Forex ( ang. For eign Ex change ) – date most often used in relation to the international currency market . Forex is a broad market on world, turnovers date back about 4.5 of billions of United States dollars per day. However it is value of the turnover, rather than invested funds, because this market is very firmly lewarowany . Only a 0.2 % value of the contract can because correspond to every transaction , and so the cash is being invested in this case 500 times smaller. If all transactions were held by such a jack, it would give the amount of employed means equal of 14 bn dollars, i.e. larger than turnovers on stock exchanges, where isn't appearing leverage . They are generating the majority of turnovers foreksowcy, and about 20 % constitutes speculation of funds , of an investment banks and private persons.
This market, what untypical, is open twenty-four hours a day, from 23.00 on Sunday to 22.00 on Friday (according to the Central European Time). He is the best thing of him huge fluidity causing, that the sale or the purchase of the any amount currencies in every moment doesn't constitute the problem, apart from cases of too small orders (e.g. below the equivalent 100).
Forex is a market of the OTC type (ang. Over The Counter ) – with decentralised market, without the single global individual supervising the trading.
