Foreign currency exchange, or so call FOREX, had become one of the best home businesses you can venture in nowadays. By trading foreign currencies through Internet, theoretically now one can now make money at anywhere, anytime. For the new comers, Forex is the world largest trading market, yielding an average of $1.9 trillion daily turnover. As the majority who trade FOREX are speculators, FOREX is also well known as the most liquid trading available. Foreign exchange is dynamic and fascinating. The easyMarkets platform provides liquidity pools so you get easy trading of forex and CFDs with the tightest fixed spread and execution guarantees on stop loss and take profit orders with zero slippage (no re-quotes).
Foreign exchange is traded in an over-the-counter market where brokers/dealers negotiate directly with one another, so there is no central exchange or clearing house The biggest geographic trading center is the United Kingdom, primarily London. According to TheCityUK , it is estimated that London increased its share of global turnover in traditional transactions from 34.6% in April 2007 to 36.7% in April 2010. Due to London's dominance in the market, a particular currency's quoted price is usually the London market price. For instance, when the International Monetary Fund calculates the value of its special drawing rights every day, they use the London market prices at noon that day.
Unlike domestic stock markets around the world that operate for only a few specified hours each day, Forex Currency Trading is open 24 hours a day. Since every country trades on the Forex market, it's always business hours in some part of the world and so it's open all day. The volume of trade on the Forex market is roughly a whopping $1.2 Trillion.
For traders who use technical analysis , the Nadex platform offers a full, robust charting application. Use all your favorite drawing tools and technical indicators. You can use the price ladder on the right side to place orders right from the chart.
Unfortunately, even the best methods do not work all the time. Some loses are inevitable and even expected. Some can last for a prolonged time period. During these times traders, newbies and experienced alike, start doubting their trading systems and search for a new angle. Internet allows access to numerous sources of information. Trouble is, there can easily be an information overload, causing total confusion. Trader can not decide which direction to trade, loses confidence in his abilities and his decision making process becomes erratic.
