What Every Forex Trader Needs to Know


by Joseph Ducat - Date: 2007-02-09 - Word Count: 364 Share This!

Do you want to get into a market with an annual trade volume of over 2 trillion dollars, making it the largest market in the world? Well, if you do, then welcome to the world of currency trading, or as some call it, Forex trading. "Forex" stands for the foreign exchange market, a 24/7 global exchange that deals in the currencies of the world. Because the Forex market is very loosely regulated, it is easy for many people to enter it as an individual or retail trader. The downside to such loose regulation, however, is that the Forex market is a lot riskier than other markets and it invites investor scams; furthermore, if you do get scammed, there is very little that you can do about it.

Make no mistake: currency trading is a high risk endeavor. People get into it anyway because of the chance to make a high profit. Of course, that also entails a chance of taking a high loss. For that reason, you should only invest in Forex trading money that you can afford to lose.

In order to be successful at currency trading, you need to buy low and sell high. In Forex terms, it means buying a currency that is going to appreciate in value against another currency. Once it rises in value, you can sell it for a profit. The problem that currency investors face is figuring out which currencies will appreciate. This is where skill, knowledge and experience come in. A good Forex trader needs to have the ability to read the market trends, and to do that you need to have a keen understanding of the foreign exchange market, and that can take months to develop.

Becoming a successful Forex trader, then, requires more than investing only your money. You also need to put in a lot of time and effort. And after all that, you have no guarantee of success. The foreign exchange market is highly volatile. You have about as much chance of mastering it as you would taming a wild stallion. Yet some people do come close to mastery, and manage to make Forex trading their daily job. You could be one of those people.


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