Fundamentals of Forex

‘Forex’ is the short-term for the ‘Foreign Exchange market’. This is different from a Stock market. In a Forex, currencies of other countries are bought and sold whereas in a Stock market, Shares of companies registered in the Stock market are sold and bought. A Forex is also called as ‘currency market’. Understandably, those who trade in Forex would earn profit by trading in currencies.

Features of Forex:

One of the interesting facts about Forex is that it is most volatile. That is why Forex is also called as a Liquid Market. This is one most fluctuating market because; the stability of the market depends on the performance of the countries in the world economy. With the advent of internet, one can trade in Forex round the clock and seven days a week. The very fact that more than 2.5 trillion dollars are traded every day emphasizes the volume of trade that takes place in this market. These features have made the Forex a unique market. Most of the commercial banks, large and medium sized enterprises and some individuals are the participants in the Forex. Like other markets, Forex does not have a common place where trading takes place.

How trading takes place?

Like the Stock market, the Forex also has dealers and not brokers. Those who want to trade would approach the dealer. The rate at which the currency is sold or proposed to be sold by the dealer is called as the ‘Bid’ and the rate at which it is proposed to be bought is called as the ‘Ask’. The difference between the Bid and the Ask is called as the ‘Spread’. Of course, in practice many of the clients may not be familiar with these terms because when they approach the broker he only quotes the Ask rate. Another interesting feature of Forex is that the currencies are traded in pairs and they are exchanged one against the other. The rate at which the currencies are exchanged is called as the Exchange rate.

As in the case of Stock market, even in CFD Forex those who trade should exercise caution in trading. This is because of the rate in a Forex which is highly fluctuating. Therefore any wrong decision could result in loss for the investor. Considering big returns, many of the individual investors have now entered the Forex trading. Those who want to trade are advised to approach an experienced and reputed broker so that they get the proper advice on the trade they propose to make.

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