The foreign exchange market, also known as "FOREX" or "FX" market, is the world's largest financial market, the daily trading volume reached US $4,000,000,000,000. Huge amount of transactions, so that any one institution had the ability to manipulate the market, prices move there are rules to follow, a fair comparison of ordinary investors.
In addition, compared with the securities and futures market, the foreign exchange market is the difference between a point and their essence, this difference at the same time limitations -- trading also other market at the end of the day is interrupted, only in the second day morning to start. Therefore, if you are trading in the Russian market, and some important events and marketing related events occurred in the American, when the morning market, may be related to your hope will be completely different. The foreign exchange market every day for 24 hours non-stop work, foreign currency transactions within a week of work will not be interrupted in the middle of the day. Almost in every time zone (London, New York, Tokyo, Hongkong, Sydney etc.) are willing to offer traders of foreign exchange.
From 1971 until a few years ago, the real investors in this market are banks, Multi-National Corporation and large Broker's Firm. If the independent individuals want to put money into the market, then it should be the same bank, invested about $1 million, in order to meet the need to obtain five million to $10 million in trading. The broker that the situation is slightly better, they can put the minimum margin deposit reduced to $two hundred and fifty thousand. But today, the foreign exchange market is for small investors. Compared with the huge funds previously banks and brokers margin requirements, now demand has been greatly reduced, and finally, makes many individuals can and to participate in this market, and small investors can take advantage of the Internet, and in the past, it may only be used by large participants.