{"id":4998,"date":"2016-09-07T07:36:03","date_gmt":"2016-09-07T11:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thet3trader.com\/?p=4998"},"modified":"2017-04-21T18:13:21","modified_gmt":"2017-04-21T18:13:21","slug":"5-reasons-forex-trading-is-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.t3live.com\/2016\/09\/07\/5-reasons-forex-trading-is-for-you\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Reasons the $5 Trillion Forex Market Might Be Right for You"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For some strange reason, many people think trading forex isn't for them.<\/p>\n<p>But forex is way simpler than you think, and it offers 5 huge advantages over stock, options, commodities, and futures trading:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>1)<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>It's\u00a0Practically a<\/strong>\u00a0<b>24\/7 Market<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Forex is a global market and\u00a0is open 24 hours a day from 5:00 p.m. ET Sunday through 5:00 p.m. ET on Friday.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is perfect for traders with flexible schedules, or for those making more money outside standard standard exchange hours. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>2) Unmatched Liquidity<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since forex is a $5 trillion\u00a0dollar per day market with expanded hours, there are also virtually no gaps, effectively bridging the gap (no pun intended) between day and swing trading. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is very easy to get in and out, at will, no matter the time, day or night. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>3) You Can Short At Will<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nowadays, there are many restrictions put on stock trading, the uptick rule for one. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With forex, there are no limitations on the currencies you trade. You can short at will. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>4) Trading Costs Are Incredibly Low<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most forex accounts are commission free. PLUS, there are no exchange, data, or platform fees. The only cost you have as a forex trader is the spread, or difference between the bid and ask, which is always visible for you to see. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That makes forex trading much, much cheaper than stocks, options, and futures.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>5) Incredible Leverage<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because the forex market is so liquid, brokers will extend you significant leverage &#8212; up to 50:1, and even higher outside the US). <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leverage goes both ways though. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just as easily as you can accelerate profits, you can also suffer accelerated losses. That is why you MUST have a method and plan!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>P.S.\u00a0below is a recent FREE webinar I did&#8230;check it out!!<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1LvF8G1W1qA\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For some strange reason, many people think trading forex isn&#8217;t for them. But forex is way simpler than you think, and it offers 5 huge advantages over stock, options, commodities, and futures trading: 1)\u00a0It&#8217;s\u00a0Practically a\u00a024\/7 Market Forex is a global market and\u00a0is open 24 hours a day from 5:00 p.m. ET Sunday through 5:00 p.m. ET on Friday.\u00a0 This is perfect for traders with flexible schedules, or for those making more money outside standard standard exchange hours. 2) Unmatched Liquidity Since forex is a $5 trillion\u00a0dollar per day market with expanded hours, there are also virtually no gaps, effectively bridging the gap (no pun intended) between day and swing trading. It is very easy to get in and out, at will, no matter the time, day or night. 3) You Can Short At Will Nowadays, there are many restrictions put on stock trading, the uptick rule for one. With forex, there are no limitations on the currencies you trade. You can short at will. 4) Trading Costs Are Incredibly Low Most forex accounts are commission free. PLUS, there are no exchange, data, or platform fees. The only cost you have as a forex trader is the spread, or difference between the bid and ask, which is always visible for you to see. That makes forex trading much, much cheaper than stocks, options, and futures. 5) Incredible Leverage Because the forex market is so liquid, brokers will extend you significant leverage &#8212; up to 50:1, and even higher outside the US). Leverage goes both ways though. Just as easily as you can accelerate profits, you can also suffer accelerated losses. That is why you MUST have a method and plan! P.S.\u00a0below is a recent FREE webinar I did&#8230;check it out!! &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":10713,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,542],"tags":[31,230,32,22,130],"class_list":["post-4998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","category-free-trading-education","tag-forex","tag-forex-market-hours","tag-forex-trading","tag-kurtcapra","tag-kurt-capra-trader"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.t3live.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.t3live.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.t3live.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.t3live.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.t3live.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4998"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blog.t3live.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4998\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10319,"href":"https:\/\/blog.t3live.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4998\/revisions\/10319"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.t3live.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.t3live.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.t3live.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.t3live.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}