Opportunities from Around the World
Over the last three decades the foreign exchange market has become the world's largest financial market, with over $1.5 trillion USD traded daily. Forex is part of the bank-to-bank currency market known as the 24-hour Interbank market. The Interbank market literally follows the sun around the world, moving from major banking centers of the United States to Australia, New Zealand to the Far East, to Europe then back to the United States.
Until recently, the forex market wasn't for the average trader or individual speculator. With the large minimum transaction sizes and often-stringent financial requirements, banks, hedge funds, major currency dealers and the occasional high net-worth individual speculator were the principal participants. These large traders were able to take advantage of the many benefits offered by the forex market vs. other markets, including fantastic liquidity and the strong trending nature of the world's primary currency exchange rates.
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Traders Exchange Gives You The Access and Resources to Trade Forex
By offering smaller transactional sizes that allow traders of almost any size, including individual speculators or smaller companies, the opportunity to trade the same rates and price movements as the large players who once dominated the forex market.
The forex market removes the traditional barriers that exist in other markets without restricting the forex traders' ability to make a trade at the right times.
Some examples include:
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Limited floor trading hours dictated by the time zone of the trading location, significantly restricting the number of hours a market is open and when it can be accessed. |
The Forex market is open 24 hours a day, 5.5 days a week. Because of the decentralized clearing of trades and overlap of major markets in Asia, London and the United States, the market remains open and liquid throughout the day and overnight.
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Threat of liquidity drying up after market hours or because many market participants decide to stay on the sidelines or move to more popular markets.
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Most liquid market in the world eclipsing all others in comparison. Most transactions must continue, since currency exchange is a required mechanism needed to facilitate world commerce.
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Traders are gouged with fees, such as commissions, clearing fees, exchange fees and government fees.
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Commission-Free traders pay a spread in between the bid and ask prices.
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Large capital requirements, high margin rates, restrictions on shorting, very little autonomy. |
Low margin rates
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Short selling and stop order restrictions.
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None.
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Pattern daytraders subject to restrictions requiring account balances in excess of $50,000. |
No restrictions. Very low account balances. |
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