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Monday, October 12, 2009

The Basics to Forex

By Thomas Gregory

Forex or the Foreign Exchange is a very dynamic market that is trading over two trillion dollars a day. So what are they trading? Well it is actually the buying and selling of money. Major foreign currencies to be exact. And with the massive amounts of money moving through it each day you can see what all the fuss is about!

Now you may be wondering why someone would be buying and selling money. We use money to buy stuff, not buy other money? Well if you think about it for a second it's not all that strange. If you are traveling to a foreign country the first thing you do when you arrive is exchange "your" money for "their" money so you can pay for goods and services while in the country. This is usually done at a currency exchange or bank. When you return home one does the same thing in reverse. Now sometimes you will notice the value has changed between the two exchanges, you may make a small profit or take a small loss.

These same transactions are happening on usually a much larger scale and much more often on the forex market. The difference is a forex trader is not exchanging money because he returned from a trip abroad. He is doing this to try and take advantage of the shifts in exchange rates. This allows him to profit and if you know what you are doing you too can profit very handsomely and regularly.

This can be exciting for the home trader looking to day trade forex. Not only that but it operates around the clock, 24 hours, closing only on weekends. This is because it is working on a global scale. As one market closes in one time zone another market is opening in the next time zone. Which means you can be making trades and making money almost non stop.

The other exciting thing is that you only need an internet connection (high speed) to begin day trading forex currency. Now depending on who you sign up with there may be some minimum deposits to open your account but these minimums are fairly cheap. Especially with amount of money you can make.

Even if you are a complete forex beginner you can find plenty of resources out on the internet including robots and expert advisors. These tools basically log into your forex account and trade for you. This allows you to not miss big market shifts that may happen while you are sleeping. Make sure you take the time to do some product research before dropping the extra cash.

While forex can be an extremely exciting way to make a lot of money, if you don't know what you're doing it can also get very expensive. Make sure you do some studying. There are a ton of books and courses out there that can help the newbie trader. Don't get discouraged, just risk what your comfortable losing and learn from the mistakes.

Before the internet, forex was only available to large corporations, banks, and governments. Well now, as you are probably already aware, any average Jane or Joe can day trade forex from their living room. Now day trading forex currency can be profitable and exciting but remember that it takes time to get good at it. Like anything you must start somewhere so let me be first to wish you off on your exciting forex adventure. - 23221

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