The Forex trading market is a 24by7 currency trading market where the currencies of nations are purchased and sold or simply we can say trading of foreign currency takes place via Forex brokers. FOREX follows the sun around the world and is active 24 hours a day, six days a week.
Foreign Exchange Market, or Forex, is an international exchange market provides large platform to effectively exchange different currencies from around the world. A trader has the ability of trading foreign currency in order to create profit from small movements in the value of one currency over another. The Forex is open from Monday at 0:00 GMT until Friday at 10:00 GMT.
Foreign Exchange Trading is simply the purchase and sales of currency based on the strength of the currency and the fluctuation in the value of that currency. For example, if one were to invest $1,000 against the British pound at 1.49989 with a 1% margin and anticipate the exchange rate to climb. If that occurs and you close the exchange rate at 1.5050 you would earn roughly $400. Forex is giving you a 40% return on your investment.
Forex offers the possibility of huge profits in relatively short periods of time. The stock exchange is very different in that positions are generally maintained over a longer period of time. Although there are day traders, Forex traders have much shorter hold times on positions. Similar to the stock market marginal.