Forex Trading Tutorial for Beginners.
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What is traded in Forex market? The answer is simple: currencies of various countries. All participants of the market buy one currency and pay another one for it. Each Forex trade is performed by different financial instruments, like currencies, metals, etc. Foreign Exchange market is boundless, with the daily turnover reaching trillions of dollars; transactions are made via Internet within seconds.
What is traded in Forex market? The answer is simple: currencies of various countries. All participants of the market buy one currency and pay another one for it. Each Forex trade is performed by different financial instruments, like currencies, metals, etc. Foreign Exchange market is boundless, with the daily turnover reaching trillions of dollars; transactions are made via Internet within seconds.
Major currencies are quoted against the U. S. dollar (USD). The first currency of the pair is called base currency and the second one - quoted. Currency pairs that do not include USD are called cross-rates.
Forex Market opens wide opportunities for newcomers to learn, communicate, and improve trading skills via the Internet.
This Forex tutorial is intended for providing thorough information about Forex trading and making it easy for the beginners to get involved.
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Trading Forex.
Any activity in the financial market, such as trading Forex or analyzing the market requires knowledge and strong base. Anyone who leaves this in the hands of luck or chance, ends up with nothing, because trading online is not about luck, but it is about predicting the market and making right decisions at exact moments. Experienced traders use various methods to make predictions, such as technical indicators and other useful tools.
Any activity in the financial market, such as trading Forex or analyzing the market requires knowledge and strong base. Anyone who leaves this in the hands of luck or chance, ends up with nothing, because trading online is not about luck, but it is about predicting the market and making right decisions at exact moments. Experienced traders use various methods to make predictions, such as technical indicators and other useful tools.
Nevertheless, it is quite difficult for a beginner, because there is a lack of practice. That is why we bring to their attention various materials about the market, trading Forex , technical indicators and so on so as they are able to use them in their future activities.
One of such books is “Make Forex trading simple” which is designed especially for those who have no understanding what the market is about and how to use it for speculations. Here they can find out who are the market participants, when and where everything takes place, check out the main trading instruments and see some trading example for visual memory. Additionally, it includes a section about technical and fundamental analysis, which is an essential trading part and is definitely needed for a good trading strategy.
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This Forex trading quick guide is based on our original Forex trading courses and has been designed for beginners. Consistent and intuitive course navigation makes it easy for you to move through the lessons. We gradually move from simple to complex and discuss the practical aspects of trading. This structured way of learning foreign exchange helps you save your time and avoid getting confused with the large number of articles and books about Forex. The guide provides all the essential information you need to trade on Forex market. We explain complicated ideas in simple terms and give lot of examples to make learning Forex more efficient.
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Forex Trading: A Beginner's Guide.
Forex is short for foreign exchange, but the actual asset class we are referring to is currencies. Foreign exchange is the act of changing one country's currency into another country's currency for a variety of reasons, usually for tourism or commerce. Due to the fact that business is global, there is a need to transact with other countries in their own particular currency.
After the accord at Bretton Woods in 1971, when currencies were allowed to float freely against one another, the values of individual currencies have varied, which has given rise to the need for foreign exchange services. This service has been taken up by commercial and investment banks on behalf of their clients, but it has simultaneously provided a speculative environment for trading one currency against another using the internet. (If you want to start trading forex, check out Forex Basics: Setting Up an Account. )
Forex as a Hedge.
Commercial enterprises doing business in foreign countries are at risk due to fluctuation in the currency value when they have to buy goods or services from or sell goods or services to another country. Hence, the foreign exchange markets provide a way to hedge the risk by fixing a rate at which the transaction will be concluded at some time in the future. To accomplish this, a trader can buy or sell currencies in the forward or swap markets, at which time the bank will lock in a rate so that the trader knows exactly what the exchange rate will be and thus mitigate his or her company's risk. To some extent, the futures market can also offer a means to hedge currency risk, depending on the size of the trade and the actual currency involved. The futures market is conducted in a centralized exchange and is less liquid than the forward markets, which are decentralized and exist within the interbank system throughout the world.
