An exciting thing to note of late is that while the economy has been shrinking faster that a German zeppelin during the first world war, there are other markets who seem to not only be not affected by the penny drops in the world market, but also they seem to have grown of late. One of them is the Forex market, and in whatever offline or currency online trading form that they might show themselves in, there is no denying that the market has...more
To many, the internet is a godsend, and in some respects, it has made making money a lot more easier and this is down to the fact that many commodity markets and trade zones have plugged into the digital information highway. With this, more casual and part time investors were born, it basically carved out a market due to its ease of access and has increased the viability of many commodities that seemed to be only the arena of the experienced...more
And enter the biggest online currency converter there is; the Forex market. Doing business with the paper trade is always a good idea, especially in these bearish of times when traditional stocks and other commodities you would usually have economic faith in start to tumble and fall. More and more investors have been turning to the Forex market in these times because its major characteristics make it a favourable option in these troubled times and this article will discuss a little more about it. Firstly, the Forex market is entirely liquid, which means that you will not have to go through a whole host of administrative procedures just to see your decisions turn to actions on the market. This can be dangerous in market situations when you know that an advent of a negative situations and you need to pull out quick. The Forex market allows you to do this with just a quick call to your broker or with just a few clicks of your mouse using your platform to invest in the market. Being liquid also means that you have less barriers to entry and there are lost costs and less taxation incurred when you talk about the money you need to fork out to get into the market. Margins are very...more
The financial world has seen some new developments of late, and the good news is, it has kept up and partnered with technology to evolve as a simple platform where money can be made to a dynamic one that can exist in more than just one economic sphere. The internet itself is a massive economic sphere, I would say bigger than anything in the world...more
The online market is something everyone should get familiar with, even if it is just based on casual information. Its presence is undeniable and its purpose tenacious. It is a by product of the neo-liberal economic system simply delivering to the consumers a platform of fair game, ruled by financial and sometimes external factors, where money can...more
Of course, the simple explanation about online futures trading is the same as the offline version, which would be that an investor enters into a transaction and agrees to either buy or sell the commodity at a later date, no matter the price change. Of course, when you do this, you would most of the time be expecting that the price of the commodity increase, so that you gain the obvious profit - but there is a lot more to futures trading that you should know about. For example, thrust the sell and buy orders, which are taken from a multitude of investors and sources would normally into the trading floor where all transactions would be then executed. One of the major uses of the futures market is of course the transfer and relocation of risk in a transaction, as well as increasing the liquidity factor among traders and market makers. It is one of the methods that traders use to either take away or minimise risk to levels in a market ruled by fluctuations in the price.Usually, when talking about the futures market, there are two main people that we can discuss here; which is the hedgers and the speculators. The hedgers use this method to protect themselves against any drastic change...more
Day trading is not something that should be considered lightly, and it is an option that should be the choice of only the most seasoned of investors. You should be reading this article only if you have been investing for a while and want to go into...more
Trading is now commonplace, an almost everyone I know who has some residual or spare income has placed their money in markets like stocks and bonds or even the Forex exchange market. This practice has been perpetuated by the banks really, who have...more
In the world of Forex trading, there are a special few (thousand) that have been playing with the day trade option for a long time. Their basic strategy is to minimise risk of the long view, liquidate resources and options before the market closes on...more
This article will discuss a little bit on the emerging phenomenon of the online stock trading game. Strictly speaking, the commodity trading market is actually on of the harder markers to forecast and this is because of the immense amount of...more
The foreign exchange market is one of the largest markets in existence today, with a turnover of more than 5 trillion dollars in a single investing day, which is remarkable considering it only deals in a single commodity and has no physical location...more
When considering to join the paper trade, you are about to embark on a journey of some tough learning, especially when you do not have any prior experience on the Forex market and have only been dealing with some minimal stocks and bonds trading....more