Foreign exchange, or forex, trading is an increasingly popular market for investors and speculators. The markets are huge and liquid, trading occurs on a 24-hour basis, and there is enormous leverage available to even a small individual trader. Moreover, it is opportunity to trade on the relative fortunes of countries and economies as opposed to the idiosyncrasies of companies.
TUTORIAL: Top 10 Rules for Successful Trading
Despite many attractive characteristics, the foreign exchange market is vast, complicated, and ruthlessly competitive. Major banks, trading houses and funds dominate the market and quickly incorporate any new information into the price and it is all but impossible for a currency trader to know who they are trading with at any particular moment.
TUTORIAL: Top 10 Rules for Successful Trading
Despite many attractive characteristics, the foreign exchange market is vast, complicated, and ruthlessly competitive. Major banks, trading houses and funds dominate the market and quickly incorporate any new information into the price and it is all but impossible for a currency trader to know who they are trading with at any particular moment.