[ Traditional puts and calls are the most common options and hedging tools available to retail forex traders. Learn more about options, and how they apply to stocks, through taking Investopedia Academy's Options for Beginners course. ]
Forex as a Speculation.
Since there is constant fluctuation between the currency values of the various countries due to varying supply and demand factors, such as interest rates, trade flows, tourism, economic strength, geopolitical risk and so on, an opportunity exists to bet against these changing values by buying or selling one currency against another in the hopes that the currency you buy will gain in strength or that the currency you sell will weaken against its counterpart. (For addition reading, see Top 7 Questions About Currency Trading Answered .)
Currency as an Asset Class.
There are two distinct features to this class:
You can earn the interest rate differential between two currencies. You can gain value in the exchange rate.
Why We Can Trade Currencies.
Until the advent of the internet, currency trading was really limited to interbank activity on behalf of their clients. Gradually, the banks themselves set up proprietary desks to trade for their own accounts, and this was followed by large multinational corporations, hedge funds and high net worth individuals.
With the proliferation of the internet, a retail market aimed at individual traders has sprung up that provides easy access to the foreign exchange markets, either through the banks themselves or brokers making a secondary market. (For more on the basics of forex, check out 8 Basic Forex Market Concepts .)
Forex Risk.
Confusion exists about the risks involved in trading currencies. Much has been said about the interbank market being unregulated and therefore very risky due to a lack of oversight. This perception is not entirely true, though. A better approach to the discussion of risk would be to understand the differences between a decentralized market versus a centralized market and then determine where regulation would be appropriate.
The interbank market is made up of many banks trading with each other around the world. The banks themselves have to determine and accept sovereign risk and credit risk, and for this they have many internal auditing processes to keep them as safe as possible. The regulations are industry imposed for the sake and protection of each participating bank.
Since the market is made by each of the participating banks providing offers and bids for a particular currency, the market pricing mechanism is arrived at through supply and demand. Due to the huge flows within the system, it is almost impossible for any one rogue trader to influence the price of a currency. Indeed, in today's high-volume market, with between $2 trillion and $3 trillion being traded per day, even the central banks cannot move the market for any length of time without the full coordination and cooperation of other central banks. (For more on the interbank system, read The Foreign Exchange Interbank Market. )
Attempts are being made to create an Electronic Communication Network (ECN) to bring buyers and sellers into a centralized exchange so that pricing can be more transparent. This is a positive move for retail traders who will gain a benefit by seeing more competitive pricing and centralized liquidity. Banks of course do not have this issue and can, therefore, remain decentralized. Traders with direct access to the forex banks are also less exposed than those retail traders who deal with relatively small and unregulated forex brokers, which can and sometimes do re-quote prices and even trade against their own customers. It seems that the discussion of regulation has arisen because of the need to protect the unsophisticated retail trader who has been led to believe that trading forex is a surefire profit-making scheme. (See also: Why It's Important to Regulate Foreign Exchange .)
For the serious and somewhat educated retail trader, there is now the opportunity to open accounts at many of the major banks or the larger, more liquid brokers. As with any financial investment, it pays to remember the caveat emptor rule – "buyer beware!" (For more on the ECN and other exchanges, check out Getting to Know the Stock Exchanges .)
Pros and Cons of Trading Forex.
If you intend to trade currencies, in addition to the previous comments regarding broker risk, the pros and cons of trading forex are laid out as follows:
1. The forex markets are the largest in terms of volume traded in the world and therefore offer the most liquidity, thus making it easy to enter and exit a position in any of the major currencies within a fraction of a second.
