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The U.S dollar rose Tuesday as a decline in stocks and dimming expectations about the U.S. economic recovery increased demand for U.S currency perceived as safer. Some investors buy the Dollar, seen as a safe haven, against other higher-yielding currencies and sell assets like stocks and commodities when economic optimism diminishes. The greenback also climbed [...]
The European currency declined sharply in holiday-thinned trade on Thursday as renewed risk aversion prompted investors to shed riskier assets. The EUR hovered near the day’s low of $1.4960 down 1.1% on the day. The currency also hit a near 2-month low against the Japanese yen at 129.52 yen. The EUR extended losses as ratings [...]
In today’s trading, the silver experienced much bearishness. However, as I will illustrate below the 4-hour chart’s oscillators support a bullish reversal for today. This might be a good opportunity for forex traders to enter the trend at a very early stage and at a great entry price. • The chart below is the 4-hour [...]
Appreciation – A currency is said to `appreciate` when it strengthens in price in response to market demand. Arbitrage – The purchase or sale of an instrument and simultaneous taking of an equal and opposite position in a related market, in order to take advantage of small price differentials between markets. Around – Dealer jargon [...]
With no commitment or cost, you can open a Virtual Trading Account. The account has the full capabilities of a “real” account including live market rates, access to real-time market analysis, and the ability to execute trades off streaming prices. The virtual account (or Demo Account) gives you the ability to learn about the forex [...]
In the spot forex market, trades must be settled in two business days. If a trader sells 100,000 Euros on Tuesday, the trader must deliver 100,000 Euros on Thursday, unless the position is rolled over. As a service to our traders, FOREXYARD automatically rolls over all open positions to the next settlement date at 5:00 [...]
FX accounts are margined: a trader can hold a market position much larger than the value of the trader’s account value. The online trading platform which FOREXYARD offers has margin management capabilities, which allow lenient margin requirement of up to 1/2%. However, we do not recommend using leverage of more than 10 times your account [...]
First, the traders should determine whether they want to buy or sell. If they want to enter a short order – whereby they will profit if the exchange rate falls – they simply need to click on the SELL rate. The opposite holds true for traders who enter buy orders: they can simply click on [...]
Quoting Currency Pairs Currencies are quoted in pairs, such as EUR/USD or USD/JPY. The first listed currency is known as the base currency, while the second is called the counter or quote currency. The base currency is the “basis” for the buy or the sell. For example, if you BUY EUR/USD you have bought Euros [...]
How an FX Trade Works In the FX market you can buy or sell one currency for another. When you buy a currency, you are said to be “long” in that currency and when you sell a currency, you are said to be “short” in that currency. As the value of one currency rises or [...]