What Is Forex Trading ?

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Trading Point of Financial Instruments Ltd is regulated by the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) under license number 120/10, and registered with FCA (FSA, UK), under reference no. 538324. Trading Point of Financial Instruments Ltd operates in accordance with the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) of the European Union.

Clocks will be advanced by 1 hour this Sunday 12 March in the US eastern time zone (EST). The FX trading day ending at 5pm NY time, Dukascopy Market opening and settlement time will be changed from 22:00 GMT to 21:00 GMT effectively this Sunday 12 March 2017.

As I said above, the foreign exchange trading is considered as one of the most profitable and attractive opportunities for investment as any person can easily do at home or office and from any part of the world. For succeeding the Forex trading, a person is not required to do any online promotion, marketing etc. The only requirement in the Forex trading is the account that a person is required to open with reliable and registered brokers, a computer system and fast internet connection.

Before the Internet revolution only large players such as banks, hedge funds and extremely wealthy individuals could participate. Now retail traders can buy, sell and speculate on currencies from the comfort of their homes with a mouse click through online brokerage accounts. There are many currency pairs that can be traded and an average online broker has about 40. One of our most popular chats is the public Forex chat where traders talk in real-time about where the Forex market is going.

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