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Saturday, June 6, 2009

Thinking of Forex Investing? Read this!

By Thomas H. Rivera

The forex market has emerged as one of the biggest opportunities for savvy investors in the world. Many people have turned to the market as an alternative to the stock market. While it obviously has some clout behind it, how can you know if it's right for you? What is in it for you and how can you profit from it?

The forex market works by profiting off of the changes in values on a pair of currencies; for example, at the time of this writing, one Euro costs $1.26. If you bought Euros at $1.26 and next week they were work $1.30, you made 4 cents off of each Euro you bought. This has two big advantages. The first is that currency will be less likely to devalue down to zero value in a short period of time than a stock will. The second is that there's a lot less research to do; you don't need to read a 10-K statement and infer what you can about how a company is run before buying stock. You do need to keep track of financial sector news dealing with fiscal policy and central banks.

Forex offers a lot of opportunities, largely because forex trading happens worldwide, nearly 24 hours a day, from Monday morning in London to Friday night in Hong Kong. It's a constant bustle, and lots of chances to make your play on a currency swing, and you can trade as often as you like. The flip side is that it's easy to become afraid to leave your desk for fear of missing a trade. There are plenty of trading plans, ranging from day trader volatility plays to longer term position plays.

The ability to use leverage means there's a lot of opportunity to make money off of even tiny swings in currency prices. This can pay off handsomely on well executed manual trades, and a lot of the more common types can even be automated.

A lot of traders try to automate the grind it out aspects of forex trading; these are automated trades that are programmed with ranges of acceptable values and buy and sell orders queued up if a condition is met. This is no experience for doing accurate research on your own, but can let you have the freedom of mind to, say, get out of your chair and use the bathroom without panicking that a market shift will wipe you out. There are some who take the (decidedly unwise) view of not even learning much about forex markets and letting the computer software do this for them.

If you've been looking for an opportunity to make a lot of money from the comfort of home, then this could be your ticket. Daytrading on the stock market is nothing compared to this. This is the next big goldrush if you position yourself for success in the industry. Think about being able to work your schedule, on your terms, without anyone breathing over your shoulder.

You can make more than some doctors and lawyers without having to go to college for eight years. You can really make as much or as little as you want. If you just need enough to get by, there are a number of safe, conservative strategies that are available. If you want to ride the trends and rake in huge profits, there are also a lot of methods for that.

Whether forex is right for you depends on your temperment; it suits a certain type of personality, who enjoys watching numbers and isn't afraid to play "win some, lose some." It's not suited to anyone who thinks they can play the market in their spare time through automated tools. You'll make mistakes, the question is how quickly you learn from them. - 23199

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