How to trade
Trading and investing both involve the exchange of money and carry certain risks. Conducting a "fundamental" or "technical" analysis is a technique used to attempt to reduce risk when investing or trading.
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Overview of currency trading
Fundamental analysis is a technique used to evaluate a company's performance and calculate the intrinsic value of its stock.
- FX stands for "Foreign Exchange," and it is the largest and most liquid market in the world.
- Each pair consists of a "base" currency (on which transactions are conducted) and a "quote" currency (the currency being quoted).
- The exchange rate indicates the value of one unit of the base currency.
- When you buy a pair, you are simultaneously buying the base currency and selling the quote currency. For sell positions, the opposite is true.
- The most frequently traded pairs are the "majors," which represent the largest global economies.
- Traders "buy" at the ASK price and "sell" at the BID price. Traders will "sell" at the BID price and "close" at the ASK price.
- The "spread" is the difference between the Ask and Bid prices.
Trading charts
- O-H-L-C refers to the opening price, highest price, lowest price, and closing price for the specified period.
- Charts are generated using only the "bid" prices; the live "ask" price can be added to the charts as a horizontal line.
- Line charts are the simplest—they only display the "closing" prices. Bar charts cover all the data for the period.
- Candlestick charts are the most common and visually accessible as they display all the data for the period.
- Candlesticks consist of two elements: a "body" (opening and closing prices) and "wicks" (high and low prices).
Pips and points
- Pips, points, and ticks are all terms used to indicate market price movements.
- In currency trading, a pip is often the fourth decimal place.
- A point is a fraction of a pip and is the last digit shown in a quote.
- The spread and PnL are determined by multiplying the pip value by the number of pips.
- A pip equals ten units of the "quote" currency (for 4-digit pairs).
- Other asset classes use points and ticks differently.