A world-wide market established to facilitate the buying and selling of currency, the Forex market involves large organizations, such as central governments, commercial companies and international commercial banks as well as smaller players such as brokerage houses and individual brokers.
There is no set location for the market (although there are major trading centers around the world in a number of cities such as London, Frankfurt, New York and Tokyo) but it is essentially an 'over-the-counter' market with the vast majority of trading being conducted by telephone and on the internet.
The exchange of currencies is a central element in supporting global trade and, as the major currencies such as the US dollar (USD), the British pound (GBP), the Euro (EUR), the Japanes yen (JPY) and others move against each other and the foreign currency exchange rate for any given pair of currencies changes, there is the opportunity to make money from currency exchanges.
There is no set location for the market (although there are major trading centers around the world in a number of cities such as London, Frankfurt, New York and Tokyo) but it is essentially an 'over-the-counter' market with the vast majority of trading being conducted by telephone and on the internet.
The exchange of currencies is a central element in supporting global trade and, as the major currencies such as the US dollar (USD), the British pound (GBP), the Euro (EUR), the Japanes yen (JPY) and others move against each other and the foreign currency exchange rate for any given pair of currencies changes, there is the opportunity to make money from currency exchanges.
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