Forex Basics topics

Forex Basics Topics

• What is traded on the Foreign Exchange market?
• What is a Spot Market?
• Which Currencies Are Traded?
• When Can Currencies Be Traded?
• The Forex market (OTC)
• Why Trade Foreign Currencies?
• What Tools Do I Need to Start Trading Forex?
• What Does It Cost to Trade Forex?
• How to Read an FX Quote
  
• Bid/Ask Spread
  
• I don't have enough money to buy 10,000 euros. Can I still trade?
  
• Rollover
• Demo Trading
• What the heck is a Pip?
• What the heck is a Lot?
• How the heck do I calculate profit and loss?
• What the heck is Leverage?
• What the heck is a Margin Call?
• Order Types
• Basic Order Types
• Market order
• Limit order
• Stop-loss order
• GTC (Good ‘til canceled)
• GFD (Good for the day)
• OCO (Order cancels other)
• Choosing a Forex Broker
• Is the Forex broker regulated?
• Customer Service
• Online Trading Platform
• Don’t forget your high speed Internet connection
• Bells and Whistles
• Mini/Micro Accounts
• Broker Policies
• Opening a Trading Account
• Selecting an account type
• Registration
• Activating your account
• Forex versus Stocks