tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3494998757025037202012-01-15T19:20:39.026-08:00editornoreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-349499875702503720.post-71389461356149510092007-02-25T03:01:00.002-08:002007-05-06T08:48:06.132-07:00<img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://www.forextester.com/Forex-Trading.gif" alt="" border="0" /><br /><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >Transactions in foreign currencies are not centralized on an exchange, unlike say the NYSE, and thus take place all over the world via telecommunications. Trade is open 24 hours a day from Sunday afternoon until Friday afternoon (00:00 GMT on Monday to 10:00 pm GMT on Friday). In almost every time zone around the world, there are dealers who will quote all major currencies. After deciding what currency the investor would like to purchase, he or she does so via one of these dealers (some of which can be found online). It is quite common practice for investors to speculate on currency prices by getting a credit line (which are available to those with capital as small as $500), and vastly increase their potential gains and losses. This is called marginal trading.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/349499875702503720-7138946135614951009?l=forexdb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>editornoreply@blogger.com29