The foreign exchange market also known as FX or Forex trading,is also the most fast paced,dynamic markets in the world.
Traditionally,huge global financial institutions central banks,hedge funds,and the super rich dominated the Forex trading market. All of this changed with the arrival of internet .Now there are no barriers preventing any one from Forex trading.it is completely accessible to most investors and you can buy and sell international currencies at the click of a mouse from your own home.
The Forex market is open for 24 hours a day,five days a week and operates across nearly every time zone,which makes for an active market in a continual state of flux with prices changing all time.comparing this market to the stock market is one way to grasp the sheer scale of it;the average trade value of the global stock market is around 2000$ billion per day while Forex trading surpasses $4.9 trillion daily.
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