Forex trading
THE FOREX MARKET IS THE WORLD’S LARGEST MARKET, WITH A TRADING VOLUME OF OVER $1.5 TRILLION A DAY. FOREX TRADING MEANS PAIRING ONE CURRENCY AGAINST ANOTHER, PREDICTING WHICH ONE WILL RISE OR FALL.
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THE LARGEST MARKET IN THE WORLD
What is Forex trading?
Forex trading is also known as FX Trading or Currency Trading. It refers to the central marketplace where traders exchange currencies for one another at floating rates.
The foreign exchange market consists of multiple markets, including Spot FX, Future derivatives, Forward Derivatives and CFD derivatives. The Forex market is one of the largest and most liquid financial markets in the world, with a turnover reported to exceed $5 trillion per day. Forex is open to trade 24 hours a day, 5 days a week.
The most common pairs to trade are called the ‘majors’. Examples would be the EUR/USD, GBP/USD and USD/CHF.
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A Brief History of Forex
Currency trading is a concept which dates back thousands of years. The exchanging of goods for goods known as barter has evolved and developed into the forex trading market that we see today. There are a handful of landmark moments which shaped the history of currencies trading.
Barter system (6000 BC)
Barter is the oldest method of exchange and was introduced by Mesopotamia tribes as early as 6000 BC. This method involved the trading goods for other goods with ships sailing from country to country with items such as food and animal skins.
Gold Coins (6th Century BC)
The first gold coins were produced in Lydia (Turkey) and recognised as the first known form of currency. These coins had the critical characteristics of currency as they were portable, durable and uniform. Aided by being limited in supply they were accepted over time with gold playing a pivotal role throughout the history of forex trading.
Bretton Woods System (1944)
The forex market underwent a major transformation towards the end of World War II. The Bretton Woods System was introduced and established a set of rules for commercial and financial relations between the signatories of the agreement.
This included North America, Western European countries, Australia and Japan. The system created fixed international currency exchange rates.
Free-Floating System (1971)
Eventually there was not enough gold to back the amount of US Dollars in circulation which brought an end to the Bretton Woods System and led to the free floating of the US Dollar against other foreign currencies. The situation that the rate of exchange was no longer pre-determined creates an open forex market with the value of currencies being exposed to market forces such as supply and demand.
Internet Trading (1990s)
The combination of technology and globalisation resulted in the exponential growth of the forex market through internet trading. Currencies that were previously shut off and emerging markets could now be traded from anywhere in the world using an online forex trading platform.
Present Day
In less than two decades the forex market has become the largest financial market in the world. Trillions of dollars are traded on the forex market every day and are no longer limited to large banks and financial institutions. Individuals are now trading FX online in the same market conditions as corporate organisations thanks to advanced technologies such as the NexaPIP Platform foreign exchange trading platforms.
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How does Forex trading work?
Nexapip Forex pairs are traded as CFDs (Contract for Difference). When trading forex, you select a pair of currencies and base your trading decision on which currency’s price you think will rise or fall. Forex is traded in currency pairs, for example EUR/USD. The first currency is called the ‘base currency’ and the second is the ‘quote currency’. Currencies are displayed showing how many units of the quote currency you can buy with one unit of the base currency. This is the exchange rate.
For example, EUR/USD 1.2344 shows us that 1 Euro = 1.2344 US Dollars.
When you’re ready to trade you will choose to go long or short. In the example above, going long means that you think that the value of the Euro will rise against the US Dollar. Going short means you think it will fall.
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Commodities trading example
The gross profit on your trade is calculated as follows
OPENING PRICE
$1.33623 × 2 lot = $267,246
CLOSING PRICE AT
$1.32129 × 2 lot = $264,258
GROSS PROFIT ON TRADE
$267,246 – $264,258 = $2,988
CLOSING PRICE AT
$1.34529 × 2 lot = $269,058
GROSS LOSS ON TRADE
$267,246 – $269,058 = -$1,812
Opening the position
The price of the Euro against the US Dollar (EUR/USD) is 1.33623/1.33624 and you decide to sell 2 standard lots (the equivalent of €200,000) at 1.33623.
Closing the position
One week later the Euro has fallen against the US Dollar to 1.32128/1.32129 and you decide to take your profit by buying back 2 standard lots at 1.32129; if the Euro has increased against the US Dollar to 1.34523/1.34529, the trade loses $1,812.
