Forex Broker

Forex Broker

The main participants in forex market can be divided into the following types: banks, some commercial companies and some foreign currency brokers.

Choosing a Broker :
Low Spreads - The spread, calculated in “pips”, is the difference between the price at which a currency can be purchased and the price at which it can be sold at any given point in time.

Forex brokers don’t charge a commission, so this difference is how they make money
Quality Institution - Unlike equity brokers, forex brokers are usually tied to large banks or lending institutions because of the large amounts of capital required (leverage they need o provide).

Also, forex brokers should be registered with the Futures Commission Merchant (FCM) and regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).

Extensive Tools and Research - Forex brokers offer many different trading platforms for their clients - just like brokers in other markets.
These trading platforms often feature real-time charts, technical analysis tools, real-time news and data, and even support for trading systems .

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What is a Candlestick?

What is a Candlestick?

While we briefly covered candlestick charts in the previous lesson, we’ll now dig in a little and discuss them more in detail. First let’s do a quick review .
Back in the day when Godzilla was still a cute little lizard, the Japanese created their own old school version of technical analysis to trade rice.

A westerner by the name of Steve Nison “discovered” this secret technique on how to read charts from a fellow Japanese broker and Japanese candlesticks lived happily ever after .

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