Forex Trading - Another Way to Earn Profits Using Your Wits
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Introduction to Forex
What is forex?
The term ‘forex' is a nickname for Foreign Exchange market. The forex market is the largest market in the world because it has a volume of over $4 trillion a day; while the New York Stock Exchange only has $25 billion. A 10-digit figure is very big, indeed. Other names for this giant include: FX, FOREX, Retail forex, Spot FX or Spot.
Because the foreign exchange market is actually a cash market backed by large banks from all over the world, different foreign currencies are involved in the forex trading. Theoretically, the fx trade is a ‘spread' - where one must sell a currency to buy another.
FX market, like the stock market, is basically involved in trading. It is a continuous process of buying and selling currencies. Its main objective is to exchange one currency for another-with the expectation that the price of the currency bought will gain value that is higher than the currency sold.
Here's an example of earning profits thru buying euros:
- First, purchase 10,000 euros at exchange rate of 1.18 for EUR/USD
- After 2 weeks, exchange 10,000 euros back to US dollars at exchange rate 1.2500 to earn $700
How to Make Money in Foreign Currencies
What is an exchange rate? This term refers to the ratio of one currency valued against another currency.
Example: USD/CHF - indicates how many US dollars needed to purchase 1 Swiss franc, or vice versa.
Scalping in Forex Trade
There are a lot of things to learn about forex trading - but here are the initial important stuff to study:
- Reading FX quote
- Base currency
- Long and short (long means buy; short means sell)
- Bid and ask
- Spread
- Margin trading
- Demo trading
- Fibonacci
- Candlesticks
- Charts
- Indicators
However, you must not plunge into fx trading without undergoing a demo trade for at least 6 months. Combine the hands-on practice with studying everything about forex thru reading online information. One good site for beginners in forex is the Babypips' School of Pipsology.
DO NOT trade with a live account without making sure that you already have all necessary skills to trade successfully.
A successful trader has honed these 3 abilities:
- Make pips
- Keep pips
- Repeat making and keeping pips
Always REMEMBER, you shall be putting your hard-earned money at stake whenever you trade in the fx market-so be smart and patient. Never be greedy. This is one of the golden rules of forex trading.
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Forex Trading in the News
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EUR/CHF – No directional bias here with the market confined to a multi-day range. Daily studies are in neutral territory and a clear break back above 1.5250 or below 1.5000 will be required for additional insight and clarity. Until then, traders can be content to trade the range extremes.
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EUR/USD – The story here continues to be about the 50-Day SMA (1.4740) and its ability to prop any setbacks for a majority of the up-trend in 2009. The market has simply been unable to establish a close below the medium-term moving average to keep the bullish structure firmly intact.
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US Dollar and Risk Appetite Relatively Staid Despite an Increase in Fundamental Activity A comparison between market activity today and yesterday may seem a dichotomy in logic. Monday’s session was light on economic event risk; and yet most assets were producing sizable rallies and declines.
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