The foreign exchange market – also frequently called Forex – is an open market that trades between world currencies. One common scenario is that an American Forex trader has bought a few thousand yen in the past, but now sees the yen is losing value relative to the dollar. If they are correct, and trade their yen for the American dollar, they could make a profit.

It is important that you learn everything you can about the currency pair you select to begin with. If you are using up all of your time to try to learn all the different currency pairings that exist, you won’t have enough time to trade. Pick a few that interest you, learn all you can about them, know about their volatility vs. forecasting. Keep your trading simple when you first start out.

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