Forex is an international over-the-counter market, where currencies
are traded. Due to the high liquidity and volatility, trading in the
foreign exchange market has become an additional source of income. Daily
turnover in the Forex market exceeds all the world's financial markets.
What is Forex
Forex (also abbreviated as FX) stands for foreign
exchange market. The main principle in the forex market is “buy cheap,
sell expensive”, just like in any other market. Forex trading means the
process of exchanging one currency for another. Traders make profit from
the difference between Ask and Bid prices. There are two types of
transactions on Forex, they are called positions or trades. It is either
a position to buy, or a position to sell.
Forex allows trading many currencies. More than 80 currency pairs are
traded in the Forex market. Currencies are always traded in pairs. If
you buy one currency, you sell another one and vice versa. For example,
in the EUR/USD currency pair you buy EUR and pay for it in USD, the
value of the currency pair shows how much dollars you need to give for
euro.
About foreign exchange market
Bukittinggi Forex is the largest
market in the world. According to the Bank for International
Settlements, its daily turnover reached $5.1 trillion in 2016.
About 51% of daily turnover is from financial institutions. The 42%
accounts for the reporting dealers – institutions that execute exchange
transactions both on their own or on behalf of customers, such as large
commercial and investment banks, as well as large corporate firms,
governments, non-financial institutions. The remaining 7% of the FX
turnover are non-financial customers – corporations, non-financial
government entities, individual investors.
The most traded currencies are majors. Majors are currencies paired with
the US dollar: EUR/USD, GBP/USD, USD/JPY, USD/CHF, AUD/USD, USD/CAD.
The share of all transactions with its participation accounts for 88%.
Speculators get the best opportunities while trading with the main
currency pairs. Currency pairs that do not consist USD are called cross
pairs: EUR/JPY, EUR/CHF, GBP/JPY, EUR/GBP etc.Bukittinggi Forex is open
around the clock, except for weekends and national holidays. Banks and
traders work in different time zones, therefore, when trading is already
finished in one country, in another one it is just starting.
Bukittinggi Forex trading begins with the Pacific session, and moves
around the world, first to Tokyo, London and ends in New York.
There are 4 trading sessions: Pacific, Asian, European and American.
Each of the sessions has its own characteristics, which every trader
should know. Trading sessions differ in trading activity. For example,
the Pacific session is characterized by weak volatility, and the
American has high liquidity and is considered to be the most aggressive.
The period when trading sessions overlap with each other is the most
active, as at that time large liquidity is observed in the market.
Forex is considered to be over-the-counter market and does not have an
established location, transactions are conducted through the special
trading platforms. Traders make transactions from around the world.
Trading platforms are the software that requires installation on a PC or
a mobile device, but there are also browser versions that require only
the Internet access to work with.
The currency market is characterized by the possibility of conducting
transactions with an amount significantly exceeding the size of a
trader's deposit. This effect is called the leverage. Leverage is
presented in a proportion, for example, 1:100. This means that if a
trader has 100 USD of own funds, he can use 10 000 USD in trading.
Who are Forex market participants?
All market participants are
directly related to each other, but each has its own goals - hedging,
regulating or speculative. The last group is dominant, since most of the
Bukittinggi Forex trades are conducted for the purpose of making a
profit on the difference in exchange rates.
Central and commercial banks
Central banks are responsible for
providing financial services to the government. Central banks have a
regulating function, they control and manage the national currency. The
main functions of the central banks are money supply control, exchange
rate regulation, price stability. Central banks can pursue a policy
aimed at raising or lowering the exchange rate of the national currency,
as well as directly affect prices by means of the currency
intervention. In the Forex market, central banks perform their direct
function, they regulate the value of their currency.
The most influential central banks are the Federal Reserve System (the
Fed), the European Central Bank (ECB), the Bank of England (BoE), and
the Bank of Japan (BoJ).
A special place in the structure of Forex is occupied by commercial
banks – financial institutions that provide banking operations both for
legal entities and individuals. They provide liquidity to the Forex
market, carrying out the main trading volume. Other participants of the
Bukittinggi Forex market have the accounts with commercial banks and
make the necessary conversion operations with them. In addition to the
clients` requests, banks can conduct transactions independently for
speculative purposes. Popular banks are Deutsche Bank, Barclays Bank,
Union Bank of Switzerland and others.
Commercial companies
Participants of international trading are
interested in exchanging currencies. Exporters need to sell foreign
currency, importers need to to buy. Companies engaged in import/export
activities provide stable demand/supply for various foreign currencies.
Large corporations use Forex to exchange currency, make short-term
deposits, hedge their transactions from future fluctuations in rates.
Since such companies do not have direct access to the foreign exchange
market, they conduct conversion and deposit operations through the
commercial banks.
Investment and Hedge Funds
Various funds, such as investment,
hedge, pension funds, take part in currency transactions. They make
large long-term investments. Funds carry foreign assets and place funds
in various financial instruments: securities of governments and
corporations of different countries, bank deposits.
Forex companies: brokers and dealing centers
Brokerage companies
bring the buyer and seller together. At the same time, brokers charge a
certain fee for their work. In most cases, it is the so-called spread –
the difference between Ask and Bid prices, as well as the commission for
processing transactions.
Investors and speculators
Individual traders or investors come to
the market for profit, speculating on the fluctuation of currency
pairs. They got the opportunity to use Bukittinggi Forex in speculative
purposes in 1986. Traders carry out transactions through brokerage
companies, ie they buy the currency cheaper in order to sell it for more
expensive price. All transactions are made in trading terminals
provided by forex brokers. Thanks to them, the trader gets an access to
the market and quotes, and the ability to perform fundamental and
technical analysis to make the right trading decisions.
