Forex Spot

By: EconomyWatch   Date: 28 July 2009

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The forex spot market operates at the current prices of the currencies. Forex spottrading involves purchasing one currency with another for immediate delivery. It is different from forex future trading, where a future price is decided much earlier by fundamental and technical analysis.

 

Forex spot trading results in the delivery of real cash. Most of the forex spot transactions are completed in two days as the banks take around 48 hours to transfer the funds. However, the USD/CAD pair takes only a day to complete.

 

 

Differences between Forex Spot Trading and Forex Future Trading

 

 

There are many factors in which the forex spot trading can be differentiated from the forex futures, such as:

  • The forex spot market functions on the current prices, thus profits can be made instantaneously by selling currency pairs. However, the forex future trades are based on implementing analyses on the current price to speculate the future price. Even a small mistake in judgment can cause significant losses. 

  • Forex spot trades are not regulated trades whereas forex future trades are well regulated.

  • Forex spot trading can be done in any number of lots where as forex futures, by virtue of being contracts, are limited in terms of the lots. 

  • Owing to the high liquidity in the forex spot market, the leverage one gets is much higher than what is offered in the forex futures.

  • Forex spots are generally completed in two days whereas the forex futures mature in or around three months or more.

 

How does Forex Spot Work?

 

 

 

Forex spot works through the process of simultaneous transactions, such as buying a currency while selling another. It started initially as a platform for the banks to buy and sell currencies. Gradually, individual traders also began to participate in it through brokers.

 

 

Best Forex Spot Currencies

 

 

The high liquidity of the forex spot trading attracts investors to buy and sell their forex pairs as and when they want to. This decreases any fears about being stuck with a bad deal. So, many traders invest in future spots than in futures.

 

Popular currencies are:

  • USD

  • JPY

  • EUR

  • CHF

  • GBP

  • CAD

  • AUD

 

Forex spot trading lets traders complete their financial transactions quickly on the current prices. This way, speculation is negated and profits in real cash are augmented.

 

 

 


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