"Have not prisons - which kill all will and force of character in man, which enclose within their walls more vices than are met with on any other spot of the globe - always been universities of crime?"Peter Kropotkin
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If you are new to Forex, no doubt you are confused by all of the strange and unfamiliar terminology. For example, what is a pip? Also, you are probably already aware that Forex trading can be risky. How can you limit your loss and best protect your funds? This article briefly covers how currency lots are traded to help you better understand how to plan your trading strategy and manage your funds.
In Foreign Currency Exchange (FOREX), earnings are expressed in "pips". Pip is short for Price Interest Point, also called points. Whereas the smallest denomination in USD is the penny ($.01), in Currency Exchange, funds can be traded in an even smaller denomination, $0.0001. This means that very small movements in currency prices can create large profits.
So, a PIP is the smallest unit a currency can be traded in. The actual value of a pip is not a set price. If you are trading with a standard account, a pip is worth $10. If you are trading a mini account, a pip is only worth $1.
The value of a pip changes based upon the size of your account, because the size of your account affects how much currency you can leverage. A standard full size trading account is 100,000 units of the base currency. If you are trading in USD, a standard account has a value of $100,000 USD.
A mini lot is 10,000 units of base currency. If you are trading mini lots, you can leverage $10,000. This is why a pip in a mini account is worth less than a pip in a standard full sized account.
While Forex trading allows you to leverage more funds than you actually have, this can be a double edged sword. While you can make profits on funds that you leverage (rather than own), you can also have losses amplified as well. There are several ways, however, to manage your risk when trading Forex. If you are interested in trading Forex, you should have a definite trading strategy. You must educate yourself to know when to enter and exit the market and what kind of movements to anticipate.
You can also place something known as a stop loss order. Stop-loss orders the typical way traders minimize risk when placing an entry order. A stop-loss order to exit your position if the currency price reaches a certain point.
If you are taking a long position, you would place the stop loss order below current market price. For a short position, you would place a stop loss order above current market price. This technique allows you to manage your risk and, just as the name suggests, stop your losses at a certain point.
As you can see, Forex trading can be complex, but once you understand the basic fundamental principals of how lots are traded, its starts to come together for you. Foreign Currency Trading can be quite profitable and and exciting way to invest.
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 Canadian Dollar Edges Higher Against US Currency (Nasdaq)
(RTTNews) - During early Asian deals on Thursday, the Canadian dollar gained ground against the US currency. The greenback-loonie pair that closed yesterday's trading at 1.0467 is presently quoted at 1.0437. On the upside, the loonie is likely to target the 1.041 level.
Alaron Currency Comment (Ag Report)
CHICAGO - Aug 27/08 - SNS -- Following is the currency futures comment from Alaron Trading Corp. The EC opened higher at 1.4755 after 'hawkish' comments from two ECB members who stated that it is very likely that interest rates will not change until Q1 of 09'.
Cashing in on currency (Express India)
The move to introduce exchange-traded currency futures has been long overdue. It was in 2007 that a panel appointed by the RBI had recommended that trading in currency futures should be introduced at dedicated exchanges.
MCX gets SEBI nod for currency futures trading (Calcutta News)
The Multi-Commodity Exchange (MCX) has received approval in-principle from the capital market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to start currency futures trading.
MCX gets SEBI's nod for currency futures trading (The Hindu)
NEW DELHI: the Multi Commodity Exchange said on today said it has received 'in-principal' approval from market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) for currency futures trading.
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