The Fundamentals of Forex Trading

Forex stands for “Foreign exchange” which means that foreign currencies are being traded. The Foreign Exchange market is the largest market in the world with a turnover of around $7 trillion per day. In the Forex market, there are a variety of different players: banks, governments, international corporations who have exposure to foreign currencies, insurance companies, professional traders, hedge funds and millions of amateur retail traders. Retail traders like us try to speculate on short term price movements or momentary market volatility to earn high profits.

There are two schools of analysis, technical analysis involving charts and mathematical calculations or fundamental analysis, using events like central bank meetings, interest rate decision, inflation data and headline news. There are many fundamental factors that affect the price of an asset and trading these events can make solid profits. The fundamentals of a currency or currency pair can be learned and mastered pretty quickly. In this class we will learn what these fundamental factors are and how they we can use this information to enter the markets successfully.

Barry Norman 
The Director of Investors Trading Academy as well as a published author and educator. Barry brings with him over 35 years of financial market knowledge and experience. He holds an MBA in Finance and Economics from UCLA and an undergraduate degree in Economics from the University of Maryland. Barry was award the title of “Best Education in Europe” by Global Banking & Finance. 
Barry is also a presenter for the MoneyShow and many well-known news sources.