Monday, 2 January 2012

Forex Trading: What Causes Fluctuation Of Values

By Jue Laviung


Forex tradingis among the largest industries all over the world. From being an exclusive business it has now opened the trade to private individuals. Many are encouraged to invest in the foreign exchange market because of the high returns that they can get from it. But like all other businesses, there are also risks involved in the trade.

There are several risk factors in currency exchange. Values of the currency fluctuate at any time of the day. That's why traders have to take measures in order to manage the risks involved in currency trade. It's a good thing that risk management tools and strategies are now readily available for the use of traders.

One of the most important strategies for forex traders is to take note of the factors that affect currency values. There are three main factors. These are the political, economic and social factors.

The political factors are those affairs involving the governance of the country while the social factors include the status of the people in general but the most important among the three are the economic factors. The social and political factors also affect the economics of every country. Economic reports are regularly released by all the countries in order to help the traders.

There are various things included in economics that would indicate the rise and fall of currency values. One is the gross domestic product. This value indicates the goods and services produced by the country for a certain time period. The good value for the GDP is 3 and this indicates a good economic condition and this generally means that the currency will also be doing well in the market.

Another economic factor is the CPI or consumer price index. This shows the prices of commodities in the country for every year. This is one good indicator of currency value because it shows the inflation rate of the country. The inflation rate is one very good indicator that forex traders can use to determine the status of a currency.




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