While only a small portion of the $5.1 trillion daily trading in foreign exchange is done by retail accounts, retail trading has grown steadily in the past years as Forex came to be considered an asset class. In its latest Triennial survey, the BIS estima

The principle of binary options comes not from the world of finance, but rather from the world of gambling/betting. A binary option is an all-or-nothing bet that expires either in the money or worthless — only two outcomes are possible. Binary options in

The term “vanilla” when applied to options means simple or at least less complex or “exotic” than other types of options trading. In other words, vanilla options trading is plain puts and calls. A call is the right to buy a specific amount of the currency

It may come as a surprise to many, but currency futures were the only vehicle for the individual Forex trader until 1996 when advances in PC’s and the internet allowed retail spot brokers to begin offering spot FX trading. Forex futures were first propose

No sooner do you get an insight into scams than somebody invents a new one. The best defense against scams in general and scams in Forex in particular is: Know how the market works. Do not be gullible.