Tuesday, December 4, 2007

FOREX or Foreign Exchange market is the world largest financial market, where currency of one country is exchanged with another country through currency exchange rate system. It is by far the largest financial market in the world, and includes trading between large banks, central banks, currency speculators, multinational corporations, governments, and other financial markets and institutions.Trader’s purpose is to get the profit as the result of foreign currencies purchase and sale. From latest assessment, The average daily trade in the global forex and related markets currently is over US$ 3 trillion.

The foreign exchange market is unique because of

  • For its trading volumes,
  • For extreme liquidity of the market,
  • For large number of, and variety of, traders in the market,
  • For its geographical dispersion,
  • For its long trading hours: 24 hours a day (except on weekends),
  • For the variety of factors that affect exchange rates.

For the low margins of profit compared with other markets of fixed income (but profits can be high due to very large trading volumes)

The free-floating of currencies being in the market turnover are determined by the supply and demand. The currency rate is actually run through telecommunication all over the network of banks 24 hours a day from 00:00 GMT on Monday to 10:00 pm GMT on Friday. Traders gain the profit from the fluctuations in accordance with an agreed principle “buy cheaper- sell higher” or “sell higher-buy cheaper”. Forex is a continuously changing number financial system which exclusively create high trade turnover to all individual and corporative traders with an ensured liquidity of traded currencies.

Due to the high potential profitability, therefore the higher risk should be essentially considered.

Traders can only be the successful forex investors by going through proper training including an understanding of forex structure and types.

Knowing the common techniques of analysis.

Evaluates the factors influencing currencies and potential risks.

Skills for high confident prediction of the market movements with the trading tools and data.

For self training there are lots of simulation trading software on web, you can simply choose anyone of them. This will help you to be in a better scenario. Most of the trading providers have the toll free phone number, so just call them and ask question! Learn from them! Some of them may take initiative to consult you, so do write down the question from time to time. Importance of human society event in the sphere of economy strongly influences the currency market.


There are many countries in world; so results different currency pairs. Among all of them, these are the popular in currency trading:

EUR/USD, USD/JPY, GBP/USD, USD/CHF, EUR/CHF, AUD/USD, USD/CAD, NZD/USD, EUR/GBP, EUR/JPY, GBP/JPY, CHF/JPY, GBP/CHF, EUR/AUD, EUR/CAD, AUD/CAD, AUD/JPY, CAD/JPY, NZD/JPY, GBP/AUD, AUD/NZD

Five Major Currencies are:
U.S dollar, Euro, Japanese Yen, British Pound, Swiss Franc.

If you take forex seriously then its highly recommended to use pivot system in your trading plan for minimize your risk.

Why most of the Forex Traders Fails?

The rate of failure for a new trader is high in forex. We give some major reason bellow for your notice.

  • Poor Skills in forex trade.
  • Lack of adequate capital
  • Setting unrealistic targets and goals
  • Lack of Patience
  • Lack of discipline
  • Taking high risk without reason.

If we look at the list, it becomes apparent that the failure is as a result of trading without having in place a proper Trading System and a Trading Plan– One that includes mind training, quality Forex education and strategies and sound money management rules.


If you want to a Successful Trader then you have to develop a character of successful trader. The main points you have to follow are

  • Adequate trading knowledge and understanding. You should seek services of good quality mentors and a trading guide.
  • Adequate capital – Don’t be fooled that you can earn thousands every week from a starting capital of $1500
  • Realistic Goals – don’t expect 100% profit each month, because simply it is not possible.
  • Have patience – don’t trade if you don’t have to. You should wait for a set-up according to your trading plan and system.
  • Have Discipline to follow your rules
  • Understanding and Managing Risk


And lastly the most important is having a Trading System and a Trading Plan. Virtually 90% of Traders have never had one!