How do I get into forex trading?
More specifically,
the spot forex is where currencies are bought and sold
according to the current price. That price, determined by supply and demand, is
a reflection of many things, including current interest rates, economic
performance, sentiment towards ongoing political situations (both locally and
internationally), as well as the perception of the future performance of one
currency against another. When a deal is finalized, this is known as a "spot
deal". It is a bilateral transaction by which one party delivers an
agreed-upon currency amount to the counter party and receives a specified
amount of another currency at the agreed-upon exchange rate value. After a
position is closed, the settlement is in cash. Although the spot market is
commonly known as one that deals with transactions in the present (rather than
the future), these trades actually take two days for settlement.
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