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Online Currency Trading? Foreign Currency Trading? Foreign Exchange-Forex, FX?
What is it, anyway?
The online currency trading (foreign exchange, Forex, FX)
market is the biggest and fastest growing market on earth. Its daily turnover
is more than 5 trillion US dollars! The participants in this market are central
and commercial banks, corporations, institutional investors, hedge funds, and
private individuals like you and me.
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What happens in this
market?
Markets as we know are places where goods are traded, and
the same goes with Forex. In Forex markets, the “goods” are the currencies of
different countries (as well as gold and silver). For example, you might buy
Euro (the European currency) with US dollars, or you might sell Japanese Yen
for Canadian dollars. It’s as basic as trading one currency for another.
Of course, you don’t have to purchase or sell actual
physical currency; you trade and work with your own base currency, and deal with
any currency pair you wish to. The beauty of this business is that your
activities in this market are carried out via the internet, and from wherever
you are on this earth, as long as you have a very strong internet signal. And,
you can use a desktop/laptop PC, Tablets, and smartphones. This business of
buying and selling foreign currencies via the internet is what is called Online
Currency Trading, or Forex Trading.
How do you profit in
the Forex market?
Very simple, buy low and sell high!
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The profit potential comes from fluctuations in the currency
exchange market. Unlike the stock market, where shares are purchased, Forex
trading does not require physical purchase of the currencies but rather
involves contracts for amounts and exchange rates of currency pairs. The
advantageous thing about the Forex market is that regular fluctuations in the
regular currency exchange markets, often around 1%-are multiplied by 100! This
allows the Forex trader to make huge gains provided their
analysis and trading decisions are in order. Conversely, this too can apply to
your losses if the market moves against you!
How risky is forex
trading, you may ask?
In the Forex market, you cannot lose more than your initial
investment (also called your margin). The profit you may make is unlimited, but
you can never lose more than the margin. YOU ARE STRONGLY ADVISED TO NEVER RISK
MORE THAN YOU CAN AFFORD TO LOSE.
Please note, that online currency trading IS NOT A GAME! It is A
BUSINESS!
A lot of folks ignorantly assume that trading currencies
online is a game, that’s why many who have this mindset never succeed. They
don’t know that Forex trading is a business and because it is a business, it
has its rules and regulations just like any other business. One of the rules of
Forex trading is that you must have accurate knowledge and understanding of
everything that has to do with this business known as Online Currency
Trading(FOREX). Your involvement in this business enterprise demands that you
learn, and keep on learning so that you can succeed continuously. Forex
education is a must!
You can make money from online currency trading (Forex
trading) if you are really serious about making money online. The first step is
to get the relevant education by looking for a reputable Forex training academy.
The internet offers many opportunities to learn all you need to know about
Forex trading. Friend, I would strongly advise you to go for a paid program so
that you can have a thorough education in this business. Besides, the majority of
these paid programs offer mentoring along with your enrollment; they guide you
and monitor your progress until you become a consistently profitable Forex
trader. Doing a diligent search on Google will be of great help to you.
I would strongly appeal to anyone looking to make money from
online currency trading (Forex trading) to sit down and ask themselves if they
want to undertake this lucrative business with its attendant risks.
Friend, you can make money from the online currency trading
(Forex) market if you really desire to make money online.