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What is

FX trading

Forex (FX) trading, also known as foreign exchange trading, is the process of buying and selling currencies on a global market

  • Currency Pairs: Trading involves pairs like EUR/USD.
  • Global Market: Operates 24/5 with high liquidity.
  • Speculation: Buy/sell based on currency value predictions.
  • Risky with Leverage: Potential for big gains or losses.
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How Does Forex Trading

Operate

Forex trading involves buying one currency and selling another, predicting price movements.

  • Trading Pairs: Buy and sell currencies simultaneously, e.g., EUR/USD.
  • 24/5 Access: Trade globally via broker platforms.
  • Leverage & Spreads: Leverage boosts position size; spreads impact costs.
  • Informed Trading: Analyze market factors to manage risk.
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Forex Trading

Advantages

  • Leverage: Control larger positions with minimal capital through margin.
  • High Liquidity: Tight spreads keep trading costs low.
  • News Sensitivity: Prices react quickly to news, allowing fast trades but with risks.
  • 24/5 Market: Trade any time from Sunday night to Friday night.
  • Bidirectional Trading: Profit from both rising and falling markets.
  • Market Variety: Access to 330+ currency pairs, including major, minor, and exotic.
  • Trend Predictability: Trends can be predictable, aiding strategic trading.
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Beginner

Introduction to Forex

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Introduction to financial markets

4.5-minute read Introduction to financial markets Welcome to the FOREX.com Trading Academy. Let’s get started at the very beginning – what financial markets are, and a few key concepts you need to know. What are financial markets? Asset classes What affects the markets? Who trades financial markets? Bulls vs. bears What is volatility? What is liquidity? What are financial markets? Financial markets are how people and companies buy and sell assets: currencies, commodities, stocks, indices, cryptos, and more. People have traded financial markets for hundreds of years. They grew out of a practical need: to help people buy and sell things more ...

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What is forex?

4-minute read What is forex? The foreign exchange market – also known as forex or FX – is the world’s most traded market. According to the Bank for International Settlements, global forex trading in 2022 averaged over $7.5 trillion each day. To put that into context, trading on the stock market averages around $553 billion each day. Which might seem like a lot, but it is just 8% of the total volume seen in FX. What is forex trading? How forex trading works Who trades currencies? How forex is traded Why trade forex? Is forex trading right for me? What ...

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Trading forex

7.5-minute read Trading forex Going long on forex Shorting forex What is a pip? Forex and leverage Currency pairs What moves forex markets? Making your first forex trade When you trade forex, you’re buying or selling a currency pair – such as EUR/USD, GBP/USD or USD/JPY. Let’s take a closer look at the anatomy of forex pairs. The first currency in a pair is known as the base currency. The second is known as the quote currency (or the counter currency). The rate at which the pair is trading tells you how much of the quote you’ll need to buy a single unit of the base. Say, for example, ...

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Trading commodities

3.5-minute read Trading commodities Commodities are essential to the global economy – and humankind overall. At FOREX.com, we offer trading in various commodities, including the two biggest ones on the market: gold and silver. In the next lesson, we’ll cover how trading them works in more detail. Let’s take a closer look at how companies and traders buy and sell energies, agricultural products, precious metals, and more. What are commodities? Soft vs hard commodities Commodity categories Who trades commodities? What are commodities? Commodities are natural products that are consumed or used by people, animals, or industry: such as oil, sugar, gold, ...

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Trading indices

3-minute read Trading indices Trading an index can involve taking a position on hundreds of stocks at once. In this lesson, we cover how indices work – and the ways you can start buying and selling them. How do stock indices work? Market capitalization vs price-weighted indices Indices checklist What moves an index? How can you trade an index? How do stock indices work? An index is made up of numerous shares. And it is the performance of these shares that determines the value of an index. However, there’s a little more to it than that. Different indices are run ...

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Trading stocks

3.5-minute read Trading stocks In this lesson, we’ll take a look at how global stock exchanges facilitate billions of dollars’ worth of stock trades each day – and how you can take part in the equities markets. Where are stocks traded? What are stockbrokers? How do companies list on stock exchanges? Ticker symbols Market caps What affects the price of a stock? Where are stocks traded? Stocks are traded on stock exchanges during market hours: markets that are built specifically to handle the buying and selling of equities. Almost every country on the planet has a stock exchange for public companies, ...

