What
is traded in forex? The simple answer is MONEY. Because you’re not buying anything physical, forex trading can be confusing. Think of buying
a currency as buying a share in a particular country, kinda like buying stocks of a company. The price of the currency is usually a direct
reflection of the market’s opinion on the current and future health of its respective economy. In forex trading, when you buy, say, the
Japanese yen, you are basically buying a “share” in the Japanese economy. You are betting that the Japanese economy is doing well, and will
even get better as time goes. Once you sell those “shares” back to the market, hopefully, you will end up with a profit. In general, the
exchange rate of a currency versus other currencies is a reflection of the condition of that country’s economy, compared to other
countries’ economies. By the time you graduate from this School of Pipsology, you’ll be eager to start working with currencies.
