FX carry trade

CFA Level II Economics
#1

I don’t really understand this statement:

‘FX carry trade exhibits negative skewness and positive excess kurtosis’

#2

Negative skewness: large probability of small gains, small probability of huge losses.

Positive excess kurtosis: high probability of results near the mean (small gains), higher than normal probability in the tails (higher probability of the large losses).

The upshot: Lots of small gains, a few huge losses.

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#3

Thanks!