Forex Basics

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All You Need To Know About Social Trading and Copy Trading: The Benefits and Risks

Social trading is a method of investing that relies on the collective knowledge and experience of other traders. Traders are able to make better predictions about market movements based on their collective experience, al ... Read more >>

30.11.2022

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Do You Really Need To Use Leverage When Trading Forex?

You’ve probably come across the term leverage, at least once. It has a variety of descriptions and in trading, is referred to as the credit given to a trader by their respective brokerage company –a mid ... Read more >>

26.11.2022

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Scalp Trading: Making Profits in Minutes

The best forex trades are those that hit your take profit as soon as possible. The last thing you want to do is to stay in the market for longer periods since you won’t know if you’ll eventually make profits ... Read more >>

31.10.2022

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How Much Risk is Too Much in Forex? Managing Risks in Forex

The forex market is one of the world's largest and most liquid financial markets. Traders in the forex market trade more than 5 trillion dollars daily, which translates to more than $220 billion an hour. This o ... Read more >>

13.10.2022

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Inflation in Europe and How It Affects Forex Investors

You have probably heard of all the talk on inflation that has been going around for the last few months. Many people are complaining about the rising prices of commodities worldwide, especially oil and gas. In fact, infl ... Read more >>

30.09.2022

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Biggest Forex Brokers Of The Industry In 2020

The latest report from the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) showed that the daily turnover in FX markets had jumped 30% from $5.1 trillion in April 2016 to $6.6 trillion in April 2019. This is a huge difference, ... Read more >>

31.03.2020

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Central Bank Regulation: What is happening with the Forex Industry in Russia in 2020?

Despite its population, there are only four FX dealers licensed to operate in Russia. It is no wonder, therefore, that the number of complaints to the Central Bank for the Russian Federation (CBR) is also extremely low ... Read more >>

28.02.2020

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Trade War and How It Affects Forex Markets

Last week on Friday, October 11, 2019, President Donald Trump announced that the US and China had agreed on a commerce truce. This followed a commerce conflict that has been ongoing for over 15 months between the two lar ... Read more >>

16.10.2019

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Main Features of Canadian, US, Australian and UK Forex Industries

For the past two decades, online retail FX exchanging has become increasingly popular. More US brokers offer Forex. It’s not that the industry wasn’t available, but because it was very exclusive. Prior to the ... Read more >>

01.06.2019

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Why ESMA Regulator Bans Forex Bonuses

Remember the days when you could create a new account and immediately be credited with a gratuity just for doing so? Well, those days are now gone, at least in the EU. This is because the financial regulator in the regio ... Read more >>

20.02.2019

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Forex Trading in Singapore: Laws and popular FX brokers

In recent years, the Forex market has been moving away from the past financial hubs like New York and London. From the previous report by the Bank of International Settlements, daily turnover from these hubs had decrease ... Read more >>

19.02.2019

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Top 5 Forex Traders Who Became Millionaires

Every one of us knows at least one very rich and successful investor known mainly for their stock picks. For many, the first name that comes to mind is Warren Buffett, currently the third richest person in the world righ ... Read more >>

16.01.2019

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Trading Stocks in Forex Brokers: Commissions, Swaps, Spreads Research

These days, a trader doesn’t have to limit their opportunities to Forex trading only. Most of the Forex trading companies will also provide stocks, commodities and equities trading all in one place. By offering ass ... Read more >>

16.01.2019

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New Forex Brokers Regulations in Russia in 2019

Whenever it comes to the Forex arena, a lot of focus is usually placed on the EU, UK and US. This is because these are the most active regions in the Forex arena and have the most impact to the arena as a whole. Neverthe ... Read more >>

14.01.2019

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Legalization of Forex Trading in the US: Facts and Trends

Although FX trading is legal in the US, the industry itself has not been as active. If you just count the number of FX agents who offer their services to US residents, the number is shockingly low compared to other regio ... Read more >>

03.01.2019

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Everything You Need To Know About Trading In Gold Markets

Forex trading is great, as you may know if you have been trading profitably over some time. However, you don’t have to limit yourself to Forex as there are many other markets open for trade. One of the most lucrati ... Read more >>

30.11.2018

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Forex in USA: Myth or Reality?

The concept of Forex in the USA is like an oasis in the desert, everyone seems to have heard something, but only a few know what it really is. As you might have noticed yourself, a lot of Forex brokers don’t provid ... Read more >>

15.11.2018

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Investor Tips 2019: What To Include In Your Portfolio

Are you prepared for 2019, or still planning for your vacation? There’s just over 2 months left before the new year rolls in; and whether you have had a good or bad 2018 so far, there’s no benefit in crying o ... Read more >>

28.10.2018

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How To Make Trading Metal CFDs More Profitable

On this website, we mostly focus on the FX arena, but it is not the only avenue for trading. As you may have noticed by now, many FX brokers offer commodities in the form of CFDs including metals like gold, silver, etc ... Read more >>

26.09.2018

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Growth Of The Forex Market In Africa And Other Developing Countries

For decades, the FX arena has been mainly focused on developed countries, specifically in Europe, Australia and the US. In recent years, however, FX agents have been placing more focus in previously ignored regions of th ... Read more >>

26.09.2018

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Everything You Need To Know About The cTrader Forex Trading Platform

In a previous post some years back, we briefly described some of the features of the cTrader platform. However, the platform was not as popular back then as it is today because more people and brokers are starting to hav ... Read more >>

26.09.2018

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ESMA Finally Puts Its Foot Down On MiFID II Regulations

Changes to FX regulation in Europe had been looming for over a year ever since the final draft of MiFID II was tabled by ESMA. The new rules came in place from the 1st of August, and they have been considered draconian b ... Read more >>

14.08.2018

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The Best Forex Events And Expos To Attend Every Year

How would you like to learn a lot more about the FX industry from the experts themselves? Well, if you’re like me, then you must be curious about the changes and occurrences in the industry, and who better to learn ... Read more >>

13.08.2018

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Think Twice When Making A Deposit In A Forex Company

You’ve got to spend money to make money, that’s true. But also all that glitters is not gold, which is why you shouldn’t be too eager to spend your money lest you lose it all in the process. Despite all ... Read more >>

05.07.2018

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Revealing Forex Bonuses Of Brokers: How To Identify A Real Bonus

We all love free goodies, no doubt. Just think of how excited we all get around the Christmas season in anticipation of free gifts. This is why many sellers usually dangle some freebies in different forms. For retailers ... Read more >>

04.07.2018

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How Not To Be Added To The 95% Of Losing Traders

You have probably already heard the statistic that 95% of all participants who attempt to trade the Forex arena end up losing money. While there is no data to indicate that indeed 95% of participants lose money, the stat ... Read more >>

04.07.2018

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Forex Rigging And Manipulation: How The Major Investors Pull It Off

Every day, $5.1 trillion is transacted in the Forex market. This is the largest financial market, dwarfing even the largest stock exchanges like the NYSE that averaged about $77 billion on the 31st of May 2018. Not only ... Read more >>

03.07.2018

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Should You Invest In CFDs Or Stocks To Make More Money?

There are only two ways of trading the stock market – directly at an exchange, or as a CFD (contract for difference). Buying and selling stocks directly at an exchange is not as simple as walking into a shop and wa ... Read more >>

23.06.2018

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Can A Forex Broker Avoid Sending Trades Directly To The Interbank Market?

Whether a broker sends trades to the Interbank Market is the question of interest to many traders. Fewer than all understand, what the Interbank Market is, why trades should be sent there and how traders benefit from it, ... Read more >>

22.06.2018

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