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FOREX: Introduction to the Foreign Exchange Market
Are you researching the topic of Forex and the foreign
exchange market for education? Or are you a trader who is
looking for other markets to play around with? Well hopefully,
we will give you an introduction to the Forex markets that will
accommodate both your needs and inform you of the basic concepts
and issues that intertwine with the world's currency exchange
market. Foreign exchange markets are always in a constant state
of flux, and for the budding forex trader, it can be a rather
daunting place to invest and trade your money, or for the
student it is a rather confusing topic to master. We introduce
you into the world of the foreign exchange market.
The Australian foreign exchange market alone turns over
some $US81 billion daily. And that figure only represents a
fraction of the worldwide forex market. The foreign exchange
rate can be defined as the agreed price of one currency
expressed in terms of another currency. For example, the EURO
and USD (EUR/USD) currency pair can be quoted as "1.2204". This
would mean one EURO can be exchanged for $1.2204 US dollars. On
the other hand, the (mathematical) inverse relationship is that
one US dollar would fetch 0.8194 EURO. As you can see dealing
with the foreign exchange market can get confusing pretty
quickly if not for some simple high school arithmetic: some
fractions and ratios.
Most currencies that trade in the worldwide foreign exchange
market are floated with the exception of some that have a fixed
currency value. Mid 2005 had the Yuan supposedly floated but the
value of the Ren Min Bi (RMB - the other name Chinese currency
is given besides Yuan) is still strictly controlled by the
Chinese government. Trading the foreign exchange market involves
taking advantage of the floating values of currencies worldwide.
The currency floating system is where exchange rates are allowed
to change in price in response to the primary market forces of
supply and demand. There are many things that influence supply
and demand and the value of currencies - too many to describe
here - but a lot of the indicators are tied to the health of the
country's economy.
As these floating currencies fluctuate in the foreign exchange
market fluctuate and change, traders take advantage of the price
differences across the currencies and buy and sell into and out
of trades to make a profit. Again, with the EUR/USD currency
pair: if the value of this figure goes up it can be said that
the EURO has gone up in value against the USD. On the other hand
if the value falls, it can be conversely said that the USD has
grown in strength while the EURO was weaker.
This brings us to the end of our short introduction to the
foreign exchange markets. You may have picked up a few things
(or not) about trading forex. We have covered the basic concepts
of how the foreign exchange rates work, we've touched on why the
value goes up and down and about the floating exchange system.
We talk about the intricacies about forex trading and more
detail into the technicalities of trading the markets at our
website.
This article "FOREX:
Introduction to the Foreign Exchange Market" can be found in
our Foreign Exchange (FX) Markets category.
About the author:
George Polizogopoulos is a staff writer for MyShareTrading.com, an information hub for traders: forex, shares, derivatives,
CFD's. MyShareTrading.com also provides free blogs for traders
who wish to share their market experiences.
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