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Typical Forex spreads
| Primary Account | Advance Account | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SYMBOL | PRODUCT DESCRIPTION | AVAILIBILITY | MIN | AVG | MIN | AVG |
| AUDCAD | Australian Dollar vs Canadian Dollar | NexaPIP Platform | 1.1 | 1.9 | 0 | 0.9 |
| AUDCHF | Australian Dollar vs Swiss Franc | NexaPIP Platform | 1.6 | 2.2 | 0 | 1.1 |
| AUDJPY | Australian Dollar vs Japanese Yen | NexaPIP Platform | 1.1 | 2.2 | 0 | 1.1 |
| AUDNZD | Australian Dollar vs New Zealand Dollar | NexaPIP Platform | 1.1 | 2.9 | 0 | 1.8 |
| AUDUSD | Australian Dollar vs Us Dollar | NexaPIP Platform | 1.1 | 1.5 | 0 | 0.4 |
| CADCHF | Canadian Dollar vs Swiss Franc | NexaPIP Platform | 1.5 | 2.3 | 0 | 1.2 |
| CADJPY | Canadian Dollar vs Japanese Yen | NexaPIP Platform | 1.2 | 2.3 | 0 | 1.2 |
| CHFJPY | Swiss Franc vs Japanese Yen | NexaPIP Platform | 1.1 | 4 | 0 | 2.9 |
| EURAUD | Euro vs Australian Dollar | NexaPIP Platform | 1.1 | 2.6 | 0 | 1.5 |
| EURCAD | Euro vs Canadian Dollar | NexaPIP Platform | 1.5 | 3.1 | 0 | 1.5 |
| EURCHF | Euro vs Swiss Franc | NexaPIP Platform | 1.3 | 2.4 | 0 | 1.3 |
| EURGBP | Euro vs Great Britain Pound | NexaPIP Platform | 1.1 | 1.9 | 0 | 0.8 |
| EURJPY | Euro vs Japanise Yen | NexaPIP Platform | 1.1 | 2 | 0 | 0.9 |
| EURNOK | Euro vs Norwegian Kroner | NexaPIP Platform | 5.2 | 87.8 | 0 | 80.3 |
| EURNZD | Euro vs New Zealand Dollar | NexaPIP Platform | 1.2 | 3.3 | 0 | 2.2 |
| EURPLN | Euro vs Polish Zloty | NexaPIP Platform | 1.7 | 53.6 | 0 | 50.3 |
| EURSEK | Euro vs Swedish Krona | NexaPIP Platform | 6.6 | 73.8 | 0 | 68.3 |
| EURSGD | Euro vs Singapore Dollar | NexaPIP Platform | 1.6 | 5.1 | 1.6 | 4 |
| EURTRY | Euro vs Turkish Lira | NexaPIP Platform | 1.6 | 670.8 | 42 | 667.7 |
| EURUSD | Euro vs Us Dollar | NexaPIP Platform | 1 | 1.3 | 0 | 0.2 |
| EURZAR | Euro vs South African Rand | NexaPIP Platform | 12.5 | 285.7 | 45 | 274.2 |
| GBPAUD | Great Britain Pound vs Australian Dollar | NexaPIP Platform | 1.6 | 3.3 | 0 | 2.2 |
| GBPCAD | Great Britain Pound vs Canadian Dollar | NexaPIP Platform | 1.1 | 3.1 | 0 | 2 |
| GBPCHF | Great Britain Pound vs Swiss Franc | NexaPIP Platform | 1.4 | 3 | 0 | 1.9 |
| GBPJPY | Great Britain Pound vs Japanese Yen | NexaPIP Platform | 1.1 | 3 | 0 | 1.9 |
| GBPNZD | Great Britain Pound vs New Zealand Dollar | NexaPIP Platform | 1.6 | 4.8 | 0 | 3.3 |
| GBPSEK | Great Britain Pound vs Swedish Krona | NexaPIP Platform | 8.1 | 116.2 | 0 | 111.5 |
| GBPSGD | Great Britain Pound vs Singapore Dollar | NexaPIP Platform | 1.2 | 6.8 | 2.2 | 5.6 |
| GBPUSD | Great Britain Pound vs Us Dollar | NexaPIP Platform | 1.1 | 1.8 | 0 | 0.7 |
| NZDCAD | New Zealand Dollar vs Canadian Dollar | NexaPIP Platform | 1.6 | 2.6 | 0 | 1.5 |
| NZDCHF | New Zealand Dollar vs Swiss Franc | NexaPIP Platform | 1.8 | 2.4 | 0 | 1.3 |
| NZDJPY | New Zealand Dollar vs Japanese Yen | NexaPIP Platform | 1.5 | 2.7 | 0 | 1.6 |
| NZDSGD | New Zealand Dollar vs Singapore Dollar | NexaPIP Platform | 1.6 | 5 | 0.4 | 3.9 |
| NZDUSD | New Zealand Dollar vs Us Dollar | NexaPIP Platform | 1.1 | 2 | 0 | 0.8 |
| USDCAD | Us Dollar vs Canadian Dollar | NexaPIP Platform | 1.1 | 1.9 | 0 | 0.8 |
