Introducing broker vs affiliates

The industry is regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the National Futures Association (NFA).1 Anyone considering opening a forex account can research the available brokers through the NFA website or through Investopedia’s broker reviews.

The foreign exchange market is by necessity a global and 24-hour market. The clients of a forex broker include retail currency traders who use these platforms for speculation on the direction of currencies. Their clients also include large financial services firms that trade on behalf of investment banks and other customers. Any individual forex broker…

Forex brokers are compensated two ways. The first is through the bid-ask spread of a currency pair. For example, when the Euro-U.S. Dollar pair is priced as 1.20010 bid and 1.20022 ask, the spread between these two prices is .00012, known as 1.2 pips. When a retail client opens a position at the ask price…

The Internet makes it simple for traders to open an account and start trading. All brokers have an online presence and a website with all the info necessary regarding the types of the trading accounts, the trading conditions, and the steps to take for opening a Forex brokerage account. The process of opening a Forex…

A forex broker is a financial services company that provides traders access to a platform for buying and selling foreign currencies. Forex is short for foreign exchange. Transactions in the forex market are always between a pair of two different currencies. A forex broker may also known be as a retail forex broker or a…

Opening a forex trading account these days is quite simple and can be done online. Before trading, the forex broker will require a customer to deposit money into the new account as collateral. Brokers also provide leverage to customers so they can trade larger amounts than they have on deposit. Depending on the country the trader is…