Forex Online Trading Platforms
Unlike the stock market, the Forex market is generally an unregulated market with no central location for trading. Traders use the services of a Forex broker to participate in the market. In the U.S., legitimate Forex brokers are registered with one of the various regulatory agencies. If you are new to Forex trading systems, you must be careful to seek a registered broker and avoid off-exchange currency dealers and the scams that have evolved around the Forex market. Legitimate brokers may be found online and your chosen Forex broker should provide an online platform for you to trade on. Online platforms provide Forex trading systems with less costly trades and better accuracy in the pricing of currency pairs than conventional trading systems.
Technological advances in computers and the Internet are responsible to create a market of online Forex trading opportunities. The Internet has provided for market knowledge to be disseminated to the global Internet community. This information was traditionally limited to banks and other financial institutions. With the advances in online, real-time and near real-time information flows, you have access to market information in line with the banks and financial institutions. Even during periods of market volatility, online platforms are able to provide a consistent flow of quotes. However, many online platforms are disguised as Forex trading platforms when they are really frauds.
Some of the fraudulent online platforms that you should be careful to avoid, particularly if you are a new or inexperienced trader are fraudulent brokers, bookmakers and bucket shops. Fraudulent broker practices may include offering outrageous bid/ask spreads and requiring unreasonable commissions. They may promise profits and never deliver them or claim to be trading your money when, in reality, they have used the money for personal interests. They may also provide you with phony accounting statements that indicate profits they never made or they may attempt to lure you with phony stories of successful business relationships using fake customer names. The onus is on you to invest time and resources in locating a reputable broker.
Bookmakers are platforms established to bet on currencies. While this type of betting is perfectly legitimate in some states, it is not to be confused with Forex trading systems. In many cases, bucket shops are fraudulent platforms designed to cheat you out of money. Though they will claim to engage Forex trading, they have no connection to Forex. Their fraudulent schemes usually involve convincing you to invest in currency futures and options rather than the spot trading market that is Forex. Since the methods of futures and options trading provide for a broker to contractually engage in transactions over a period time, this scheme allows the frauds to collect more of your investment dollars for a longer period of time. The spot Forex market, on the other hand, is designed to provide simplicity and allow investors to enter and exit the market at will. There is no contractual obligation or lengthy time constraints.
Most online platforms are designed to run with Windows and most web browsers. In general, an online platform provides access to an order entry process and should have a method of displaying currently held positions, charts of monitored currency pairs and some itemized form of account data. You should also seek a platform that offers some method of backup and communication in the case of loss of access to the Internet.
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June 8th, 2009 at 11:03 pm
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June 8th, 2009 at 11:52 pm
Building one will cost a LOT.
I too recommend buy one to use.
June 8th, 2009 at 10:21 pm
harap maaf saudara aunpower: f u maksud tu org brunei. hang salah besag. ada 1 ora kat kuala belait yg dah lama main forex. dah lebih 15 thn. he is worth 14b usd. tapi dia tak nak habak hana. buat apa lagu tu. dia jg tau hukum hakam agama. dah haji pun. ramai lg org lain yg buat cam dia skrg.
June 8th, 2009 at 10:47 pm
dear i couldnt uynderstand what he is saying..can any body translate it in english plz?forez is halal or haram?
June 9th, 2009 at 4:54 am
Yakinlah dgn apa yg kita percaya. selamat berjaya dunia dan akhirat. buanglah segala sikap dan hasat dengki yg ada di dalam jiwa kita..wassalam..
June 9th, 2009 at 1:39 pm
I use Interbank FX and GFT. I don't find their spreads to be any better or any worse than anyone else but I appreciate their customer service and user friendliness of their apps.
InterbankFX has another cool feature and that is the ability to use their credit or debit cards in order to quickly access money from your account. One word of caution is that all brokers make it very each to put money in….and many make it extremely difficult or time consuming to get money out. I guess they like that float.
The third reason that I like Interbank FX is that they have actually developed an EA for us that monitors my account balance and automatically closes all my positions and locks in my profits using either a profit target or a trailing stop setup. It is very cool waking up and seeing that you have just made $800 while you were asleep.
Lastly, we have negotiated institutional interest rates with both of these firms that are not available to other retail clients.
I hope this helps.
paul
June 9th, 2009 at 3:38 pm
The Forex market is actually the largest market in the world. There is $2 trillion traded in the Forex market every day. Up until the past few years, the market was only available to large institutional traders and individuals with substantial net worth. Now, the Forex market is open to all investors.
There are two major problems with the Forex market as I see it.
The first is the "potential" for large profits with a relatively small investment of a couple of hundred dollars. This tends to make it way too easy for the average person to trade in the Forex market in the same manner that they would take a seat at a blackjack table in Las Vegas. These people are no more than Forex gamblers and are certain to lose their money before they even know what the word Forex stands for.
The second problem is that everybody and their brother is now talking about Forex. It is very common to get introduced to Forex trading by someone who does not have the knowledge, support system, committment or compassion to make certain that your best interests are their primary concern.
There are methods of trading Forex with which you can quickly lose all your money. There are other more conservative methods of trading Forex with which you can generate a comfortable, consistent rate of return as a key element of a long term investment strategy.
I, personally, will not allow any of my clients to trade a live account and risk their own money until they have had sufficient training and experience trading demo accounts. Once you understand the risks, the market dynamics and the proper methodologies than trading in the Forex market can be an interesting and rewarding experience.
My advice to you is to take your time, learn-before-you-earn, save your money while simply trading with demo accounts and find an experienced Forex trader willing to devote the time and energy necessary to coach you and look out for your best interests.
Best wishes for a prosperous 2007.
Paul
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June 10th, 2009 at 4:50 am
There's some good info on this site -
http://forex.webexpresslane.com/forex.html
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June 10th, 2009 at 10:20 am
There are literally dozens of online stock trading platforms available to investors/traders. The forex platforms you are talking about generally deal with currency trading, not stocks.
If you are looking for stock trading online you can find a list of some of the top rated online trading platforms at: http://online-stock-trading-review.toptenreviews.com/
There are many other options available as well but those in the list will provide some of the best combinations of price, execution and service.
June 10th, 2009 at 4:43 am
hi..dah lama jugak sy dgr pasal forex ni,tapi akhir2 nie rasa mcm trngin plk nak blajar…kat internet nie ada mcm2 software yg jual,org kata semua tu ngarut jer…xleh pakai betul ker?…ada x tip2 yg betul…….
June 10th, 2009 at 8:02 am
kalau ader requote saploh kali tu, aper cer?
June 11th, 2009 at 11:36 am
I think this site, sogotrade is pretty decent, $3 per trade, and gets 100 free trades.
http://www.sogotrade.com/Default.aspx
good luck my fd.
June 11th, 2009 at 1:26 pm
harap yang tak faham hukum tu, jangan nak memandai bagi hukum dan buat kesimpulan tentang forex di sini.