What’s Different About The Forex Market

Written by Forex Sabotage

This is the first of two articles having a look at currency exchange vs stocks from the standpoint of the retail stock trader. Foreign exchange has been getting a lot of publicity recently and has attracted many new traders working at home, as well as many investors looking to expand into currency trading. You are not restricted to dealing in the currency of your own country. Forex is an over the counter market and there isn’t any central exchange or clearing house. This gives the foreign exchange market several edges over the exchange for a retail trader. Transparent Market

The value of a stock is affected by the performance of a company whose figures might be manipulated or known to insiders for some time before it is disclosed publicly. This is nearly impossible to manipulate and much more clear. This means that a trader working from home, out of the loop of personal fiscal info, is on a far more level playing field in the forex market than in stocks.