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Traders at work on New York Stock Exchange

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on July 9, 2007. US stocks have risen on growing optimism about second-quarter earnings and plans by Johnson & Johnson and ConocoPhillips to buy back their own shares.

The Tokyo Stock Exchange. This is the main room. The stocks were traded here while the trading was done by humans, but nowadays all trading is done by computer

India Stock Exchanges

India Stock Exchanges are a structured marketplace for the proper conduct of trading in company stocks and other securities. There are 23 recognized stock exchanges in India, including the Over the Counter Exchange of India for providing trading access to small and new companies. The main services of the India Stock Exchanges all over the country is to provide nation-wide services to investors and to facilitate the issue and redemption of securities and other financial instruments.

The introduction of the concept of the stock exchanges in India came with the breaking of the American Civil War and the idea materialized first in 1874 with the foundation of the Bombay Stock Exchange at the Dalal Street in Mumbai.

Currently, in all the India Stock Exchanges the trading system is computerized for more efficient and transparent trading. There has been a significant boom in the degree of development and volume of trading in the stock exchanges .
The two most important exchange houses of the Indian stock market are the Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange . Many of the regional stock exchanges have obtained the membership of these two stock exchanges in India. The index of the Bombay Stock Exchange , BSE Sensex is a value-weighted index composed of 30 companies.

Another significant feature of the India Stock Exchanges is the regulatory agency, Securities and Exchange Board of India or SEBI which supervises the activities of stock markets, regulates the functioning of stock exchanges and intermediaries and registers Foreign Investors trading in Indian scrips .

Stock Market Falls

Stock markets and other financial markets took a dim view of the future today (Oct. 6, 2008) with the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling below 10,000 for the first time since 2004. Credit markets remain strained and investors are wondering if the $700 billion dollar bailout will not work quickly enough to unfreeze credit markets. The credit crunch is starting to affect the average wage earner causing a crisis of consumer confidence.

Massive Sell Off

Said Ryan Detrick a strategist at Schaeffer’s Investment Research, “The fact is people are scared and the only thing they’re doing is selling, Investors are cleaning out portfolios and getting rid of everything because nothing seems to be working.” Selling was so intense that only 98 stocks rose while 3,092 dropped on the New York Stock Exchange.

In selecting managed account programs:

- We do not list accounts that use non-regulated brokers. Brokers subject to regulation give clients recourse if there is complainable action: they can take it up with the regulating agency, which can result in actions against the broker.

- None of the traders for accounts to which we refer work for or are in the employment of the brokers that are used, which could potentially be a conflict of interest.

- Many ploys depend on hiding from the customer what is going on in their account. We refer to accounts at brokerages that provide clients with access to their accounts 24 hours a day, so they can always see exactly what is going on in the account, and its current balance.

- We choose accounts managed by traders with experience, who are recommended by reliable sources such as brokerages who have done business with them and their clients.

- We choose accounts with track records that are verifiable. We provide prospective clients with continuing records of performance that they can verify for themselves — via read-only live accounts that they can login to directly from the broker (eliminating the possibility of faked account records by us or the trader), as well as updated performance figures, which are in many cases audited results.

Guarding Against Fraud in Forex

Although Forex falls under the regulations of the FINRA and NFA, beware for fraudulent activity by unscrupulous persons. They attempt to con unwary investors out of their money. Avoiding fraud is therefore an aspect of investing in Forex that must be properly addressed. This is fairly straightforward, as there are numerous well established ways to do this and that we employ, that are summarized below. It is important to know that these are integral to our presentation of information and selection of managed account opportunities, and that they derive from our decades of experience with financial markets and Forex. Many of these precautions are also requirements of the U.S. regulating bodies that govern the brokers for the accounts to which we refer.

There are many advantages to trading in Forex

Liquidity - Because of the size of the Foreign Exchange Market, investments are extremely liquid. International banks are continuously providing bid and ask offers and the high number of transactions each day means there is always a buyer or a seller for any currency.

Accessibility – The market is open 24 hours a day, 5 days a week. The market opens Monday morning Australian time and closes Friday afternoon New York time. Trades can be done on the Internet from anywhere.

Open Market – Currency fluctuations are usually caused by changes in national economies. News about these changes is accessible to everyone at the same time – there can be no 'insider trading' in FOREX.

No One Can Corner the Market – The Forex market is so vast and has so many participants that no single entity, not even a central bank, can control the market price for an extended period of time. As the market has grown, even central bank interventions have become increasingly ineffectual and short lived as a tool for controlling the value of a particular currency.

