Forex Appendix – Forex Definitions: For the purposes of this document, and for an understanding of general industry terms, we have put together a list of terminology definitions: Brokerage = legal entity allowed to open customer accounts and collect customer money. Broker = an employee of the brokerage that is working with a customer. Introducing […]
Forex trading is based on leverage, as this is the only way a retail trader can access the interbank market. In other words, for every dollar in a trading account, the trader can move a bigger amount. Forex brokerages offer various levels of leverage to their retail clients, starting from 50:1 and going all […]
Spread-betting is a way to speculate on the movement of a financial product, like a currency pair, a stock or an index. All this, without owning the product, but simply making a “bet” on the direction the product will move. Recently, because of the increase competition between brokerage houses, Forex brokers introduced various other […]
Bitcoin is digital money or the cash for Internet and people are often referring to it as a cryptocurrency. Whatever Bitcoin is/is not, it is increasing in popularity and, more importantly, in value. These days Bitcoin is trading above $7000 on the dollar and, if anything, we should all look at what bitcoin is […]
Forex trading is speculating on the moves currency pairs are making with the purpose of making a profit. Mastering the art of speculation is every trader’s dream. To be successful when trading forex means to consider multiple factors: fundamental and technical analysis, macro and micro picture, human nature, psychology, and much more. All these […]
The forex market consists of spot, futures and options market. The spot market is the interbank market, or the over the counter (OTC). Spot trading and futures trading look like being similar, but there is a small difference, depending on the brokerage house type. Nevertheless, they are associated as being the same because the way […]
