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Trading the Forex-market has become very popular over the last 2 or 3 years. Why is it that traders around the world see the Forex market as an investment opportunity? We will try to answer this question in this article. We will look at the differences in the Forex markets, the stocks market and the futures market.
Some of the benefits of trading the Forex market are:

Superior liquidity.
Loads of money going around is what makes the Forex market different. The Forex market is by far the most liquid online market market in the world with nearly 2 trillion dollars traded every 24 hours. This ensures price stability and better trade execution. Makes opening and closing a lot easier. Also such a great volume makes it hard to manipulate the market in an extended manner.

24hr Market.
This one is also one of the fantasic things of trading Forex. It is an around the click market, the market opens on Sunday at 3:00 pm EST when New Zealand begins operations, and closes on Friday at 5:00 pm EST when San Francisco terminates operations. There are transactions in practically every time zone, good for easy trading.

Low minimum investment.
The Forex market requires less capital to start trading than any other markets. The initial investment could go as low as $500 USD, depending on leverage offered by the broker. This is a fantasic advantage since Online Forex traders are able to keeps risk to a minimum.

Leverage trading.
Trading the Forex Market offers a greater buying power than many other markets. Some Forex brokers offer leverage up to 400:1, allowing traders to have only 0.25% in range of the total investment. For instance, a trader using 100:1 means that to have an US$100,000 position, only US$1,000 are needed on margin to be able to open that position.

Low Transaction costs.
Almost all brokers offer commission free trading. The only cost traders incur in any transaction is the spread (difference of the buy sell price). This spread could be as low as 1 pip (the minimum increment in any currency pair) in some pairs.

Professional trading.
The liquidity of the market allows us to focus on just a few instruments (or currency pairs) as our main investments (85% of all trading transactions are made on the seven major currencies). Let us monitor, and at the end get to know each instrument better.
Trading from anywhere.
If you do a lot of traveling, you can trade from anywhere in the world just having an internet connection.