Wednesday, October 3, 2007

Forex market advantages

There are many benefits and advantages to trading Forex. Here are just a few reasons why so many people are choosing this market as a profitable business opportunity:

1. Powerful forex leverage

In Forex trading, a small margin deposit can control a much larger total contract value. Leverage gives the trader the ability to make extraordinary profits and at the same time keep risk capital to a minimum.

2. Liquidity

Because the Forex Market is so large, it is also extremely liquid. This means that with a click of a mouse you can instantaneously buy and sell at will. You are never 'stuck' in a trade. You can even set the online trading platform to automatically close your position at your desired profit level (limit order), and/or close a trade if a trade is going against you (stop order).

3. Forex trading online is instant.

The FX market is fast. Orders are executed, filled and confirmed usually within 1-2 seconds. Since this is all done electronically with no humans involved, there is little to slow it down!

4. Zero forex commissions

Because you access the market directly through electronic online forex trading you pay zero commissions or exchange fees.

5. Limited risk

Your risk is strictly limited. You can never lose more than you have in your forex account. This means you can never have a negative equity balance. You can also define and limit your risk with stop-loss orders, which are guaranteed by stocks on all forex orders up to $1 million in size.

6. Guaranteed prices and Instantaneous Fills

You get instantaneous execution and total price certainty on all orders up to $1 million in size. This allows you to trade forex with confidence off real-time, two-way quotes. And this price guarantee applies to stop-loss and limit orders as well.

7. 24-hour market

Forex is a 24-hour-a-day market that literally follows the sun around the world, from the U.S. to Australia and New Zealand to Hong Kong, the Far East, Europe and then back again to the U.S. The huge number and diversity of forex investors involved make it difficult even for governments to control the direction of the forex market. The unmatched liquidity, and around-the-clock global activity make forex the ideal market to trade.

8. Free 'demo' accounts, news, charts and analysis

Most Online Forex firms offer free 'Demo' accounts to practice trading, along with breaking Forex news and charting services. These are very valuable resources for traders who would like to hone their trading skills with 'virtual' money before opening a live trading account.

9. 'Mini' trading

One might think that getting started as a currency trader would cost a lot of money. The fact is, it doesn't. Some Forex firms now offer 'mini' trading accounts with a minimum account deposit of only $200 with no commission trading. This makes Forex much more accessible to the average individual, without large, start-up capital.

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