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Although it has been some years since I was actively involved in trading, I have just returned to the markets and have begun to trade a small account on my own behalf. This has perhaps given me a slightly skewed perspective of the markets, almost like a new entrant, but one with a lot of experien...

One thing that you must understand about orders is that when you buy or sell short, you are simply exchanging 1 currency for another. For instance, consider the Euro/dollar currency pair, which is expressed as EUR/USD. (Short tutorial: Currency Quotes) EUR is the base currency and USD is the quo...

The purpose of this overview is to introduce the forex market to you. As with many markets there are many derivative of the central market such as futures, options and forwards. In these tutorials we will be discussing the main market sometimes referred to as the Spot or Cash market.The word "FO...

  · 24-hour trading, 5 days a week with non-stop access to global FOREX dealers. · An enormous liquid market making it easy to trade most currencies. · Volatile markets offering profit opportunities. · Standard instruments for controlling risk exposure. · The ability to profit in rising or fallin...

The market often display's some very familiar patterns of price movement. Once a pattern is established, it becomes the most probable course of future price action until the market changes. There are two types of markets which become important for the beginning trader to identify; trending and t...

 It is much more cost-efficient to trade Forex in terms of both commissions and transaction fees. Most Forex Brokers charge no commissions or fees whatsoever, while still offering traders access to all relevant market information and trading tools. In contrast, commissions for stock trades range ...