In many ways forex is the king of modern markets, dwarfing all others with its unrivalled daily turnover and liquidity. Forex trades 24 hours per day, five days a week and is one of the most vibrant and potentially lucrative markets available to traders. At LCG we offer over 60 forex pairs with razor thin spreads and lightning fast execution. Traders are people who work on the Forex market, trying to ascertain whether the price of a certain currency will increase or decrease and making a trade for the purchase or sale of that currency. As such, in buying a currency cheaper and selling it for more, traders earn money and increase their capital on the Forex market. Traders make their decisions based on the analysis of all factors that can affect prices, allowing them to work out precisely in which direction the prices are moving and plan their trades accordingly. Profit can be made by trading Forex on a fall in the price of a particular currency as well as a rise. Furthermore, traders can execute orders of any size on the Forex market anywhere in the world, from London to Timbuktu.
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Unlike domestic stock markets around the world that operate for only a few specified hours each day, Forex Currency Trading is open 24 hours a day. Since every country trades on the Forex market, it's always business hours in some part of the world and so it's open all day. The volume of trade on the Forex market is roughly a whopping $1.2 Trillion.
Over the counter trade is a direct trading method between two parties, by agreeing to a bilateral trading contract. Both parties agree to some kind of rules before the trade commences. The most common assets of this type of trade are commodities, derivatives and stocks. OTCBB and pink sheets securities are responsible for this type of trade in the United States of America.
While the forex market is clearly a great market to trade, I would note to all beginners that trading carries both the potential for reward and risk. Many people come into the markets thinking only about the reward and ignoring the risks involved, this is the fastest way to lose all of your trading account money. If you want to get started trading the Fx market on the right track, it's critical that you are aware of and accept the fact that you could lose on any given trade you take.
