Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

Around forty years ago, my lifelong obsession with trading and markets began when I started work in the interbank forex market. Even after all these years, I can remember all too well what I felt ...

Individual investors are increasingly trying their hand at foreign exchange trading, also known as forex or FX. No longer reserved for global corporations and institutional traders, forex trading can ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Catherine Brock covers personal finance and investing. Individual investors are increasingly trying their hand at foreign exchange ...

Forex stands for “Foreign Exchange” and refers to the active trading of currencies — exchanging one currency for another. Investors buy one currency while selling another (known as currency pairs) in ...

Foreign exchange trading, better known as forex, has become one of the most accessible ways for everyday people to step into global finance. The idea of trading currencies from your laptop or phone ...

Day trading in the foreign exchange market involves buying and selling foreign currency pairs to make short-term profits before closing out all positions by the end of the trading day. Because of the ...