Forex trading includes the trading of foreign currencies
It is the largest financial market in the world and has an approximated daily turnover of 2 or more trillion dollars
This turnover is larger than the stock market
(Currencies are always exchanged in pairs. A regular pair would be EUR/USD (Euro over US dollars
The first currency is the starting. The next currency is the reverse currency
The pair can be seen, as the sum of the second currency that is required to buy 1 unit of the first currency
If you were to purchase the above pair you would purchase Euro and at that time promoting US dollars
If the pair were offered the opposite would happen ,you would promote the Euro and buy the US dollar
This might sound complicated but simply think of the pair as one object and you are purchasing or promoting one item
If you think the Euro will go up versus the US dollar you buy the EUR/USD pair
If you think the EUR will lower against the US dollar you sell the EUR/USD pair
When you see Forex rates you will see two numbers
If we use the EUR/USD as an example you might see 1.2360/1.2365 , the first number 1.2360 is the estimate price
and is the price traders or dealers are ready to purchase Euros vs. the US dollar
The second number 1.2365 is the offer price and is the price traders are ready to promote the EURO versus the US dollar
The difference between the bid or quote and the provide price is the called the spread
The spread for the huge currencies is usually 3 to 5 pips
The most popular increment of currencies is the pip. If the EUR/USD goes from 1.2360 to 1.2361 that is considered the only one pip
A pip is the last decimal point of estimate. Most currencies estimated to 4 decimal points
The different is the Yen, which is estimated to 2 decimal points eg 139.41
The word pip is just Forex vocabulary so if a Forex trader says the EURO has gone up 20 pips versus the US dollar add 20 points to decimal part of EUR/USD pair
Forex is usually traded in quite a lot also related to the contracts
The regular size for a whole lot is $100,000. In the last a small number of a mini lot size of 10,000 dollars has been released and this has become growing popular
Forex trading is leveraged with most Forex brokers offering 1% margins. This means you can control one regular whole lot of $100000 with $1000
Generally you would require a minim of $2500 to open atypical size Forex account
A mini account can be opened with $300 with most Forex brokers
To trade a one mini lot you need a margin of $100, which in turn controls $10000
If the currency rises 1% and if you traded one mini lot of $10000 you would make $100 dollars or 100% of your primary margin
. Forex trading is a very profitable market to get into and it is indicated that traders new to Forex trading trade a mini account for an prolonged amount of time
Trading a mini account is a minimal cost admittance to the Forex market, as only $300 is needed to open an account. You can still make money while you become more skilled in Forex trading
You can trade one mini lot till you have made your first $100 dollars then start trading 2 mini lots. As you earn more knowledge you can trade standard sized lots
Forex trading is becoming growing popular with traders of other financial products
It can be traded in amounts a lot smaller than other financial goods, which makes learning Forex trading better than other markets
Forex trading can be a very profitable market, which no trader can disregard
