Coverage Excel Dashboard
FINANCIAL MODELS LAB
Which currency and settlement month leave the largest uncovered exposure?
Use the populated dashboard to read the result, investigate its components and explore the stated decision assumptions. The workbook keeps the source figures and calculation steps available so another reviewer can trace the same selection.
See the illustrative example
Month: Oct 2026, Unit: EUR trade book. The workbook opens with calculated sample figures and working financial charts. Each displayed amount belongs to its labelled selection and unit of measure.
Explore the financial questions
A long or short exposure carries a sign. Compare dollar settlement effects across books, while foreign-unit amounts stay within one currency.
Replace the observed forward with a hypothetical hedge at the recorded forward price and selected coverage. Revalue only residual foreign units. Keep each currency book separate.
A long or short exposure carries a sign. Compare dollar settlement effects across books, while foreign-unit amounts stay within one currency.
Move between the decision views
The analytical views include Dashboard, Hedge decision, Settlement exposures. Start with the overview, then use the relevant driver, register or scenario view to explain a difference. Keep the reporting context consistent when comparing an amount with its source or another operating unit.
How to adapt the dashboard
Start with the short How to worksheet, which identifies the inputs, selectors and result views for this dashboard. Keep an unchanged copy of the sample before replacing its data. Enter your source values in the highlighted cells, review one reporting selection and reconcile a headline amount to your records. Change a material driver and check the result in its labelled unit. A decision assumption describes a modelled case; it does not replace the observed source figures.
Understand the calculation basis
One currency per book and one settlement horizon per month. This measures economic settlement sensitivity, not derivative fair value. Replace the observed forward with a hypothetical hedge at the recorded forward price and selected coverage. Revalue only residual foreign units. Keep each currency book separate.