Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Forex Market Hours

By: Joel Teo

The Forex trading market is unlike some of the other trading markets. The Forex market stays open and moving twenty four hours a day.This allows the traders to trade at any time, and the long waits until the market opens do not happen in Forex like they do in the stock market. One thing that successful traders will learn, however, is the right, or optimum, time to make the trade. This aspect of the market hours is very crucial to a market trader in terms of success.

The Forex market may stay open twenty four hours a day but it is better to trade when the market is active, as there is more activity and chances to make a profitable trade during the active times of the market. An active market translates into a bigger volume of trades. This means that there are more active currency moves when the market is active, and this will create a better chance of catching a trade that makes a profit. When the market is very calm and slow, most Forex traders consider it a waste of their time to trade.

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