Forex Game Nation

This is the first of two articles looking at currency exchange vs stocks from the point of view of the retail stock trader. Currency exchange has been getting a lot of attention latterly and has attracted many new traders working at home, as well as many investors looking to expand into FOREX trading. But what precisely is the currency exchange market? How does it work?

Global Market

foreign exchange trading is a worldwide affair. You are not limited to dealing in the currency of your own country. Foreign exchange is an over-the-counter market and there’s no central exchange or clearing house. This gives the foreign exchange market several edges over the stockmarket for a retail trader.

Transparent Market

The value of a stock is affected by the performance of a company whose figures might be manipulated or known to insiders for a while before it is revealed in public. Currency costs, on the other hand, are driven by the business performance of a complete country. This is nearly impossible to manipulate and much more clear. This indicates that a trader home working, out of the loop of personal monetary information, is on a more level playing field in the forex market than in stocks.