The foreign currency exchange market, also called the forex market, is rapidly becoming one of the most popular ways to trade worldwide.

There is a multitude of unique qualities about the market, and foreign exchange trading has picked up more in the last several years than any other market.

Take a quick look through our forex trading guide online, and we will go over some of these unique qualities that have made the foreign exchange market so attractive, as well as take a look at some information comparing the exchange to other potential investments.

The foreign currency exchange does roughly four trillion dollars of business every day. By comparison, the New York Stock Exchange does around twenty-five billion.

This makes forex trading worldwide roughly one hundred and sixty times the size of the stock exchange, making the forex market one of the largest, if not the largest, in the world.

The market is open across the globe twenty-four hours a day, except on weekends, and trading is possible through a number of online platforms, making it easier to invest, trade and profit through the forex market than anywhere else.

Going through a trading guide online is a great way to learn how to get ahead on the foreign currency exchange, but foreign exchange trading is unique in ways that might not apply to other markets.

For example, the foreign exchange has a very high liquidity, meaning the goods traded (in this case, currency) do not change very much in value when converted into other goods. This reduces traders' market power across the board, which keeps any individual trader or trading firm from having much sway over prices.

These two things combined have created a near-perfect competition, which allows all traders both small and large to have an equal shot at profit.

There are a near-infinite number of factors affecting the foreign currency exchange at any given time - therefore there is a nearly limitless amount of research to be done, making it possible for anyone to get ahead provided they pay attention to the right thing(s).

Reading a forex trading guide online or keeping up through trading platforms can make forex trading much smoother and easier, but also much more profitable.

Knowing about world events that may affect prices for various countries is a huge advantage, as it sometimes lets you obtain an almost prescient knowledge of how a certain part of the market will act and shift.