What is Forex?

The Foreign Exchange market (Forex, FX, or Currency Market) is a worldwide decentralized over-the-counter financial market for the trading of currencies. Financial centers around the world function as anchors of trading between a wide range of different types of buyers and sellers around the clock, with the exception of weekends.

The purpose of the foreign exchange market is to assist international trade and investment. The foreign exchange market allows businesses to convert one currency to another. For example, it permits a U.S. business to import European goods and pay Euros, even though the business's income is in U.S. dollars.

In a typical foreign exchange transaction a party purchases a quantity of one currency by paying a quantity of another currency. The modern foreign exchange market started forming during the 1970s when countries gradually switched to floating exchange rates from the previous exchange rate regime, which remained fixed as per the Bretton Woods system.

The foreign exchange market is unique because of:

•     Tading volume resulting in market liquidity

•     Geographical dispersion

•     Continuous operation: 24 hours a day except weekends, i.e. trading from 20:15 UTC on Sunday until 22:00 UTC Friday

•     The variety of factors that affect exchange rates

•     Low margins of relative profit compared with other markets of fixed income

•     Use of leverage to enhance profit margins with respect to account size

Currencies that you may choose at Skyeast Investment Ltd such as :
MAJOR RATES        

    GBPUSD
    EURUSD
    AUDUSD
    USDCHF
    USDJPY
    USDCAD

CROSS RATES 

    AUDJPY
    CHFJPY
    EURCHF
    EURGBP
    EURJPY
    GBPCAD
    GBPCHF
    GBPJP
    NZDUSD