OVERVIEW OF FOREX

What is Foreign ?

Exchange of a currency into another currency upon settled price is called foreign Exchange or forex. All currencies work versus some currency and first currency is called base currency lies on the left of pair although second currency is called counter currency which lies on right. For instance EUR/USD pair, EUR is base and USD is counter currency. Forex is a biggest financial market in the world having 5 trillion USD volume per day.

Commonly traded currencies in the FX market

Symbol Currency
USD United States Dollar
EUR Euro (EUR/USD)
JPY Japanese Yen (USD/JPY)
GBP British Pound or Sterling (GBP/USD, or STG/USD)
CHF Swiss Franc (USD/CHF)
CAD Canadian Dollar (USD/CAD)
AUD Australian Dollar (AUD/USD)
NZD New Zealand Dollar (NZD/USD)

What is FX Pricing ?

International trades and financial incoming and outgoing affect the prices in forex market. Political situations and economical conditions have also a big effect on prices as interest rates, inflation and stability conditions in politics. It means that prices in forex market are fluctuating due to external powers and technical reasons.