What does influence the market?
Economic and political factors,
as well as various events in the world have a significant impact on
Forex. Forex is sensitive to economic aspects, in particular, to the
gross domestic product (GDP), gross national product (GNP), inflation,
interest rates, and unemployment statistics etc.
Economic factors influences the prices in the Bukittinggi Forex market
the most, the economy of country predetermines the price and movements
of its currency in the international market. The political events and
the actions of the authorities are also the intense focus of attention.
Every political decision can affect the economy of the country and the
price of the national currency.
The history of Forex trading
Many centuries ago, when trade
relations were just beginning, various items were means of payment.
Teeth, feathers, precious stones served as money. Such kind of economics
was based on the barter system. But barter relations were not very
convenient and a necessity to create a universal exchange equivalent
occurred.
Coins of different denominations appeared. They were casted from copper,
silver, and bronze. The metal used to make coins changed over time.
Initially, monetary systems were based on bronze, then on silver, and
later on gold. In Central Europe, the silver standard existed in the
7th-14th centuries. Later, the gold standard came – a monetary system in
which a unit of currency was equivalent to a certain amount of gold.
The first appearance of paper money dates back to 910 due to the paper
industry development in China and the acute shortage of gold. They
differed from the modern banknotes and looked like sheets of A4, and
issued as a document to merchants. First paper money were created for
convenience and simplification of goods turnover. Initially, paper money
was a certificate that granted ownership on a certain amount of gold,
fixed in denomination.
In 1867 in Paris the system of the gold standard was adopted. But during
the world crisis of 1929-1933, all developed countries of the world
refused to use the gold standard. In 1944, at the conference held in
Bretton Woods (USA), it was decided to replace the gold standard with
the gold-exchange standard. According to the results of the Bretton
Woods meeting, the US currency was attached to gold and other currencies
to the US dollar.
The Bretton Woods system functioned successfully in the world until the
late 1960s. In 1971, the US President Richard Nixon abandoned the gold
standard. In December 1971, the Smithsonian agreement was reached in
Washington, according to which currency fluctuations within 4.5% were
permitted instead of 1% (within 9% for currency pairs that do not
contain USD).
On January, 1976, in Kingston (Jamaica), the participants-members of IMF
signed a new agreement. They refused to set the official price for
gold, and limits on changes in the currency rates. The history of
currency exchange begins.
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Forex Trading
Forex trading is very popular among investors. The
international over-the-counter Forex market is open and accessible to
everyone. To enter the market, you don't need large initial capital.
High liquidity, 24-hour access, leverage, wide range of financial
instruments attract traders around the world who are guided by the goal
of obtaining both additional and basic income. When starting forex
trading it is important to learn both the market and basics of the
Bukittinggi Forex trading and understand core money management rules.
Forex trading basics
Forex is a foreign exchange market, where
every second the currency exchange transactions take place. The main
instrument in the Forex market is the currency pair – the price of one
currency in relation to another. Currencies are sold one after another.
Currency pairs are denoted as follows: EUR/USD, USD/JPY, GBP/USD, where
the first currency in the pair is called the base currency, and the
second one is known as the quoted one. For example, in the EUR/USD
currency pair, the euro is the base currency, and the dollar is the
quoted currency, which means that the trader can buy one euro for a
certain amount of dollars.
Quotation is the value of the base currency, which is expressed in units
of the quoted currency: EUR/USD = 1.1930 means that one euro is worth
1.1930 dollars. The quotation consists of two values: the bid price at
which the trader can sell the currency, and the ask price at which the
trader can buy one unit of the currency.
The difference between ask and bid prices is spread. Spread is measured
in pips, the unit of measurement of price change (usually 0.0001).
Technical and fundamental analysis
Successful trading is
impossible without a competent analysis of the market. To forecast the
market movement and currency fluctuations, fundamental and technical
analyses are used. The technical one is based on forecasting with the
help of charts and technical indicators, the fundamental one is based on
the analysis of factors affecting the exchange rate of the national
currency.
The fundamental analysis takes into account statistical data, political
events and macroeconomic indicators – all that can strengthen or weaken
national currencies. The trader assesses the state and prospects of
national economies in order to foresee the future direction of the price
movement.
The technical analysis is a method of forecasting the price movement
based on the analysis of its behavior over past periods. Researches of
technical analysts rely on the price and what happens on the chart. The
chart displays how the price moves, which allows tracking the
significant trends of the market, changes in demand and supply.
Online currency trading
Forex trading is a popular method of
earning. If earlier the foreign exchange market was available only for
banks and financial institutions, today everyone can trade here. One can
start trading on Forex without having a lot of money. Many brokers do
not demand a minimum deposit. Moreover, one can trade sums higher than
the deposit using leverage. But the leverage is not always a profit. The
use of the financial leverage is associated with risk.
Forex is the market where one can try to trade without risks. Demo
accounts are good training instrument. They are almost identical to the
real ones. Their main difference is the use of virtual money for
trading. All profits and losses received during trading on a demo
account are also virtual.Bukittinggi Forex is the round-the-clock
market. Unlike the stock market, where working hours are limited, the
currency market is available 24 hours a day.Bukittinggi Forex provides
an easy access to trading. The foreign exchange market does not have a
specific location. To carry out transactions, one need an FX trading
platform. Software developers consider the needs and opportunities of
traders and offer different versions of platforms: for PCs, as well as
smartphones running Android and iOS, or web-based ones. Trade with the
regulated and reliable company.
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