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Friday, December 11, 2009

Here Are Some Helpful Hints For Beginning Forex Traders

By James B. Addison

For a beginner forex currency trading may seem to be a whole new world but in fact the basics are quite easy to learn. You just need to understand the buzz words and trading terms and grasp a basic understanding of how the markets work.

Making big money in a short time is what forex currency trading is all about! It is possible for investors to make a lot of money very fast because the rates of exchange on the foreign market can rise and fall quickly. This means of course that it is risky and there is also a chance of losing a lot, just like most things in life that have the potential of big returns.

As you will know if you have ever exchanged currency for a vacation, the rates are constantly changing. For example you may change $100 into another currency planning to travel, and then find that you do not need it and change it back. The rate will probably have changed in the meantime and you may even have made a profit.

Forex traders invest in currency trading, obviously, with the hope of making a profit. Instead of using using a bank, however, they use a broker to make the deals for them. Because of today's technology in general and the Internet in particular, most trades are made online. Forex trading is akin to stock trading: brokers trade in margins where a small amount of money controls a larger amount.

Forex trading is different from stock trading in that forex trading can be done from anywhere, allowing forex traders the ability to deal in countries different from their own. Any two currencies can be traded anywhere in the world. And with an international market comes 24-hour-a-day trading. From Australia to New York, and from morning to evening.

Each country's currency is expressed with three letters. For the United States, it's USD; for the British pound, it's GBP; for the European euro, it's EUR; for the Japanese yen, it's JPY; for the Swiss franc, it's CHF; for the Canadian dollar, it's CAD; for the Australian dollar, it's AUD. Exchange rates between two countries are expressed as a proportion. For example, USD/CHF 1.14, which means that one US dollar equals 1.14 Swiss francs.

If you want to start out in forex trading you will need to look for a broker or investment management company that you trust. It is worth shopping around and checking online forums for recommendations. Check out how long the company has been in business and what your rights and liabilities will be. Read all of the fine print.

You will probably also want to use a bot to do your trading for you. This is automated forex trading software that can trade 24 hours a day according to rules that you set for it. There is usually a demo option so that you can test out the whole system for a while before you let it trade with real money. There are many forex robots on the market and most of them come with full instructions for beginner forex currency trading. - 23199

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