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BRIEF REVIEW OF FOREX TRADING
Forex trading can be simply defined as the buying and selling of currencies. It is the exchange of one foreign currency for another foreign currency. Just like every other investment market, the aim is to buy something that in time will appreciate, and then sell it to make a profit. Forex trading is the biggest and fastest growing market in the world today.
The profit in Forex trading is acquired from fluctuations in the currency values, “buy cheap now and sell for more latter.” It is a liquid financial market that functions for 24 hours, and it is not governed by the rules of any country. Currencies are identified by a three letter acronym, for example, US dollar is USD, British Pounds is GBP, Canadian dollar is CAD, Japanese Yen is JPY, Australian dollar is AUD, etc.
The transactions are quoted in pairs. The first is the base currency, and the second currency is the quote currency. The quoted rate is the amount of the second currency that can buy one unit of the first currency. For instance if 1.2178 is the spread rate of CAD/USD, this means one can buy one CAD for 1.2178 USD. If the spread is quoted as $1.2170/$1.2178, this means that the base currency, which is one CAD, can be sold for $1.2170 and bought for $1.2178.
Benefits of Forex Trading,
(1) The highly appreciated benefit of Forex trading is that it is a 24 hour market. Trading is continuous; customers can enter and exit whenever they feel like.
(2) The transaction cost is low. Typically, the transaction cost is included in the price rate, also known as the spreads.
(3) It has high liquidity. Liquidity is the ability to convert an asset into cash quickly without much loss. This means that, in Forex trading, large amounts of money can be moved from one currency to another just by a click on the computer.
(4) Forex gains profit potential from the rising and falling of currency values.
(5) Traders are allowed to use leverage. Leverage is the ability a trader has to trade more than what he has in his account, and Forex brokers allow traders to do this.
(6) Unlike any other market, the Forex market requires less capital for a trader to start.
(7) Another benefit is that a trader can trade from anywhere in the world as long as he or she has an Internet connection.
(8) Changes in other industries, corporate organizations, and governments, do not have a say in foreign exchange.
(9) Traders can open a demo account first to test run the market and know how it works before they open a real account and start funding it.
There are many resources and online training guides about Forex; it only requires determination and patience. With these benefits and more, the Forex market looks appealing to both investors and traders. Still, one has to keep in mind that it is difficult to make a clean and clear, successful career in Forex trading.