FOREX VS OTHER MARKETS

Forex vs. Equities and Futures
In our opinion, the trading of foreign exchange provides significant advantages over equities trading and futures trading. In addition to these advantages, the seamless 24 hour nature of the Forex market gives the trader a unique advantages of reacting to news and worldwide developments instantaneously, participating in real-time, in the largest trading market in the world.

	Forex Trading	Equities Trading	Futures Trading
Leverage *	Upto 100:1*	2:1	15:1
Liquidity	Volume: $1.5 Trillion Aprox.	Limited Liquidity	Limited Liquidity
Commissions	Lowest Commissions	Commissions and Exchange Fees	Commissions and Exchange Fees
Trading Hours	24 Hour Market	7 Hours with Limited After Hours	7 Hours with Limited After Hours

Ability to Trade in Rising or Declining Markets
Unlike equity and fixed income managers, a Forex trader is able to trade under any market conditions by either buying or selling a particular currency in relationship to another. In the Forex market there will always be one currency strengthening against another, unlike stock shares that move only up or down.

Global Diversification
The performance of equity and fixed income investments in one country is quite often, highly correlated with the performance of equity and fixed income investments in other countries. Global portfolios composed solely of equity and fixed income investments lack full diversification, even if they are geographically dispersed. Investing in currencies gives investors access to markets beyond equity and fixed income investments, providing more diversification and increased portfolio risk management.