I'm sure you've heard of the Forex market. It's also known as the Spot Forex. This is the financial market where one currency is traded for another. The Forex market is the largest financial market in the world and in excess of $1.9 trillion are traded each and every day. When the British banks want to purchase US Dollars, this is the market they trade in. When the US wants to buy the Japanese YEN, this is the market they trade.

The players in this market are Central Banks (CBs) for each country, professional money managers right down to the retail forex traders. Regular folks like you and I make up the retail forex traders. We get to do business in the same financial market that the central banks do. This is powerful and there is so much money to be won and lost in this market. The trick however is to be on the right side of the trade. For every winner, there is a loser, so you need to arm yourself with as much knowledge before jumping into this market or you might as well kiss your money goodbye.

Where do folks like us get trained to be a successful forex trader if we're interested in this market? There are many free websites available today to learn all the basics and learn what makes the markets move. You will need to know how to read charts and chart patterns. What they all mean and how you trade them. There is a lot to learn when it comes to trading the forex market, but like any other business, once you've mastered the basics, you won't believe the power you have to control your financial future.

There are two sides to the forex market; the fundamentals and the technicals. The fundamentals are news events that move the markets. When one country raises interest rates for example, that would most likely increase the value of that currency. On the other side, if a country were to lower its interest rates, the country's currency would tend to decrease in value. When you trade in this market, you don't care about what direction a currency moves. If you think it will move down for that day, or that period, you short that currency pair. If you think the currency will increase in value, then you buy, or go long, that currency pair. This is all about fundamental trading. When financial news gets releasesd, the forex market listens and reacts to it.

The other side of forex trading is called the technical side. Technical analysis is when you have charts and graphs and read specific chart patterns to see where you think the market might go next. There are known patterns and tools, like Fibonacci studies, that traders use each day to analyze these price movements. These chart patterns and studies have a high probability of coming to fruition and are an integral part to this business.

The most successful traders use both fundamental analysis and technical analysis to trade the forex market. You need to use both or you will not be a successful trader. That's where the right training makes all the difference. This is an exciting business and one of the very few where you can open an account, fund it with a few hundred dollars or a few thousand dollars, and be trading from the comfort of your home on your personal computer. There's nothing I like better than trading the Forex market and I look forward to my job each day. There's also nothing like having financial freedom, working from home and the ability to create your own work schedule.

If forex trading sounds like something you would be interested in, just look around for free forex training websites with your favorite search engine and start reading. There area also some great publications, ebooks, courses, signal services and more to help you hit the ground running in this great business. When you think you've learned enough to start trading, all brokers offer demo account that you can trade the live Forex market with fake money. That way you can test your skills and strategy without risking any of your real money. When your success rate starts to exceed 60%-70%, then you're ready to open a real money account and start trading. I'm so happy I found this business and I hope you feel the same way once you learn more about it.

Happy Trading!