# 1 Forex Market Operates 24 Hours A Day
The forex market is open 24 hours a day, five days a week, and holidays on Saturdays and Sundays. It is not that Saturday and Sunday holidays mean that there are no forex transactions in the world but only forex brokers are on holiday. We as retail traders also can not want to trade, but forex transactions by large companies and banking transactions still exist on weekends.
So what is the proof that there are forex transactions on the weekends? Ever seen a gap in the chart on Monday? That is proof that the forex market is never closed. We emphasize again here that only brokers are on vacation and that is why we can not want to trade on the weekends.
Traders can trade in Asian, European, and US sessions. Usually, traders will trade from 8 pm until 12 midnight because at this time the forex market is actively operating due to the overlap of US and European sessions. Due to a large number of transactions at the overlap of the session, the movement of the forex market is also usually faster during this period.
# 2 Minimum Capital
Most brokers do not charge commissions or additional fees for trading currencies online. Only spreads are charged which is the fee every time we BUY or SELL pair currency.
With low spreads, consistency, and transparency, the cost to trade forex is lower than in other markets.
In addition, you can also start trading with a capital as low as $ 10 or about RM40 according to the current exchange rate of RM to USD. The small start-up capital actually gives you the opportunity to adjust to the real trading environment before being really serious about even bigger deposits in the future.
# 3 You Can Short-Selling
Unlike equity or stock markets, there are no barriers for you to sell in the forex market. Trading opportunities in the forex market are served either by buying or selling (BUY or SELL).
In the stock market, you can only sell unless you trade stocks using CFD (Contract for Difference). That is, most CFDs for stocks only provide stock counters on Wallstreet and Europe only.
# 4 No Middleman
Centralized exchanges are good for traders. However, one problem is the involvement of middlemen.
Usually, the involvement of a middleman will increase the cost of trading the trader through commissions to be paid or fees to the middleman better known as Remisier.
# 5 The Forex Market is the Largest and Hardest to Manipulate
Have you ever heard of ‘Fund A’ selling ‘X’ shares or buying ‘Z’ shares and the share price is usually easily affected by a sale/purchase action by a large fund such as the EPF
The forex market is the largest market in the world which includes the bond and stock markets. A single fund or bank finds it difficult to control the movement of its currency due to its large trading volume worldwide.
The stock market is just one of the components below the forex market. In FOREX fundamental analysis itself, traders will take into account the inflow and outflow of capital into the stock market of a country, including the bond market.