2. As a result of the liquidity and ease with which a trader can enter or exit a trade, banks and/or brokers offer large leverage, which means that a trader can control quite large positions with relatively little money of their own. Leverage in the range of 100:1 is not uncommon. Of course, a trader must understand the use of leverage and the risks that leverage can impose on an account. Leverage has to be used judiciously and cautiously if it is to provide any benefits. A lack of understanding or wisdom in this regard can easily wipe out a trader's account. (For more on leverage, check out Forex Leverage: A Double-Edged Sword .)
3. Another advantage of the forex markets is the fact that they trade 24 hours around the clock, starting each day in Australia and ending in New York. The major centers are Sydney, Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo, Frankfurt, Paris, London and New York.
4. Trading currencies is a "macroeconomic" endeavor. A currency trader needs to have a big-picture understanding of the economies of the various countries and their inter-connectedness in order to grasp the fundamentals that drive currency values. For some, it is easier to focus on economic activity to make trading decisions than to understand the nuances and often closed environments that exist in the stock and futures markets where microeconomic activities need to be understood. Questions about a company's management skills, financial strengths, market opportunities and industry-specific knowledge are not necessary in forex trading. (Take a look at Economic Factors That Affect the Forex Market to learn more.)
[ One of the underlying tenets of technical analysis is that historical price action predicts future price action. Since the forex market is a 24-hour market, there tends to be a large amount of data that can be used to gauge future price movements. This makes it the perfect market for traders that use technical tools. If you want to learn more about technical analysis from one of the world's most widely followed technical analysts, check out Investopedia Academy's technical analysis course. ]
Two Ways to Approach the Forex Markets.
For most investors or traders with stock market experience, there has to be a shift in attitude to transition into or to add currencies as a further opportunity for diversification.
1. Currency trading has been promoted as an "active trader's" opportunity. This suits the brokers because it means they earn more spread when the trader is more active.
2. Currency trading is also promoted as leveraged trading, and therefore, it is easier for a trader to open an account with a small amount of money than is necessary for stock market trading.
Besides trading for a profit or yield, currency trading can be used to hedge a stock portfolio. If, for example, one builds a stock portfolio in a country where there is potential for the stock to increase value but there is downside risk in terms of the currency, for example in the U. S. in recent history, then a trader could own the stock portfolio and sell short the dollar against the Swiss franc or euro. In this way, the portfolio value will increase, and the negative effect of the declining dollar will be offset. This is true for those investors outside the U. S. who will eventually repatriate profits back to their own currencies. (For a better understanding of risk, read Understanding Forex Risk Management. )
With this profile in mind, opening a forex account and day trading or swing trading is most common. Traders can attempt to make extra cash utilizing the methods and approaches elucidated in many of the articles found elsewhere on this site and at brokers' or banks' websites.
A second approach to trading currencies is to understand the fundamentals and the longer-term benefits, when a currency is trending in a specific direction and is offering a positive interest differential that provides a return on the investment plus an appreciation in currency value. This type of trade is known as a "carry trade." For example, a trader can buy the Australian dollar against the Japanese yen. Upon the original publication of this article, the Japanese interest rate is .05% and the Australian interest rate last reported is 4.75%, so a trader can earn 4% on this trade. (For more, read The Fundamentals of Forex Fundamentals .)
However, such a positive interest needs to be seen in the context of the actual exchange rate of the AUD/JPY before an interest decision can be made. If the Australian dollar is strengthening against the yen, then it is appropriate to buy the AUD/JPY and to hold it in order to gain in both the currency appreciation and the interest yield.
Bottom Line.
For most traders, especially those with limited funds, day trading or swing trading for a few days at a time can be a good way to play the forex markets. For those with longer-term horizons and larger fund pools, a carry trade can be an appropriate alternative.
In both cases, traders must know how to use charts for timing their trades, since good timing is the essence of profitable trading. And in both cases, as in all other trading activities, the trader must know his or her own personality traits well enough so that he or she does not violate good trading habits with bad and impulsive behavior patterns. Let logic and good common sense prevail. Remember the old French proverb, "Fortune favors the well prepared mind!" (To determine what type of trading is best for you, see What Type of Forex Trader Are You? )