The World And The Forex Market
It is possible to day trade currencies along with trading stocks. In case you have ever wondered how the foreign exchange market, or Forex, works, here is an overview of some of the markets basic features:
First and foremost there are the foreign exchange rates, which is the proportional value of two currencies. To be more specific, it’s the required quantity of one particular currency to sell or buy a unit of another currency. There are two methods used to express a foreign exchange rate. The most common method would express the amount of foreign currency that is needed to buy one U.S. dollar. For instance, if a foreign exchange quote expressed as USD/CND at 1.4300, this means that one U.S. dollar can be exchanged for 1.43 Canadian dollars, and vise versa. The second method is when the foreign exchange rate is expressed under the terms that the USD amount can be exchanged for one unit of a foreign currency. For instance, if a quote of CND/USD at 0.6700 means that one Canadian dollar can be exchanged for the same 0.6700 USD. When the USD is not used to convey an exchange rate, then the “cross rate” term is used to convey the proportional values between the two currencies. For instance, if the quote is DEM/SFR at .7000, this means that on German Mark can be exchanged for only .7 Swiss Francs.
Basis points are normally when the foreign exchange rate is expressed by a whole number followed by four decimal points. For example, 0.0001 is called a basis point. Therefore, if an exchange rate rises from 1.4550 to 1.4590, then the currency is said to have changed by 40 basis points.
The Forex market is used to invest in other countries or even to buy foreign products. Sometimes individuals or firms who wish to buy foreign currencies or products, may need to get hold of some of the currency, beforehand, from the country in which they wish to do business with. Also, the exporters may require payment for services or goods in their own currency, or in USD, which is accepted throughout the world.
In the Forex market, a majority of selling and buying of foreign currencies throughout the world is taken place, mostly by the large commercial banks, who are the major traders in the Forex market. With five major institutions based throughout the world in New York, London, Frankfurt, Zurich and Tokyo, the Forex market is considered the largest financial market in the world by far, with the multitude of trading volumes exceeding 1.5 trillion USD on most days.
The foreign exchange spreads are when the exchange rates in the Forex market are cited as a two-tier “bid” or “ask” rate. For instance, when a USD and a DEM is cited as 1.6000/15, the Forex trader who cites this exchange rate is agreeing to buy the DEM’s at 1.6000 and sell them at 1.6015. The “spread” is the actual difference between cites of purchase and cites of sale and also illustrates the profit expected from the transaction for the Forex trader. The “spread” may vary comprehensively on any specific currency; all depending on the currency’s strength or weakness, and even it’s past history or prospective volatility.
Forex traders who consist primarily of world wide network interbank traders are connected together by computers and telephone lines and are constantly negotiating prices among one another. These artful negotiations normally ensue in a market bid, or asking price, for a specific currency that is then introduced continuously into computers to be displayed on official quote screens. When the Forex exchange rates are quoted between banks, this is called “Interbank Rates.”
Many individuals may not be able to get hold of some foreign currencies at Forex rates unless they become licensed traders through Forex. Instead, those individuals may be able to come across foreign currency through a commercial bank, which may charge the individuals with either a commission or a higher spread than those reigning in the Forex market. Sometimes these commercial banks will even charge individuals both commission and higher spread as to enable the bank to make a reasonable profit from the transaction.
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Here some answer the question about forex exchange
If you want to hold foreign currency, is it best go to money exchange shop or Forex?
Say I'm Japanese, and I think US Dollar would be a good investment, and I want to hold the currency for 3 years, so should I go to local money exhanges booth, i.e. buy $10,000 or buy USD/JPY $10,000 in Forex?
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July 20th, 2009 at 10:50 am
If a world currency is introduced, the Forex market will close! Why?
In a market, any market for that matter, one item is exchanged for another item. In a FOREX market, one currency is exchanged for another currency. So, since we only have one currency i.e One World currency, it can only be exchanged with goods or service because there is no other currency!
Haneef Yusoff
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July 20th, 2009 at 11:12 am
July 21st, 2009 at 10:51 pm
July 21st, 2009 at 11:47 pm
http://www.fxcm.com is a pretty good company for you to start.
They have a good background.
Good luck.
July 22nd, 2009 at 8:39 pm
Tariq;
I don't know how we can help, but I suggest that you try to contact US and UK news agencies with this information.. it does sound like something that should get a good deal of attention. The financial markets are all inked together, and what happens in one, has an effect on all.
I wish you well, brother. Peace to us all soon.
July 23rd, 2009 at 12:30 am
July 23rd, 2009 at 6:24 am
1st off don't listen to some degenerate who say don't do this and that then in the next sentence say I don't know much about it. people like that need to keep there yap shut. Forex is buy and selling currency pairs at the same time. You can get started for about $300. Not the thousands some other idiot here talked about. But before you do that open a demo account and practice. Buy a book or 2 and read all you can then apply what you learned. Give it a few months and see if your ready.
Crawl, Walk, Run. Sen Clay Davis – The Wire.
July 23rd, 2009 at 9:49 am
Nope.