Sunday, May 31, 2009

The foreign exchange market is unique because

  1. Its trading volumes
  2. The extreme liquidity of the market
  3. Its geographical dispersion
  4. Its long trading hours: 24 hours a day except on weekends (from 22:00 UTC on Sunday until 22:00 UTC Friday)
  5. Tthe variety of factors that affect exchange rates.
  6. The low margins of profit compared with other markets of fixed income (but profits can be high due to very large trading volumes)
  7. the use of leverage

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