24-Hour Market
The Forex market is a seamless 24-hour market.  Most forex brokers including our preferred broker and dealing desk is open from Sunday at 5:15PM EST until Friday at 4 PM EST (client service is available 24/7). With the ability to trade during the U.S., Asian, and European market hours, traders have the advantage of customizing their own trading schedule.
 

Commission Free Trading*
FXCM charges no commission or additional transactions fees to trade currencies online or over the phone. Combined with the tight, consistent, and fully transparent spread, Forex trading costs are lower than those of any other market. FXCM is compensated for its services through the bid-ask spread.
 

Rapid Execution of Market Orders
FXCM prides itself in striving to offer some of the best execution possible in all market conditions. FXCM offers rapid execution and price certainty on every market orders under normal market conditions. On the FX trading station, traders execute directly off real time streaming prices. There is no discrepancy between the displayed price shown on the platform and the execution price to enter your trade. In addition to offering rapid real time execution, FXCM maintains fixed spreads* 24 hours a day.
 

Short-Selling without an Uptick
Unlike the equity market, there is no restriction on short selling in the currency market. Trading opportunities exist in the currency market regardless of whether a trader is long or short, or which way the market is moving. Since currency trading always involves buying one currency and selling another, there is no structural bias to the market. Hence, a trader has an equal access to trade in a rising or falling market.
 

Equity Market: Making the Transition to Forex
Equity markets can be used as a key indicator for movement in the Forex market. As technology has enabled greater ease with respect to transportation of capital, investing in global equity markets has become far more feasible. Accordingly, a rallying equity market in any part of the world serves as an ideal opportunity for all, regardless of geographic location. The result of this has become a strong correlation between a country's equity markets and its currency: if the equity market is rising, investment dollars are coming in to seize the opportunity. Alternatively, falling equity markets will have domestic investors selling their shares of local publicly traded firms only to seize investment opportunities abroad.

To learn more about transitioning from trading equity markets to trading Forex, contact the 4XFindMe staff today.

*DISCLAIMER: FXCM maintains fixed spreads during normal market conditions. Additionally, FXCM offers a "No Dealing Desk" execution option. Clients may be able to select this option or be placed on it at FXCM's discretion. The "No Dealing Desk" option does not provide fixed spreads, nor does it provide the no-slippage guarantee (provided under normal conditions).