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Thursday, October 1, 2009

Forex Trade

By Bart Icles

Forex Trade is the trading of the world's countries currencies that are paired against each other. This market is commonly termed as Forex, FX or Foreign Exchange. An example of this might be between the paired currency of the United States and of the European Union, or otherwise the dollar and the euro (USD/EURO). The currency pair will appear on the forex quote at the top-left side, and the left currency is the quote currency, while the currency on the right side is the base currency.

Forex traders employ the services of a forex broker to do trading in their behalf, as these companies have connections to an Interbank Market partner, and can facilitate faster and more secure trading transactions in a matter of seconds. Forex brokers operate by getting instructions from their clients regarding their actions on whether to buy or sell a certain currency pair and pass this on to the right channels. When the market closes, the forex broker credits whatever results came from the transaction to the accounts of their respective clients - may it be a profit or a loss.

The advantage forex trade has over other investment markets is that it is not being controlled by a central trading system or entity, and that it happens in one continuous movement all over the world. Operating in a 24 hour period, it opens on a Sunday evening in Australia and closes on Friday in New York.

Without virtually closing, and with trade transactions happening in many locations, forex traders are always provided with many price quotations for the many currency pairs being exchanged day in and day out. This gives them the chance to have a wide base of information as basis for whatever trade decisions they come up with, while also getting additional information and other relevant technical tips from various sources around the world. Forex trade is thus referred to as an Over the Counter (OTC) market due to this highly viable trading system.

Forex trade is the only investment market, aside from futures or stock market trading, that it is highly liquid and where traders can transfer substantially large amounts of currencies with little effect on its price. Without any restrictions on the trader's part concerning directional trading because it is free-flowing, any trader is free to trade on any available currency on the market if he foresees a way to profit from either its rise or fall.

With this in mind, forex traders are not limited with specific rules to follow - as long as no laws are broken, and can base any of their trade decisions on the market's speculator's, the current trade conditions of major and leading economic countries and the behavior of major commodities. - 23210

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