Unlike other financial markets, the Forex market has neither a physical location nor a central exchange. The Forex market is considered an Over-the-Counter or "Interbank" market, due to the fact that the entire market is run electronically, within a network of about 5000 trading institutions such as international banks, central government banks like the US Federal Reserve, and commercial companies and brokers. Major trading centers are located in New York, Tokyo, London, Hong Kong, Singapore, Paris, and Frankfurt, and all trading is by telephone or over the Internet. Businesses use the market to buy and sell products in other countries, but most of the activity on the FOREX is from currency traders who use it to attempt to generate profits from small movements in the market.

The most often traded or 'liquid' currencies are those of countries with stable governments, respected central banks, and low inflation. Today, over 85% of all daily transactions involve trading of the major currencies, including the US Dollar, Japanese Yen, Euro, British Pound, Swiss Franc, Canadian Dollar and Australian Dollar. Unlike any other financial market, investors can respond to currency fluctuations caused by economic, social and political events at the time they occur - day or night, because the Forex market operates 24 hours a day.

iWhat is Forex?

The Foreign Exchange market, also referred to as Forex, is the largest financial market in the world, with a volume of about $2 trillion a day. It was established in 1971 with the abolishment of fixed currency exchanges. Any person, firm, or country may participate in this market. If you compare its trading volume to that of the New York Stock Exchange, it is about 80 times bigger.

Second, it means that you should pay particular attention to any important geopolitical news or economic data coming out of the UK, since you know that thousands of the world's biggest institutional forex traders at banks and investment funds will be responding to it by either buying or selling.

London, England: Where the Forex Market Lives

The foreign exchange (forex) or currency market does not exist like most other financial markets you may be familiar with, such as the New York Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ. Both of these markets have a central location and a central exchange, but the forex market exists as a global financial market instead of a centrally located one.

The term that we use for this is 'over-the-counter' (OTC), meaning that the market itself exists as a large teeming collection of interconnected bank computer servers (which is also the reason that this market is commonly referred to as the interbank market). If you want to trade the foreign currency market, instead of finding a broker that can 'plug you in' to a centrally located exchange (as you would do with the stock market), you actually use you own internet-enabled computer to gain access to your trading platform via a big bank's computer servers. In effect, since the forex market itself IS all of these computers, you are actually enlarging the market when you choose to add your own

Also, another tip to learning online Forex trading is to study the news, including international news and news relating to politics, economics and finances. Inflation, changes in government and taxes just to name a few all affect the Forex on a daily basis. It is crucial to understand how these changes affect trading and the value of currency.

Transactions in the Forex are traded very rapidly. The Forex is open around the clock on every business day of the year. Trading begins every morning in Sydney, Australia and as the business day in each country begins, the Forex online trading opens around the world. Online Forex trading allows banks, financial institutions, brokers and speculators to trade their currency rapidly and with ease. Online Forex trading is also a popular way to change foreign currency because it happens in real time with no delay.

Because online Forex trading makes exchanging foreign currency so easy and accessible to millions of people, many are trying to learn the ins and outs of the Forex. Brokers and financial institutions can offer advice on investing in the Forex. Brokers will also do the actual trading for the consumer. However, many are willing to learn to trade on the Forex on their own. When learning about online Forex trading it is imperative to understand everything there is to know about the Forex. Many online websites can offer potential traders tutorials and demos on how to get started in online Forex trading. Practicing on the demos helps speculators learn the basics of online Forex trading.

A lot of people have shown interest in the Foreign Exchange Market or Forex exchange because of this fact: that each day, an estimated $3 trillion worth of currencies are traded all over the world. And this number is continuously growing and is expected to reach the $4 trillion mark soon. Since the Foreign Exchange Market is the most liquid and volatile market there is, it has attracted almost every types of traders from large financial institutions such as banks and trading firms, to even individuals who would like to take part in the prospects of such an active market.

The Forex exchange is the largest market in the world, both in the amount of money being traded and the number of traders participating in the trades. The Foreign Exchange Market is often considered unique because of the following characteristics: the high volume of trades conducted each day, the length of time of the trading hours which is 24 hours which is comparably much longer than the other markets, the high liquidity of the Forex exchange, the variety of factors that affect the exchanges or trades, and also the global scope of the market.

It is not completely Unregulated: The FOREX market is seen as an unregulated market although the operations of major dealers like commercial banks in money centers are regulated under the banking laws.

For the average person who is willing to get into forex trading, this market is just a better bet. With it being so wide open like it is, you have a higher gross potential than with any other trade type.

ForexGen Scalping Enabled Account

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