by Mike Carlayle
In the Forex market, trading on margin is quite commonplace. The use of margin to create leverage in the currency market is basically enabling the trader to hold a position that is much bigger than his trading account balance, and the difference being covered by the broker. Simply put its borrowing money. For instance, if the leverage ratio is set at 50:1, it means you will be able to trade $50 for every $1.
From this ratio alone, it's easy to see how you can make considerably more money trading at a margin as compared to trading solely on pure cash. Then again, what people often forget is that the effect goes both ways. Using leverage can increase returns significantly as easily as it can wipe out a big percentage of your portfolio. With margin trading, the risk of losing more money than you invested is an ever-present one.
A contract for difference or CFD is a financial derivative which draws heavily from margin trading. When you trade CFDs, you are in essence betting on the change in value of the underlying asset overtime. CFD can be applied on a variety of asset classes, Forex included. CFD providers permit long and short orders.
When you go 'short' you are selling a CFD with the hopes that the underlying asset will decrease in value. Going "long" on the other hand is purchasing a CFD in hopes that the underlying asset's price will go higher. Either way, the goal of a CFD is to gain the difference between the starting and closing values. Currency futures are another financial derivative used in Forex trading. Similar to CFDs discussed in the preceding paragraphs, trading on FX futures often requires the use of leverage because the actual contract price is often substantial. Forex trading using futures entails buying or selling a specified amount of a particular currency at a predetermined price and date in the future.
For any given futures contract, your broker should provide you with its specifications, such as the contract sizes, time increments, trading hours, pricing limits, and other relevant information. These details will assist you in figuring out the profitability of that said contract. Forex futures help reduce or eliminate the risk against any non-profitable price movements.
<a href="http://www.icmarkets.com.au/forex_ic_markets.html">Forex</a> futures and CFDs are two ways to trade in the Forex market. You can get more information on these two approaches to <a href="http://www.icmarkets.com.au/forex_ic_markets.html">Forex trading</a> by clicking here.
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Title: What Does Trading At A Margin In Forex Mean?
Author: Mike Carlayle
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Keywords: forex,trading,finance,business,general,misc,news,miscellaneous,uncategorized
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