A Beginner's Guide to Currency Trading


by Joseph Ducat - Date: 2007-01-25 - Word Count: 390 Share This!

I'm sure that you must have heard of currency trading. But do you really understand what it is all about? Currency trading is also called foreign exchange, Forex, or FX trading. It is a form of trading that deals with the world currencies on the foreign exchange market. Through currency trading, an investor buys and sells these currencies with the goal of making a profit.

The currency market is the largest market in the world with a yearly trading volume of some 1.4 trillion dollars, much larger than the typical stock exchange. Since the spreads for trading currency are fairly low, the risk and cost of doing a currency trade is also low. The currency market is a highly volatile market. That allows more opportunities for a currency trader to achieve huge returns on any given exchange.

The currency trading market was once closed to individual or retail investors. The primary players on the market were national central banks, other major banks and financial institutions, and multinational corporations. Even today, individual and retail investors account for a tiny percentage of the overall currency trading volume. This is good for regular people who want a piece of the action in this trillion dollar exchange market.

The thing you need to remember in currency trading is that you want to buy a currency that will appreciate in value against another so you can make a profit. For example, if you think the Euro will go up against the US Dollar, then you can buy Euros and sell them when their value goes up for a profit. But how do you know if a currency will rise in value? You need to have information on the market, such as knowledge of trends. You can get this kind of information from currency market websites that provide monitoring services on the foreign exchange market activity. To avail of the services, you have to pay a membership fee to join the website, but in most cases you can take advantage of a free trial period.

You will also need to have a broker that can carry out currency trades as you instruct. There are a number of online brokers available, so it is not hard to find one.

Currency trading offers a good opportunity for people with extra cash to make a little extra profit in addition to their regular income.


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