Introduction to the Forex Market

[Toney0198]

The Foreign Exchange market, also referred to as the "Forex" or "FX" market is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average turnover of US$1.9 trillion — 30 times larger than the combined volume of all U.S. equity markets. Get Best Forex Brokers in
"Foreign Exchange" is the simultaneous buying of one currency and selling of another. Currencies are traded in pairs, for example Euro/US Dollar (EUR/USD) or US Dollar/Japanese Yen (USD/JPY).

There are two reasons to buy and sell currencies. About 5% of daily turnover is from companies and governments that buy or sell products and services in a foreign country or must convert profits made in foreign currencies into their domestic currency. The other 95% is trading for profit, or speculation.

For speculators, the best trading opportunities are with the most commonly traded (and therefore most liquid) currencies, called "the Majors." Today, more than 85% of all daily transactions involve trading of the Majors, which include the US Dollar, Japanese Yen, Euro, British Pound, Swiss Franc, Canadian Dollar and Australian Dollar.

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[unclegober]

forex trading is 24 hours market and we can trade anytime. Forex trading is flexible because we dont need standard working hours, that's why forex trading can be a part time job and full time job. But now, i prefer to be part time trader in forex, because i still trying to get maximal profit consistently in forex with my trading account

[SwedenBock]

There is one more reason why the Forex market is attractive: it is easy acceptable. Almost everyone can start trading, and lots of people think that it doesn't require any knowlwdge, just some luck.