What Is Forex ?

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By Learn And Know


You heard the word Forex many times, but you never knew what it is ?

You told yourself a million that you must teach your what it is, because you heard that some people make a living just by using the Forex trading system.

So, if you are like and you want to learn thing by yourself you came to the right place.

In the following few weeks I will publish few lessons the will explain you the newbie that doesn't know anything about Forex and Trading.

What is FOREX?

The word Forex is standing for The Foreign Exchange market, other names that might that also reffer to Forex are : FX, Spot FX or SPOT.

Now days Forex is the largest financial market in the world. Forex volume is over 2$ trillion a day.

Just to compare it to the New York Stock Echange trade that making "only" 25$ billion a day. You can the huge potencial that the forex market have.


What is traded on Forex ?

The short answer is Forex is trading money.

Forex trading simulate a buying of one currency and selling another.

Currencies are traded in pairs for example the Euro dollar and the US dollar this may appear as EUR/USD

Unlike the stock market there isn't anything physical that you trade, sometimes it may be confusing but you can look at it in different way.

When you buy a currency of a country your buying a part in their economy, The price of the currency is reflected by what the market think about the current and future health of the economy of that specific country.

So when you trading two currencies, the exchange rate is a reflection on the condition of one country economy versus the other.

The Forex market unlike another Stock Exchange does not have any physical location, and it's considered and Over-the-Counter (OTC) or as "Interbank".

The entire market runs electronically between the network banks 24 hours a day.

In the rise of the Internet this market that was open until 1990 only to the big guy, that came with 10 to 50 million opens is gates to everyone.

Now days all you need is high speed Internet connection and of course a computer.

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RUTHIE17  says:
2 years ago

Yes, you can make money with forex--but you can also lose money very quickly.  It is very much like the stock market--if you don't know what you're doing you can get burned--BAD!!

If you deceide you want to try forex PLEASE study, study, study!!!  There is soooo much free information on the internet that you DO NOT need to buy anything.  YouTube has great videos that can get you started.  Study for 3-4 months before you risk your own money.  You can set up a demo account with a company and practice with their 'Monoply" money until you are making good trades consistently.  Then, and only then, try your own money in the smallest amount you can until you again are making consistent money trading. 

TAKE BABY STEPS!! DON'T GAMBLE WITH MONEY YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO LOSE!!

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Learn And Know  says:
2 years ago

Of course you can loose, the risks in Forex trading are very high compared to traditional trading in stock.

Some people even compare it to gambling, but that is correct only if you don't know what you do.

As you said every one that want to start need to learn and learn and learn more.

I will try to give you all the best information from my experience. review some great tools that will that will decrease the risk factor in Forex.

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cegainesjr  says:
14 months ago

Learn-I just read the Adsense policy and as a result deleted the How to Make $$ hub - thanks for the heads-up. My intent was never to encourage wanton and indiscriminate ad clicking.

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