Showing posts with label Foreign exchange market. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Foreign exchange market. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

The explosion of the Euro market




The rapid development of the Eurodollar market, where US dollars are deposited in banks outside the US, was a major mechanism for speeding up Forex trading. Likewise, Euro markets are those where assets are deposited outside the currency of origin.
The Eurodollar market first came into being in the 1950s when the Soviet Union's oil revenue -- all in US dollars -- was being deposited outside the US in fear of being frozen by US regulators. This resulted in a vast offshore pool of dollars outside the control of US authorities. The US government therefore imposed laws to restrict dollar lending to foreigners. Euro markets then became particularly attractive because they had fewer regulations and offered higher yields. From the late 1980s onwards, US companies began to borrow offshore, finding Euro markets an advantageous place for holding excess liquidity, providing short-term loans and financing imports and exports.
London was and remains the principal offshore market. In the 1980s, it became the key center in the Eurodollar market when British banks began lending dollars as an alternative to pounds in order to maintain their leading position in global finance. London's convenient geographical location (operating during Asian and American markets) is also instrumental in preserving its dominance in the Euro market.

Thursday, August 28, 2008

SigmaForex Explains Simply The Forex Terminology



As a novice to Forex trade, it really becomes hard to understand the terminology used by traders in regular course of business. This article deals in explaining simply the most common terms in Forex trading Arbitrage – Purchase and sale of same currency or instrument, simultaneously in different markets to gain by price difference. Base Currency - The reference currency against which other currencies are compared or quoted. The primary base currency used is the United States Dollar (USD).
Best Effort – An executable order at the best price possible at the dealers or traders discretion.
Bid - The price at which a buyer is willing to close the purchase.
Broker - An individual or a company who matches and executes buying and selling orders for commission. The prices are quoted by the owners and not by the brokers.
Cable - British Pound Sterling or the GBP (Great Britain Pound) is sometimes referred to as the Cable in market parlance.
Cross Rate – This is the exchange rate between two currencies not involving the base currency.
Direct Dealing – A process through which dealers deal direct with each other without a broker.
Daylight Position Limit – Limits imposed currency wise for position that can be carried out by a trader during regular trading hours.
Exotic Currency - Major nor a minor currency which has little liquidity and limited dealing.
Forward Outright - A foreign exchange deal that matures after the spot delivery date.
Kiwi - New Zealand Dollar in market parlance
Libor - London Interbank Offered Rate. The arte at which one bank lends to another, normally set on a daily basis at 11:00 a.m. GMT.
Major Currency - Euro, Deutsche Mark, Swiss Franc, British Pound, and Japanese Yen.
Market Maker – A trader who consistently offers two way prices, both a bid and an offer.
Offer - The price for which a seller will sell.
Pip - Term used in the Over the Counter currency markets to denote the smallest incremental move an exchange rate can make.
Quotation American Terms - A quotation that reflects the number of United States Dollar units per currency.
Quotation European Terms - A quotation that reflects the number of currency units per United States Dollar.
Spot Deal - A Forex deal whereby a party will deliver a certain currency against receiving a certain amount of another currency based on an agreed rate from another party usually within 2 business days
Spot Next - A Forex deal which matures one business day past the spot date.
Swap Deal - A Forex deal consisting of a simultaneous purchase and sale for different maturity dates with the same party.
Tom Next - Tomorrow next, a Forex deal which maturing one day prior to a regular spot deal, thus maturity becomes the next day.

Monday, July 21, 2008

What Is The Link Between SigmaForex And North Finance


Question: Is SigmaForex Partner with FXCM?

Question: Is SigmaForex Partner with North Finance?

Question: Is SigmaForex Partner With Interbankfx?

Answer: For Sure SigmaForex is an independent broker.

Question: Why I see in the statement of SigmaForex Another broker.

Answer: Because you don't follow the instructions of Meta Trader 4

Question: What are these instructions?

Answer: 1st You have to make sure that your new installation is separated from the other installations that already exist.

Question: Please, open a channel of understanding for me

Answer: Tell You What?!

Look there is a problem in Meta Trader which is that most of brokers are using it as a trading station. Also most of traders are using it without any suffer because it's so easy & so simple while trading.

But because most of brokers are using it so you may find a conflict inside your Meta trader & another Meta Trader for a different broker inside our PC.

For Example: SigmaForex & North finance: the both are different brokers

After installing Meta Trader of SigmaForex & After Installing the Meta Trader of North Finance I found SigmaForex-Demo inside North Finance Meta Trader 4! I thought they are related to each others but the truth is that they are different independent brokers, but while installing one of them a file has been transferred from one Meta Trader to the other.

Open C:\Program Files\MetaTrader - SigmaForex\config

Open C:\Program Files\FxPro MetaTrader\config

You Will find SigmaForex.srv

SRV file is a linkage between your setup & the server of the broker, so if one or more from these files transferred from one setup to another it will show you two brokers in the same Platform!

Thanks For These Information