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Forex 2011 – The Year of the Tortoise and the Hare
Trading volume is thinning down towards the holiday season that marks the end of the year and it’s a good time to look back at movements of currencies in the past year. The fable of the tortoise and the hare seems appropriate to describe this year. The most volatile currency pairs had quite a limited
Why is the Geppy So Popular?
Out of all the possible combinations of crosses, GBP/JPY, also known as the Geppy, is probably the most popular cross. Here are some possible reasons. GBP/USD combines the British Pound and the Japanese. The most popular pair in the world is EUR/USD. The Geppy doesn’t include the Euro. Although EUR/JPY and EUR/GBP are also respected and
Finding New Pairs to Trade
Guest Post by ForexTraders.com By nature, traders, forex or otherwise, can be creatures of habit. That is if we find something that works, we stick with it until it stops working. As it pertains to forex trading, this includes the pairs we trade. Many forex traders get into the game and focus on just one
There is a currency that always goes up
Stock markets go up and down. During these troubled times of a global economic crisis, stocks are tumbling down. Even on the day of Obama’s inauguration, stocks went down. In the Forex market, trading is in currency pairs – which means that when a currency weakens, it loses ground to another currency. So, there’s always
Large Leverage in the Forex Market
There’s a very high volume and high liquidity in the Forex market. This draws many banks, investment houses and brokers into the market, thus creating competition. And, since there’s a high volume, open positions can be closed at almost any market condition. Trading agencies can offer their customers very high leverages, something that is uncommon