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Making money with FOREX only takes a little bit of common sense and practicality. While there is no sure strategy to constantly pull a profit, there are 4 strong strategies that should always be considered while trading.

• The state of the nations whose currency you are buying/selling. If the economy that uses a currency that you are actively buying or selling has an economic crisis, a political coup or other political problems, you can bet that the value of that nations dollar will fall, even ...Read More

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  This post was written by admin on September 15, 2008

There are a few major differences between Trading Stocks and FOREX Trading.

Firstly, one of the major points of FOREX is the availability of margin. In FOREX trading, margin is usually offered at a 100:1 ration, meaning if you deposit $1,000 your potential spending capacity is $100,000. This greatly increases the profit margin as well as the users buying power. In stock trading, margin is offered usually at a 2:1 ratio.

Secondly, the width of the bid/ask spread and the transaction costs are ...Read More

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