Forex Education
The Forex market is open 24 hours a day, 5.5 days a week. Because of the decentralized clearing of trades and overlap of major markets in Asia, London, and the United States, the forex market times remains open and liquid throughout the day and overnight. As a forex trader, this allows you to react to favorable/unfavorable forex news by trading immediately without regard to the forex calendar.
It also gives traders the added flexibility of determining
their trading day and forex hours.
Forex Basics
A futures contract is an obligation to buy or sell a commodity at or before a given date in the future, at a price agreed upon today. Learn about forex market times, what the forex calendar dates are, and the forex hours for trading.
How FX Trading Works
In this forex market, you may buy or sell currencies during open forex hours. The objective is to earn a profit from your position.
Understanding FX Quotes
Reading a foreign exchange quote may seem a bit confusing at first. However, it's really quite simple if you remember two things:
Converting Futures to Forex
Of the 6 currency pairs listed (majors), there are three that are easy to convert. Equipped with this knowledge, you can trade easily during open forex market times