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Resource Links for Forex Trading
Forex, or Foreign Exchange, is the
simultaneous exchange of one country's currency for that of another.
In Forex Trading or Foreign Exchange Trading, the investor
wishes to purchase or sell one currency for another with the hope of making
a profit when the value of the currencies changes in favor of the investor,
whether from market news or events that take place in the world.
Forex Trading market has more daily volume, both buyers and sellers,
than any other in the world.
Taking place in the major financial institutions across the globe, the forex
trading market is open 24-hours a day. Forex Trading in the
currency market is so simple:
In Forex
Trading, the objective is to earn a profit from buying or
selling currencies.
If you have bought a currency, and the price appreciates in value,
then you will earn a profit by closing your position.
When you close your position, sell the currency back in order to lock
in the profit, you are in actuality buying the counter currency in the
pair.
By trading currency pairs, one currency valued against another, a
forex rates
of worth has been established. After all, a country's currency has
value only relative to the currency of another country.
There are two rates for all currency pairs: the bid, or the rate at which
forex traders can sell, and the ask, or the rate at which forex traders can
buy.
There is a small difference between the two.
This difference, known as the spread, defines the cost of the
trade. Spreads are a part of all markets, but are typically "hidden" in
the broker-based equities and futures markets.
Leverage is the process in which forex trader can take a market
position much larger than the value of the forex trader's account.
Using leverage exaggerates both gains and losses. Even when forex market
conditions are relatively calm, using leverage can generate large gains or
losses. For positions open at 5pm EST there is a daily rollover (interest
payment) you either pay or earn on an open position depending on your
established margin level and position in the forex market.
If you do not want to earn or pay interest on your positions, simply make
sure they are closed at 5pm EST, the established end of the forex market day.
Forex Trading Strategy
Economic theory on exchange rates begins from the assumption that FX markets
are efficient—specifically, spot forex rates price in all available information.
As a result of this efficiency assumption, today's forward rate (price
specified today for delivery of a foreign currency at some point in the
future, e.g., 1 month, 3 months, etc.) should perfectly predict the future
spot forex rates.
Theory suggests that forex trading at a forward discount should depreciate
over time
In practice however, the opposite is true, giving rise to a forward rate
bias that generates potential forex trading opportunities.
The existence of forward rate bias represents a potential opportunity for
forex traders to exploit. In fact, this is the main driver of the carry
trade whereby investors earn an interest rate spread by buying high-yielding
currencies while selling low-yielding currencies.
This strategy of going long forex trading at a forward discount while
shorting currency trading at a forward premium is exactly what would be
recommended by the forward rate bias and can be shown to generate excess
returns over time.
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