The purpose of these articles is to introduce the forex market to you. As with many markets there are many derivative of the central market such as futures, options and forwards.
The word FOREX is derived from the words Foreign Exchange and is the largest financial market in the world. Unlike many markets the FX [...]

I’m considering purchasing a program that is an automated trading "robot" on the forex currency exchange. Has anyone out there ever had a fallout or lost a lot of money using this system?
Here’s a review of a system that many people are having success with. It’s called Fap Turbo and it is an automatic trading [...]

Not wanting to commit to fixed exchange rates, some governments occasionally use foreign currency intervention to affect the value of their currencies. This is known as a managed flexible exchange rate system, or managed float, because it combines fixed and flexible exchange rates.
Yes they do. Is there a question in here?
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How do currency exchange rates, unemployment numbers, and interest rates affect the stock market?
It seems these are often in the news and how prices move on the anticipation of them.
This is an interesting question, and I shall try and answer it in simple fashion.
In todays time and age, movements in currency exchange rates signify movement [...]

OK, we see that $1 US = $0.9 AUD etc and it keeps changing everyday. How is it actually determined and who decides what it should be? Serious replies only please.
The value of the US dollar, for the most part, is dependent on how much money is in circulation in the US. Lets [...]

If a government wants to increase the value of it’s currency in foreign exchange market, it can?
Would decreasing the interest rate be a correct answer?
It will appreciate its currency. The increase in interest rate is one of the measure to induce hot money to come in.
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Where do the currency exchange numbers come from? It’s not some guy setting it to certain price every day? It fluctuates in a matter of seconds? So what exactly calculates the number every second? Is it some kind of 1 supercomputer? Or how does it work?
There are two main systems used to determine a currency’s [...]

I recently tried out a currency traiding simulator created by a company named ACM and made a considerable amount of money ( unfortunately none of it real as it was only a simulator). THis has left me wondering whether to start up an account with them and start currency trading. But I am worried about [...]