What is Forex? Forex is the largest and most liquid financial market in the world, where buyers and sellers trade currencies 24 hours a day.

Top Advantages of trading currency:

• Forex market is the most liquid and widely traded financial market in the world, with daily trading volumes that dwarf those of the U.S. stock markets (roughly 30x)
• Forex market is open 24 hours a day
• Forex has lower transaction costs than trading stocks and futures
• Leverage - FXCM offers up to 400:1 leverage, which means you could use as little as $250 to sustain a $100K position.
• Diversify your overall trading strategies by adding Forex to the mix

Facts about FXCM, our Forex trading partner:

• one of the largest currency trading firms in the world
• 150 thousand Trading Accounts in 200 countries
• $350 billion in monthly trading volume
• 3 million transactions each month
• 24 hour live customer support
• superior execution
• financial strength and regulated in more countries than any other firm. FXCM is the only firm regulated in the United States, Hong Kong, British Columbia, and the United Kingdom.

FXCM's size and financial strength means better execution for our members. Because the Forex market is an over-the-counter market with no centralized exchange, not everyone receives access to the same prices or quality of execution. The world's largest banks tend to provide better prices and execution to institutions with the largest trade volume and the most solid financials. FXCM is one of the oldest and largest capitalized retail online Forex brokers. FXCM has strong execution relationships with many of the world's largest international banks. FXCM receives and is able to pass on the benefits of size, better prices, and better execution to our members.

Want to learn more about currency trading? Click here to view a short video of the FXCM trading platform, and to set up a Practice Account to practice trading currency.

Want to get started immediately? Click here to open your Trading Account.