Forex Broker

The most important thing in Forex trading is to choose right Forex broker. There are a lot of Forex brokers available. You have to choose the best option available in Forex market. The followings are the most important criteria when you select a Forex broker for trading.

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Select Forex brokers with low fees and spreads and good leverage.
They should be well-regulated. The spread should be low to save money. Unit used to measure spread is pip which is the difference between purchase price and selling price of currency at any time.
There is no commission for Forex brokers; therefore spread is the way that they charge their cost. Then you have to find out Forex brokers with low spreads.

There should be strong regulatory bodies and institution behind Forex broker agencies
Forex brokers need these agencies and institutions because there is a large amount of money is exchanged in Forex market and considerable leverage should be provided.

There are some agencies and institutions that Forex brokers should register with and those are;
  • Futures Commission Merchant (FCM)
  • Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
Refer  parent company website and Financial Industry Regulatory Authority’s website to find out these details.

Forex broker companies should provide required information needed for Forex traders. You should check with Forex broker whether they provide trading platforms with following information;
  • Technical analysis tools
  • Economic calendars
  • Real time news, data and charts
  • Details of other brokers
Forex brokers should provide trials of all these facilities before you are going to invest money.

Forex brokers should provide an affordable leverage to clients
There should be different leverage option for everyone who wants to invest. Leverage is the ratio in between  total capital and  actual capital. Leverage is the amount of money lend by Forex brokers.

For example 200: 1 leverage means that broker lend 200 dollars to each 1 dollar you invest in Forex market. The risk of margin call is lower when leverage is lower. Forex brokers with higher leverage are preferred by Forex traders with lower capital.

Risk management is easy when there are a wide variety of leverage options. When you deal with highly volatile or exotic pairs, the high leverage is preferred. Select suitable Forex broker according to your financial condition.

Two or more account types are offered by Forex brokers
The mini account with higher leverage can be opened with minimum $250. Other account is known as standard account with different types of leverages and Forex trader needs a higher amount of capital to open this account.

Be aware of some unfair actions of Forex brokers such as sniping or hunting and strict margin rules
The snipping action is the premature buying or selling regardless of preset points. You have to inquire fellow traders to realize these activities because these are not reported. Forex brokers may sell or buy currencies at their will because they lend capital to you. Some Forex brokers may liquidize by making a margin call even though you have more capital to recover Forex account. This will put you in risky situation.

Once you obtain all required details of Forex broker, register for an account. You have to agree with their agreement which mention that they burrow capital to you and they have rights to interfere Forex trading to make sure their interest is safe.

After you sign up for a Forex account you are ready to invest.

Strategy for Forex Trading 
There are some prior examinations and exercises that you should do before going to trade. The following analysis should be done to have a thorough knowledge on economy of the industry and market behavior. 

Fundamental Analysis 
This analysis can be done to find information of companies which affects currency values. But it may be difficult to find about all companies, therefore you should analysis whole country to get an idea. For a short term analysis, you can refer news but this analysis is usually done to find out long term trend. You can refer following indices and documents for a fundamental analysis;
  • Purchasing Manager Index (PMI)
  • Consumer Price Index (CPI)
  • Pay rolls and Retail Sales
Not only above information, there are two important meetings which can be used by a trader to analyze Forex market trend: those are Humphrey Hawkins Hearings and Federal Open Market Committee.

This information is very useful for you to analyze Forex market trend. But you have to keep economic calendar updated and your broker will provide these details in advance.

Technical Analysis
The predictions about Forex market are made by technical analysis. Price of currency analysis is done here. There are some forms of technical analysis;
  • Pivot Points
  • Fibonacci Studies
  • The Elliot Waves
  • Parabolic SAR
You can make more precise predictions by a combine analysis of these forms

You can develop a perfect strategy by combining both fundamental and technical analysis. Once you develop your own trade strategy with the help of these analyses, start to trade.

Important Notes:
Do not open a live account first. Use a demo account and paper trading first to make sure you can earn profits from Forex trading. Do not be hurry to trade because you may lose your capital. Learning to trade properly is very important to make sure your profit.

Avoid the emotional trading. You have set stop loss points and take profit points very accurately and wisely. If you want to change those, do not let emotions to do that. Think and analyze carefully before change points.

Always follow Forex marketing trend. Do not deviate from the trend when you are trading because always Forex market is changing according to the trend. If you want to make profits, follow trends.

Conclusion
This is the largest market in the world and Forex traders are entering to Forex market daily. Therefore you have to consider several factors before you enter Forex market. Select the best Forex broker according to your trading requirements. Build up your own strategy by doing some fundamental and technical analysis. Open a demo account first to get knowledge how to do trading and practice with demo account before a real trade.
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