Posts Tagged ‘Leverage’

Why forex brokers offer Leverage

Friday, March 5th, 2010

Forex brokers earn from the spread, the difference between the buying and the selling price of a currency pair at one moment. They are happy to offer leverage because the higher the volume of a trade is the valuable are the pips in the spread.

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When and how to start trading?

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

Before you start trading the forex market, there are a couple of questions that need to be answered. How to chose a boker? Should I use a demo account? What do I need to know before I make my first trade? Let’s talk about this things.

1. Choosing a broker

This is a personal decision for every trader. Some forex brokers offer different options and different benefits that can be very attractive for some traders while at the same time other traders may consider them useless. It is very important that you compare and analyze carefully every forex brokers options and to chose the one that you feel comfortable with. 

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What is Forex?

Saturday, February 20th, 2010
Forex or FX is the acronym for foreign exchange. Different countries have different currencies. For example, we have in Europe the euro, in the United States the American Dollar. A forex trade or transaction would be a simultaneous buying of the euro and selling the US dollar. This trade is also called going long on the euro versus the dollar. But this transaction dosen’t physically take place until the end of it (when you cash in the profits / accept the losses or you lose all your investment).

How dose it work?

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