Patent ID: 8407128

Claim:
A method comprising: forecasting a foreign exchange exposure for a first period of time; forecasting a foreign exchange exposure for a second period of time, the second period of time comprising a termination date of the first period of time and a termination date of the second period of time; hedging, by a computer with a processor and memory, risk of the foreign exchange exposure for the second period of time, the hedging based on the forecasts of the foreign exchange exposure for the first and second periods of time, wherein the hedging is performed utilizing currency contracts with a single maturity date in a single month; retrieving, by the computer, information in real-time from a database of foreign currency contracts to confirm that the risk based on the forecast of the foreign exchange exposure for the second period of time has been hedged; monitoring changes in foreign exchange exposure that alter the forecast of the foreign exchange exposure for the second period of time; hedging, by the computer, changes in foreign exchange exposure that result from changes in the forecast of the foreign exchange exposure for the second period of time, wherein the hedging is performed utilizing the currency contracts with the single maturity date in the single month; and displaying, by a display, a comparison of results of hedging with results of accounting from an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system.