Getting Started In The Forex Market
By: Ivan Cavric The Forex market is known to be a very lucrative market, with trillions of dollars exchanged daily. To get started in the Forex market and make the most of your investments in it, you need to select a suitable broker. Forex brokers do not charge a commission, but generate their income from the difference in the sale and purchase price of currencies at any given point of time. This difference is referred to as the ‘spread’, and is calculated in ‘pips’. To save money, choose a broker who offers lower spreads on your Forex investments. Select an appropriate broker While in the equities market brokers function independently, in the Forex market they are usually registered with banks and other kinds of lending institutions. The reason being, these brokers require large amounts of capital to process Forex transactions. Forex brokers must be registered with the Futures Commission Merchant (FCM), and they come under the purview of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (...