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What is FOREX?

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Claude Powell

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Jun 27, 2009, 6:16:04 AM6/27/09
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FOREX (FOReign EXchange market) is an international foreign exchange
market, where money is sold and bought freely. FOREX was launched in
the 1970s, to become the biggest liquid financial market today,
dealing in more than hundred times the daily trading on the New York
Stock Exchange. FOREX trading always involves buying one currency and
selling another, so traders can easily trade in a rising or falling
market. It literally follows the sun around the world. FOREX currency
symbols are always three letters, where the first two letters identify
the name of the country and the third letter identifies the name of,
that country currency. FOREX, however, is a spot (cash) market in
which trades executed within same business day. FOREX trading involves
high risk and you can lose a substantial amount of money. It is a very
unique market because it is not based in any particular place, and it
also has very few qualifications for investing. But it is a more
objective market, because if some of its participants would like to
change prices, for some manipulative purpose, they would have to
operate with tens of billions dollars.
That's why it is a perfect market to invest in, as it is free from any
external control and free competition. FOREX Trading requires the
employing of technical as well as fundamental analyses. The main thing
in the FOREX is that dollar competes with four main currencies:
British pound sterling, Japanese yen, Swiss franc and Euro. It is a
type of trading that goes on around the world and for that reason the
trading of different currency pairs goes on constantly. It largely
determines how much a currency is worth based on demand. FOREX
transactions can help stabilize cash flows and profits, improve
forecasts, and decrease uncertainty. FOREX is not centered at an
exchange like the NYSE. It also allows highly leveraged trading with
low margin requirements relative to its equity counterparts. FOREX
investments can be made without actually having the money in an
account too. FOREX trading can gain investors a large amount of money
either over an extended duration, or in a short period of time.
Trading FOREX is like picking money up off the floor and not trading
FOREX is giving another a chance to pick up. And the only time Forex
is not being traded is when the whole world is in a weekend. Investing
in FOREX is fairly simple and is practiced by anyone who wants to reap
profits from solid investments. It is a business like any other
business and planning is required. Learning Forex is the first step
before getting involved in this type of trading. It can be very
rewarding to a variety of people. The question is: Is FOREX for you?
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