Forex is an abbreviation of Foreign Currency Exchange. People call it fx or 4x as well. Forex market is all about selling and buying of currencies worldwide. It is getting more and more attention globally with the trading volume of about $70 billion when it is first established up to a whopping $4 trillion today. Let us have a look into more about forex trade.
Forex currency market is setup when the fixed currency exchanges are abolished in early 1970’s. Since then the trading volume is getting higher and higher every year together with the invention of more advance technology. The trading volume grows exponentially when the introduction of Internet hits global level with more and more retail forex brokers open for forex traders to trade forex market.
The trading of forex happens globally hence there is no centralized location to keep track of all the trading volumes at one particular place. The major trading centers are located at Tokyo, Sydney, Hong Kong, Frankfurt, London and New York. Therefore when you look at the forex market hours you will see mainly those few locations opening and closing hours provided by most of the sites.
Forex is traded in pairs where the strengthening and weakening of the currency is affected by the employment change, home sales, retail sales, interest rates and other important financial attributes. It used to be only the people with certain huge amount of money that can participate in forex trading. The rule changed and we can a lot of forex traders trading to make a fortune out of forex market.
What are currency pairs available for trading? The most liquid currency pairs that most forex traders trade are the currency with US Dollar as base or quote currency. For instance, USDJPY – the US Dollar against the Japanese Yen and EURUSD – the Euro against the US Dollar. EURUSD is currently the most traded pairs internationally with the smallest spread among all other currency pairs. The spread being the difference between the bid and ask price. Forex brokers earn from the spread instead of commission.
There are more to learn about forex trade as there are many terms use in the world of forex market. It is the right time for you to explore the forex market with endless opportunities to get involve in this huge financial market. You can share a piece of the pie if you really know how to trade currency pairs according to the factors that affect the market.
