The Foreign Currency Markets

What are foreign currency exchange rates?
Foreign currency exchange rates are what it costs to exchange one country’s currency for another country’s currency. For example, if you go to England on vacation, you will have to pay for your hotel, meals, admissions fees, souvenirs,and other expenses in British pounds. Since your money is all in US dollars,you will have to use (sell) some of your dollars to buy British pounds.
Assume you go to your bank before you leave and buy $1,000 worth of British pounds. If you get 565.83 British pounds (£565.83) for your $1,000, each dollar is worth .56583 British pounds.This is the exchange rate for converting dollars to pounds.

How Can I Start Making Money on Forex?

Educate Yourself:
If you’re just starting on Forex, you need to read everything you can about it. Start by reading free ebooks like this one and check some top Forex courses on the market. Think about your education as an investment on yourself, not as an expense. Some people argue that you can learn everything about Forex for free. Well, it’s possible, but I seriously doubt anyone can become a good trader without investing in his education.
This is true for everything in life, so how could it be different on Forex? Can you imagine a doctor performing a surgery if he has not invested in his education?

Five Myths about forex trading

1 – If I know how to trade stocks, I know how to make money on Forex:
If you have experience trading stocks and think you can simply apply your knowledge on Forex and make money, you’re going to be disappointed. The Forex market is much more complex. Firstly, the Forex market is open 24 hours a day. This may not seem a big deal but it’s a significant difference in relation to the stock market. As the Forex market is open 24 hours a day, this brings more complexity to a trader. If in the stock market you have periods of higher and lower volatility, in the Forex these differences are even higher.