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Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Forex Basics

By Thomas Gregory

So what exactly is forex? The forex market or foreign exchange market involves the buying and selling of major foreign currencies. This extremely dynamic market does over 2 trillion dollars a day so it's easy to see why it is so attractive.

Why are we buying and selling money? Isn't money used to pay for products and services? Why would we buy money? Well let's think about this a little bit. Let's say you are traveling to another country. When you arrive you realize they do not accept "your" money. So you go to the bank and exchange it for "their" money. You have a wonderful time and when returning home you must do the same thing. Exchange "their" money back to "your" local money. During each of these exchanges you may notice that you made a little extra or lost a little bit.

This is exactly what is happening on the foreign exchange market. The difference is a forex trader is doing this much more often and with more money. He also is not doing it because of upcoming trips abroad. He does this because he sees a chance to profit on a possible shift in exchange rates. If you know what you are doing you can take advantage of this and see large amounts of money consistently.

Now if you are looking to day trade forex, this can be very appealing. Not only can you sit at home, but you can do it 24 hours a day. This is because forex is traded globally and as one market is closing the next market is opening for business. This allows for almost non stop trading action and profit possibilities. Very exciting!

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.

For someone new to forex, there are even automated programs out there that will log into your account and make trades. Now you don't even have to worry about missing trades or big market shifts while you sleep. These automated robots or expert advisors are all over the internet so do some research first.

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. - 23222

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