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Trading metals: gold and silver

3.5-minute read Trading metals: gold and silver Trading oil, gold or silver doesn’t require unloading and offloading huge amounts of physical assets. Let’s look at how futures and options exchanges enable commodity trading on a global scale. How are metals traded? What drives the prices of gold and silver? How are metals traded? There are three main ways to trade metals: on the spot market, via futures and options, or as a forex pair. When commodity consumers want to purchase goods for immediate delivery, they’ll take to the spot market. Here, the buyer can expect delivery of their chosen assets ...

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What are bearish and bullish markets?

2-minute read What are bearish and bullish markets? Simply put, a bear market is one in which prices are heading down and a bull market is used to describe conditions in which prices are rising. What happens in a bull market? What happens in a bear market? What happens in a bull market? When the bulls reign in the market, people are looking to invest money; confidence is high and the acceptance of risk generally goes up. This leads to rises in various markets – particularly in stock markets, but also in FX currencies such as the Australian dollar (AUD), ...

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How to trade in Forex

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How to trade CFDs

6.5-minute read How to trade CFDs Interested in CFD trading? Follow this step-by-step guide and get started today. Learn what contracts for difference (CFDs) are, how to trade them, and more. How to place a CFD trade CFD trading steps CFD trading explained Opening an account Choosing a CFD market Decide to buy contracts (go long) or sell (go short) Select how many CFDs to trade Add stop and limit orders Monitor your CFD trade Closing your trade CFD example FAQs How to place a CFD trade To place a CFD trade, you first need to understand how contracts for ...

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Buying and selling explained

1.5-minute read Buying and selling explained Buying and selling is trading at its most fundamental. It determines your profit, and the price of an asset at any given time. As we covered in the Introduction to financial markets course, the number of buyers (or bulls) versus the number of sellers (or bears) in a market at a given time will directly impact its price. If lots of people are trying to sell an asset, then supply will outstrip demand, and its price will fall. If most traders are trying to buy, on the other hand, demand exceeds supply, and its price ...

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Short selling guide

3.5-minute read Short selling guide Traditionally, investors could only profit from markets that went up in value – but that is no longer the case. What is short selling? Short selling stocks Short selling with derivatives Hedging with a short trade Risks of shorting What is short selling? Short selling is opening a trade that earns a profit when your market falls in price. Most people think of trading as ‘buying low and selling high’. While that’s a great way to earn profit, it isn’t the only one. It’s also perfectly possible to ‘sell high and buy low’. To open ...

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Introduction to leverage in trading

3.5-minute read Introduction to leverage in trading One of the main features of forex trading is the ability to utilize leverage. But before you get started, it’s important to learn exactly how leverage and margin work, and to understand that increased leverage increases risk. What is leverage? What is margin? Leverage costs: overnight financing What is leverage? Leverage is a tool used by traders that enables them to control a large amount of capital by putting down a much smaller amount. Unlike traditional investing, where you must tie up the full value of your position, with leveraged trading you only ...

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How to open a CFD position

3-minute read How to open a CFD position Before you start trading CFDs, you should test out buying and selling using a demo account. Here are five steps you can follow to open your first CFD position. Choose a market Decide whether to go long or short Select your trade size Add stops and take profits Monitor and close your position 1. Choose a market There are lots of tools on hand to help you find a trade that suits your style. It’s worth taking a look at some of the latest financial news and analysis to catch up with ...

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Stop losses and take profits

3.5-minute read Stop losses and take profits As well as manually closing trades at their current price using market orders, you can use exit orders to set maximum levels of profit or loss. What are exit orders? What are take profits? What are stop losses? Types of stop loss Other order types What are exit orders Exit orders are like entry orders. But instead of automatically opening a position, you use them to tell your broker or trading provider to close a trade when the market hits a specific level. Like with entry orders, you can use exit orders as ...

