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hétfő, április 14th, 2008
Market participants
Rank
Name
Volume
1
Deutsche Bank
19.30%
2
UBS AG
14.85%
3
Citi
9.00%
4
Royal Bank of Scotland
8.90%
5
Barclays Capital
8.80%
6
Bank of America
5.29%
7
HSBC
4.36%
8
Goldman Sachs
4.14%
9
JPMorgan
3.33%
10
Morgan Stanley
2.86%
Unlike a stock market, where all participants have access to the same prices, the forex market is divided into levels of access. At the top is the inter-bank market, which is made up of the largest investment banking firms. Within the inter-bank market, spreads, which […]
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kedd, április 8th, 2008
Market size and liquidity
The foreign exchange market is unique because of
its trading volumes,
the extreme liquidity of the market,
the large number of, and variety of, traders in the market,
its geographical dispersion,
its long trading hours: 24 hours a day (except on weekends),
the variety of factors that affect exchange rates.
the low margins of profit compared with other markets of fixed income […]
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kedd, április 8th, 2008
Australian FOREX Daily Outlook 07/04/2008
Non-Farm Payrolls Pushes Dollar Down, Increasing Likelihood of Rate Cut
CURRENCY TRADING SUMMARY � 07 APRIL 2008 (00:30GMT)
� U.S. Dollar Trading (USD) was weaker on Friday as a result of a worse than expected Non-Farm Payrolls data release indicating employment fell by 80,000 in March, […]
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kedd, március 18th, 2008
Forex Markets
Greenback at new lows (March 17, 2008, 4:23 PM)
EURUSD briefly rose above 1.59, as markets reeled from the news of the Bear Sterns collapse. USD was also sharply down against CHF and JPY. We do not see short term relief for the greenback, as technical and market momentum is compellingly against […]
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hétfő, március 17th, 2008
Gulf states under pressure to sever links with ailing US dollar - report
Pressure is mounting on Gulf states to fight surging inflation when they meet on Wednesday by severing the links between their currencies and the US dollar, according to a report in the Times, which cited analysts. The paper said officials in Qatar and the United Arab Emirates have denied rumours of an imminent decoupling, but […]
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péntek, március 14th, 2008
Daily Report: Dollar Remains Weak as Focus Turns to CPI, Yen Stabilizes around 100
Dollar remains generally weak and edges to another record low of 1.5650 today. Markets are preparing for another round of inflation data from US. Headline CPI is expected to remain unchanged at 4.3% yoy while core CPI is expected to ease back to 2.4% yoy in Feb. Markets are generally expecting Fed to cut rates […]
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péntek, március 14th, 2008
Concepts of Forex Trading.
Currency Pairs
Different currencies are priced together in pairs.
The most commonly traded currency pairs are :
· EUR/USD - Euro/Dollar
· USD/CHF - Dollar/ Swiss Franc
· USD/JPY - Dollar /Yen
· GBP/USD - Pound /Dollar
· USD/CAD - Dollar/Canadian Dollar
The first currency is called the base currency and the second currency […]
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csütörtök, március 13th, 2008
Currency Exchange Rates?
No particular individual or organisation determines foreign exchange rates. Forces of supply and demand for currencies determine these rates. The variance in supply and demand is in turn caused by several other […]
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csütörtök, március 13th, 2008
Introduction to Forex
1. What is Forex ?
No prizes for answering the above. The word Forex consists of two words FOReign and EXchange.
Definition: Forex is a cash market where currencies are traded against each other
The word […]