The Foreign Exchange Market for Beginners

Money Manager

GCM has devoted considerable dealing and technological resources to accommodating fund managers and trading managers.
GCM's online trading software is designed to facilitate trading and managing multiple accounts from a single login window. The back office is fully automated for each sub-account and can be viewed individually online by each of the trading manager's clients. GCM offers both MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 4 Mobile trading platforms.   Both are industry standards for reliability and performance, customized with GCM's superior spreads, product offerings, and trading conditions.

Electronic Communications Network ("ECN")

Trading with GCM means you have access to over 50 currency pairs traded on our ECN.   Trades are executed by our pool of bank liquidity providers, with no dealer intervention, no requotes or delays.  ECN trading for money managers means that GCM is working with you to ensure that your trading is as profitable as possible.
Expert Advisors ("EAs") and Scalping EAs
GCM's ECN also facilitates the use of scalping EAs.  Our interest in working with you is in maximizing your profits and trading volume.  Host your own scalping EA on your computer, or use GCM's hosting facilities to ensure 24/7 operation.
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The foreign exchange market or forex market as it is often called is the market in which currencies are traded. Currency Trading is the world’s largest market consisting of almost trillion in daily volume and as investors learn more and become more interested, the market continues to rapidly grow. Not only is the forex market the largest market in the world, but it is also the most liquid, differentiating it from the other markets. In addition, there is no central marketplace for the exchange of currency, but instead the trading is conducted over-the-counter. Unlike the stock market, this decentralization of the market allows traders to choose from a number of different dealers to make trades with and allows for comparison of prices. Typically, the larger a dealer is the better access they have to pricing at the largest banks in the world, and are able to pass that on to their clients. The spot currency market is open twenty-four hours a day, five days a week, with currencies being traded around the world in all of the major financial centers.Learn more about currency trading online.

All trades that take place in the foreign exchange market involve the buying of one currency and the selling of another currency simultaneously. This is because the value of one currency is determined by its comparison to another currency. The first currency of a currency pair is called the “base currency,” while the second currency is called the counter currency. The currency pair shows how much of the counter currency is needed to purchase one unit of the base currency. Currency pairs can be thought of as a single unit that can be bought or sold. When purchasing a currency pair, the base currency is being bought, while the counter currency is being sold. The opposite is true, when the sale of a currency pair takes place. There are four major currency pairs that are traded most often in the foreign exchange market. These include the EUR/USD, USD/JPY, GBP/USD, and USD/CHF.

GCM is an online currency trading firm that offers a free demo account to traders who are new and interested in the foreign exchange market. Registering for a demo account allows a new trader to download the online trading platform that is used by the company’s clients trading live accounts and make trades as if they were doing it with real money. The demo account is an excellent way to experiment with the foreign exchange market while learning your way around the trading platform. It allows you to experience every step of currency trading including choosing currency pairs, deciding how much risk to take, tracking the time and dates of placed trades, deciding how long to stay in the trade, and when to exit the trade. It also allows the placing of stop and limit orders on trades.

Information about trading and specifically about how to use the online trading platform can be found on the GCM webpage. In addition, GCM offers FREE interactive online seminars that are extremely useful to both new and experienced currency traders. These “educational webinars,” as they are called are run by experienced financial strategists and range in topics from trading specific news events to trading the Euro. In addition to the webinars, GCM also offers numerous online courses that teach investors how to trade the currency market.