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What is Forex?
FOREX (foreign exchange market) or FX, is an international exchange market in stocks and shares are not traded, but currency. Return investor is the value of the currency itself, but rather the relative exchange value of one currency against another currency.
Therefore, operations Change is always expressed in pairs like the Euro / dollar (EUR / USD) or U.S. U.S. Dollar / Japanese Yen (USD / JPY).
At the same time buying and selling pairs currencies, the investor, or speculator, hopes to benefit from a change of favorable exchange rate. Unlike the U.S. stock exchanges, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System (NASDAQ), Forex trading is more predictable than stocks.
A strategy used by the Forex investor is a technique that derives from the assumption that all market information and the future fluctuations of a particular currency chain in prices. In other words, an investor simply looks at what happens to the currency in the recent past, and predicts that small fluctuations in general continue as before. Another strategy for the Forex investor is to analyze the country's economy currency, political situation and the possible rumors. The investor also can anticipate things such as political instability or a change that also have an effect on the market. Forex is the largest financial market in the world handling between 1.5 and 1.9 trillion U.S. dollar a day. The combination of daily and non-constant fluctuations, but small in the currency prices, create an environment that attracts investors. Due to the liquidity of the market, unlike some rarely shares traded, traders are able to open and close positions in a few seconds because there are always buyers and sellers.
What are the risks?
Due to the magnitude of the currency market, which ensures greater price stability and greater leverage. And with a protective function, such as safety margins, automatic limits for buying and selling, and other measures protection against the risk, the probability of finishing in the red even when the foreign exchange market is volatile is drastically reduced. In addition, because of its "size, is almost impossible for a single investor to significantly affect the price of the currency.
However, all Forex traders should be aware that the market is one of the most liquid around and subject to strong currency trends. While leverage figures of up to 100: 1 are possible, without adequate protection risks in its place the difference between profit and loss can be dramatic. Even veteran Forex traders can be caught from time to time, and large samples. With this type of speculation by investors, the golden rule should be: do not risk more than you can afford to lose.
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Richard Stranberg is a contributing author to the
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FOREX Video | News Trade Alert | April 16, 2008