| USDCHF | Us Dollar vs Swiss Franc | NexaPIP Platform | 1.1 | 2.5 | 0 | 1.3 |
| USDCNH | Us Dollar vs Chinese Yuan | NexaPIP Platform | 4 | 2.4 | 0 | 1.3 |
| USDHKD | Us Dollar vs Hong Kong Dollar | NexaPIP Platform | 1.9 | 7.6 | 0.3 | 6.5 |
| USDJPY | Us Dollar vs Japanese Yen | NexaPIP Platform | 1 | 1.9 | 0 | 0.8 |
| USDNOK | Us Dollar vs Norwegian Krone | NexaPIP Platform | 5.2 | 92.1 | 0 | 83.6 |
| USDPLN | Us Dollar vs Polish Zloty | NexaPIP Platform | 3.9 | 56 | 0 | 52.3 |
| USDSEK | Us Dollar vs Swedish Krona | NexaPIP Platform | 5.2 | 75.3 | 0 | 66.6 |
| USDSGD | Us Dollar vs Singapore Dollar | NexaPIP Platform | 0.3 | 3.1 | 0 | 2 |
| USDTRY | Us Dollar vs Turkey Lira | NexaPIP Platform | 1.7 | 297 | 21 | 294.5 |
| USDZAR | Us Dollar vs South African Rand | NexaPIP Platform | 4.8 | 135.6 | 0 | 122.7 |
| AUDSGD | Australian Dollar vs Singapore Dollar | NexaPIP Platform | – | 4.3 | 1.2 | 2.8 |
| EURCZK | Euro vs Czech Koruna | NexaPIP Platform | – | 173.8 | 16 | 156.4 |
| EURHUF | Euro vs Hungarian Forint | NexaPIP Platform | – | 273.6 | 0 | 60 |
| GBPMXN | Great Britain Pound vs Mexican Peso | NexaPIP Platform | – | 177.5 | 44 | 157.5 |
| USDCZK | US Dollar vs Czech Koruna | NexaPIP Platform | – | 165.2 | 5 | 147.8 |
| USDDKK | US Dollar vs Danish Krone | NexaPIP Platform | – | 19.9 | 0 | 13.9 |
| USDHUF | US Dollar vs Hungarian Forint | NexaPIP Platform | – | 269.8 | 0 | 56.2 |
| USDMXN | US Dollar vs Mexican Peso | NexaPIP Platform | – | 67.3 | 14.4 | 57.3 |
Forex for Hedging
Globalisation has been one of the biggest drivers in the increased volume being traded on the forex market. One example of this is large multinational corporations who need to buy or sell one currency for another as they are obtaining revenue in numerous different currencies.
Companies can employ hedging strategies to reduce any risk exposure they may have due to fluctuations in currency values. Fluctuations in the forex market can have an adverse impact on critical aspects including costs, revenue and ultimately profit margin. This can be achieved using forward or swap markets.
A currency swap involves the swapping of two currencies at the maturity of the contract. An exchange of interest and sometimes principal are involved with companies often using this method to access lower interest rates in the local currency compared to money borrowed from a financial institution such as a bank.
Forward contracts involve paying a premium (interest based on the differential in the price of the two currencies) to purchase an asset for a specified price at a future date. One of the benefits of forward contracts is that the size, length, or maturity term are customisable. Companies with future payments or receipts can benefit from this by protecting their budget and profit margins from fluctuations in the forex market.
Hedging is a concept that is becoming more prominent among individuals in fx trading. Traders are using the strategy of opening additional positions to balance or offset current positions that will successfully limit risk exposure. The advanced user friendly forex trading platform offered by Nexapip makes this process seamless.
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