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What is Forex?

The system of global trading in foreign currency is known as the Foreign Exchange Market, Forex, or just FX. Over the last three decades the foreign exchange market has become the world's largest financial market, it trades over $1.5 trillion USD daily; more than three times the aggregate amount of the US Equity and Treasury markets combined. Forex is part of the bank to bank currency market known as the 24-hour Interbank market.
What is a Pip?

A pip is a term used in the currency market to represent the smallest incremental move an exchange rate can make. Depending on context normally one basis point is 0.0001, as is the case of EUR/USD, GBP/USD, USD/CHF. In example if the EUR/USD moves from 1.2561 to 1.2562 it is one pip.
How much a pip worth?

If you trade the full contract (100k of currency) the EUR/USD and GBP/USD are worth aprox. $10. In other words if you have a trade with 50 pips in profit, it means the gain is $500. ($10 per pip x50 pips). If you trade a mini account is 1/10th of the size, 50 pips will worth $50.
24 Hour Access to the World

Select the forex market, select the time, and start trading. The massive liquidity of forex, combined with a true 24-hour forex market that's traded 5.5 days a week, offers you exceptional independence and forex currency trading when you want to, not when the market wants you to. The forex market literally follows the sun around the world, moving from major banking and financial centers of the United States to Australia and New Zealand to the Far East, to Europe and finally back to the United States.

During each trading day, overall foreign currency trading volume is determined by what markets are open and the times each of these markets overlap one another. With each passing second, minute and hour, forex currency trading volume remains high, but peaks highest when the British, European and U.S. markets are open at the same time - from 1 p.m. GMT to 4 p.m. GMT. The volume of the Pacific Rim markets, such as Japan and Hong Kong, subsides compared to the crest of the U.S. market, but still offer the forex trader the ability to analyze the highly traded Pacific Rim currencies.

Forex Open Market Time and Volume
(time displayed as EST)


Forex Open Market Time and Volume

Volume Per Open Markets

Volume Per Open Markets