Saturday, November 2, 2013

Market volatility (one of the most important things in forex)

forex_volatilityConsidering Forex market volatility as one of the most important tools within the FX market a trader should take into account while planning and choosing own FX trading strategy. As you know Forex is open worldwide 24/5 which makes it the most prosperous and advantageous for those traders who want to open positions whether for short or long time terms.

Besides high availability of this market makes it possible for traders from all corners of the Earth to communicate with dealers, brokers and investors living far away from each other and follow the latest trends and Forex news in different countries depending on what currency pair was chosen for providing transactions.

The official time of the Forex market is Greenwich Time because London owns the hugest foreign exchange market from all existing and leverage opportunities over there are much higher like 200:1.Taking into consideration that you have to adjust for local time of a country you have a deal with you can achieve better results and gain profits eventually instead of losing money.

In addition to this you should take into account that activity at the Forex market in certain countries according to time zone depends on daily business hours so make sure you have considered this nuance of the FX markets either.

As for the Forex volatility every currency pair can boast having it when experiences the highest rises and drops moving constantly along with its prices. Volatility commonly takes place in particular periods of time : daily hours mostly : when the whole country is active and business deals are provided everywhere in the territory of this certain state. It happens so because plenty of events happen during a day and Forex market responds properly so traders should just follow these changes and consider them while planning their daily trading strategies. It is a mistake to suppose that during Forex volatility process a currency doesn't experience any influence from its own country even if this country is developing one because on the contrary the most powerful influence is provided towards the currency by its own state.

For example, London (or also called as European) session is considered as the hugest Forex market and provides more FX volatility than any other foreign exchange market's sessions. More than thirty percents of all daily turnover of the Forex market pass the London session. As for the average price change set for all pairs during this session it equals 80 pips. And if you manage to understand this Forex volatility principles properly for all traded currency pairs like USD/CAD or GBP/USD you will have some benefits from this knowledge and set certain levels of risk as well as stop-losses orders, etc. Correct and accurate Forex trading is guaranteed if one uses Forex volatility as a helpful instrument.

The most important thing is to know when the highest volatility is provided at different foreign exchange markets and then provide all your suitable transactions to get more profits.

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