Monday, March 30, 2009

Automated Forex Trading

By Hass 67

Many people are turning towards forex trading after losing their money in the recent stock market crash. In fact, forex trading is the best work from home opportunity. Forex trading can be done anywhere from the world if you have a computer and an internet connection. Forex trading is the answer to the today's global recession.

Forex and stock markets work differently in many ways. Forex market is highly liquid as compared to the stock market. Stocks are basically a long term investment method where ordinary people buy stocks either individually or through mutual funds and wait for these stocks to rise in order to build their retirement portfolios.

Forex markets are open 24/5 meaning 24 hours, 5 days a week except on Saturday and Sunday. As compared to forex markets, stock markets have fixed hours usually from morning to evening. After the close of a stock exchange the trading on that stock exchange stops.

In contrast to the stock exchange, the forex is primarily a short term market. Most traders enter and exit a trade within a 24 hour period " sometimes within a few minutes.

In the US stock markets there are more than 50,000 stocks listed on the different stock exchanges. As compared to that in forex markets, mostly five major currency pairs are traded: USDEURO, USDGBP, USDCHF, USDJPY, USDASD.

Another major advantage of forex trading over stock trading is the lower trading cost. In forex trading, brokers don't charge any commission. They make their profit by the difference between the bid ask spread. In stock trading, the brokers charge a fixed percentage as commission per trade.

During the year 2008, investors have taken a severe beating in the stock markets. This is the worst bear market after 1929. Even blue chip stocks could not weather the financial storm. Many people lost more than 70% of their retirement accounts during 2008.

Stock markets are going to take a few more years to recover. There is always either a bull market or a bear market prevailing in stocks. In forex, there is always a bull market. Since forex trading is done in currency pairs, if one currency goes down, the other currency goes up.

Over the years, forex markets have grown in size. Daily $3+ trillion are being traded in currencies all over the world. If you combine, all the stock exchanges in the world, they still can't reach 40% of this figure. Currency markets have become so huge that they are beyond the capacity of any single agency or agent to control.

After losing their hard earned wealth in the stock market crash of 2008, many people are wondering how can they recover their losses...

Forex trading is the answer. Many people are afraid of forex trading and think it to be too risky and difficult. No doubt, it is for those who do not try to educate themselves and learn from others. But if you have the discipline and commitment, within a few months you can become a successful forex trader.

I have a blog where I give many risk free forex trading strategies. One method that I recommend only cost $149. You can try this method of 60 days risk free. It is the best method to trade forex on autopilot. Once you set your system, you only need to give 10 minutes daily to see how much money you have made overnight. - 22871

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