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The Size Of The Forex Market
Most of the experienced traders around the world consider the Forex market as the best and most profitable of the capital markets. During many years forex trading had been the great and exclusive domain of major banks, very large financial institutions and the countries central banks; a good example of such a bank would be the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank. But over the last few years, thanks to the internet era, the market has been opened to anyone willing to learn the right techniques in forex trading and with the intentions of making substantial profits as the above mentioned institutions, that annually and consistently make pretty high profits from trading in the Foreign Exchange market.
The foreign exchange market (FOREX) will exist wherever one currency is being traded for another. This market, also known as “currency market”, is by far the largest market in the world in terms of all the cash value traded per day, this trading includes all that is being performed between large commercial banks, central banks, currency speculators, governments, and other financial markets and institutions. The trades taking place in the forex markets across the globe it’s known to
exceed on average $1.9 trillion/day. Retail traders, this is, small speculators are only a small part of this market, but this doesn’t mean they can’t grab huge profits if they have learn the right way to trade the Forex. These individual traders participate in the market through broker firms.
According to many experts, the foreign exchange market will have doubled in size in just three years, this thanks to increased participation by fund managers and pension funds. A financial services research firm said it expected the total global average daily volumes on the forex market to exceed $3,000bn next year (2007). Forex volumes, which rose from $1,770bn in 2004 to $2,000bn last year, were set to rise to $2,600bn this year and $3,600bn next year.
With these numbers you can easily realize why they say that the Forex market is a huge market that offers great opportunities for traders of all sizes.
Adrian Pablo is a Forex freelance writer with articles published in a number of places. Get a free report on Fibonacci Trading and learn more about the world of forex trading , visit:
Written By: Adrian Pablo
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