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Tips for forex trading beginners

3-minute read Tips for forex trading beginners Know the markets Make a plan and stick to it Practice Forecast the ‘weather conditions’ of the market Know your limits Know where to stop along the way Check your emotions at the door Keep It slow and steady Don’t be afraid to explore Choose the right trading partner for you 1. Know the markets We cannot overstate the importance of educating yourself on the forex market. Take the time to study currency pairs and what affects them before risking your own capital; it’s an investment in time that could save you a ...

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Using orders to open positions

3-minute read Using orders to open positions What is an order? Market orders Entry orders Good ’til when? When trading, you’ll open and close positions using orders. What is an order? An order is an instruction to execute a trade. You use them to tell your broker or trading provider when you want to open or close positions. There are a few different types of order available, and learning how they all work is an important part of understanding the markets. Traditionally, investors gave orders to brokers over the phone. But the rise of web trading means most traders today raise ...

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Strategies and risk in Forex

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Market gaps and slippage

2.5-minute read Market gaps and slippage Market gaps and slippage are two of the biggest risks you’ll regularly encounter when trading. In previous sections, you learned how to safeguard yourself against these risks using stop and limit orders. However, you can also use these events to your advantage. Keep reading to find out how to trade around gaps and slips. What are gaps? What is slippage? What are gaps? Every trader has their own tolerance to risk. Gaps are sharp breaks in price with no trading occurring in between. Gaps can happen moving up or moving down. In the forex ...

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Six steps to manage risk efficiently

3.5-minute read Six steps to manage risk efficiently Developing a trading risk management plan can seem like a daunting task. But by following these six tips, you can get started with a trading strategy that suits your trading style. Determine your risk tolerance Size each position correctly Determine your timing Avoid weekend gaps Watch the news Make it affordable 1. Determine your risk tolerance Every trader has their own tolerance to risk. Trading instructors will often recommend risking anywhere from 1% to 5% of the total value of your trading account on any given opportunity. But in truth, you should ...

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Using orders to manage risk

3.5-minute read Using orders to manage risk Order types are a crucial part of your risk-management arsenal – and should always be considered as part of your overall strategy. However, it is important to note that using orders alone won’t necessarily limit your losses. Rather, they must be part of a wider plan. The chief benefit of setting different order types on your open positions is that they can help you stick to your trading strategy. In the heat of the moment, making the right decision can be tricky. It is often all too tempting to let losses run or ...

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Long-term trading strategies

3.5-minute read Long-term trading strategies If you’re looking to generate returns from a few positions that deliver high profits, then you’re probably a medium or long-term trader. There are lots of strategies that suit longer-term traders, but here we’re going to focus on two of the most common: position trading and swing trading. What is position trading? How do position traders find opportunities? What is swing trading? How do swing traders find opportunities? What is position trading? Position trading is a strategy that involves opening a low number of trades, with the aim of delivering healthy gains over the long ...

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Day trading

5-minute read Day trading Day trading is a popular way to speculate on financial markets. Here we look at what day trading is and which markets you can day trade on – plus two handy strategies. What is day trading? Which markets can you day trade? Finding day trades Day trading strategies How to start day trading forex Summary What is day trading? Day trading is an approach to the markets that involves opening and closing positions within a single day. How much you trade is up to you: you could stick to once per session or less, or open ...

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Risk management

4-minute read Risk management Risk is an essential part of day-to-day trading – without risking capital, you cannot achieve any returns. But traders today have a suite of tools to help them control risk as they manage their positions. What is risk in trading? Developing a risk-management plan Five key things to remember What is risk in trading? In trading, risk is the potential that your return from a trade may be lower than you expected. That could be because you had to close it beneath your profit target, or it could mean losing all the capital you spent on ...

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Trading strategies

2-minute read Trading strategies Your approach to the markets has a significant impact on how you trade. It dictates which strategies you use, how you manage risk and more. In this course, we’re going to cover how to pick a strategy for trading and risk that suits you. But before we get to that, you’ll need to decide your trading strategy. What’s your trading strategy? Types of trades Differences at a glance What’s your trading strategy? Every trader is unique and will have their own style. The chief factor in deciding yours is how much you want to trade, and ...

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