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Forex Market Is Expressing Opinion Of Foreign EconomyTrading currency online is going on 24-hours a day, with money changing hands almost constantly, to the tune of about $2 trillion a day. Compared to the $25 billion average stock market day, the forex market is exceptionally larger. The bigger difference is that on the forex market there is no tangible material being bought and sold and no certificates being issued to show how much a person owns of another country's money. All trades are performed electronically in the forex market and currencies are traded in pairs, such as the US dollar being paired with UK's Euro. A trade would consist of trading a certain amount of USD/EURO for currency pairs from two other countries within one transaction. There are also no brokerage fees for buying and selling on the forex market with brokers earning their money on the difference between the bid/sell/buy price of the currency at the time the trade is completed. On the forex market, a buyer of currency is essentially indicating their confidence in the country's economy. If the economy improves after a buy is made, and the value of their currency improves in relation to the value of other countries, the buyer's investment increases in value. On the other side of that coin, if the economy falls, the currency value will also decrease on the open market. |