{"id":351,"date":"2013-03-07T17:11:56","date_gmt":"2013-03-07T17:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pakeagle.com\/forex\/?p=351"},"modified":"2013-03-07T17:11:56","modified_gmt":"2013-03-07T17:11:56","slug":"introduction-to-forex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.pakistanoffice.com\/live\/fee-urdu-forex-training-course-in-pakistan\/introduction-to-forex","title":{"rendered":"Introduction To Forex"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"images\"<\/a>The Foreign Exchange Market \u2014 better known as Forex \u2014 is a world wide market for buying and selling currencies. It handles a huge volume of transactions 24 hours a day, 5 days a week. Daily exchanges are worth approximately $1.5 trillion (US dollars). In comparison, the United States Treasury Bond market averages $300 billion a day and American stock markets exchange about $100 billion a day.<\/p>\n

The Foreign Exchange Market was established in 1971 with the abolishment of fixed currency exchanges. Currencies became valued at ‘floating’ rates determined by supply and demand. The Forex grew steadily throughout the 1970’s, but with the technological advances of the 80’s Forex grew from trading levels of $70 billion a day to the current level of $1.5 trillion.<\/p>\n

The Forex is made up of about 5000 trading institutions such as international banks, central government banks (such as the US Federal Reserve), and commercial companies and brokers for all types of foreign currency exchange. There is no centralized location of Forex \u2014 major trading centers are located in New York, Tokyo, London, Hong Kong, Singapore, Paris, and Frankfurt, and all trading is by telephone or over the Internet. Businesses use the market to buy and sell products in other countries, but most of the activity on the Forex is from currency traders who use it to generate profits from small movements in the market.<\/p>\n

Even though there are many huge players in Forex, it is accessible to the small investor thanks to recent changes in the regulations. Previously, there was a minimum transaction size and traders were required to meet strict financial requirements. With the advent of Internet trading, regulations have been changed to allow large interbank units to be broken down into smaller lots. Each lot is worth about $100,000 and is accessible to the individual investor through ‘leverage’ \u2014 loans extended for trading. Typically, lots can be controlled with a leverage of 100:1 meaning that US$1,000 will allow you to control a $100,000 currency exchange.<\/p>\n

There are many advantages to trading in Forex.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Liquidity \u2014 Because of the size of the Foreign Exchange Market, investments are extremely liquid. International banks are continuously providing bid and ask offers and the high number of transactions each day means there is always a buyer or a seller for any currency.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Accessibility \u2014 The market is open 24 hours a day, 5 days a week. The market opens Monday morning Australian time and closes Friday afternoon New York time. Trades can be done on the Internet from your home or office.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Open Market \u2014 Currency fluctuations are usually caused by changes in national economies. News about these changes is accessible to everyone at the same time \u2014 there can be no ‘insider trading’ in Forex.<\/p>\n

\u2014 No commission \u2014 Brokers earn money by setting a ‘spread’ \u2014 the difference between what a currency can be bought at and what it can be sold at.<\/p>\n

How does it work?<\/p>\n

Currencies are always traded in pairs \u2014 the US dollar against the Japanese yen, or the English pound against the euro. Every transaction involves selling one currency and buying another, so if an investor believes the euro will gain against the dollar, he will sell dollars and buy euros.<\/p>\n

The potential for profit exists because there is always movement between currencies. Even small changes can result in substantial profits because of the large amount of money involved in each transaction. At the same time, it can be a relatively safe market for the individual investor. There are safeguards built in to protect both the broker and the investor and a number of software tools exist to minimize loss.<\/p>\n

by Norman Fleming<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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