Trading School

Trading School

Introduction to Forex

The purpose of this overview is to introduce the Forex market to you. As with many markets there are many derivative of the central market such as futures, options and forwards. In these tutorials we will be discussing the main market sometimes referred to as the Spot or Cash market.

The word "FOREX" is derived from the words Foreign Exchange and is the largest financial market in the world. Unlike many markets the FX market is open 24 hours per day and has an estimated $3.2 Trillion in turnover every day.

This tremendous turnover is more than the combined turnover of the main worlds' stock markets on any given day. This tends to lead to a very liquid market and thus a desirable market to trade.

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Pricing

Pricing

Price reflects the perception and action taken by the market participants. It is the urgency between buyers and sellers in the trading pit that creates price movement.

Thus, all fundamental factors are quickly discounted in price. Therefore, by studying the price charts, you are indirectly seeing the fundamental and market psychology all at once - after all the market is feed by two emotions - Greed and Fear and once you understand that, then you begin to understand the psychology of the market and how it relates to the chart patterns.
Data Window.

Most computer programs will display a small box of data usually called a display window which will contain the following items:

O = Opening Price
H = Highest Price
L = Lowest Price
C = Close or Last Price
Tr = Volume or number of trades (not contracts) in that time period.

Volume

Four easy rules to follow regarding Volume: 1. When prices are rising and volume is increasing, prices will continue to rise. The uptrend is being confirmed.
2. When prices are rising but volume is decreasing, the uptrend is losing momentum and may be near the end.
3. When prices are falling and volume is increasing, prices will continue to fall.
4. When prices are falling and volume is decreasing, the downtrend is losing momentum and may be near the end.