World-Class Product Selection

FX


Trade 160+ Currency Pairs
Spot
Forward Outrights
Streaming FX Options
Automatic fills up to 20 million
Aggregated liquidity from top tier- providers means consistent and stable pricing through market movements and toward the close of business on Fridays.Real/time charting and data enables FX trading at the edge of the market.


CFDs


Trade 6000+ CFDs
22 Exchanges
Liquidity-based margin allowence
Global access to the most liquid and highly valued CFD instruments
Real-time margin management
CFDs enable traders to sell short and go long on the underlying security providing for diversification and hedging strategies for active traders and investors.


STOCKS


Trade stocks on over 19 exchanges
Competitive pricing
Real-time access
Immediate trade confirmations
Real-time margin management
Stock trading on the FX Arabiya Saxotrader provides real-time access to the most well known, liquid and dynamic market movers worldwide. In one window, serious traders access both stocks and CFDs, as well as FX, Futures and Funds.


FUTURES


Trade on 20 exchanges
Online financial futures
Online precious metals futures
Online natural gas, oil and natural resources
Online and offline soft commodities trading
The platform provides a broad suite of the most popular financial, energy and precious metals futures contracts. More than 400 contracts are tradable online with volumes discounted pricing. The platform offers pit-traded commodities for diversified futures strategies.

Getting Started

To get started in Forex trading, an individual should have a computer with a high-speed Internet connection. You'll also need a trading account and the appropriate client software, available on this site. The software is your interface to the trading platform we use and will be used to make trades, track your accounts, and receive useful information and analysis.The amount you place in the account should be determined by your tolerance for loss. Do not invest money you can't afford to lose and clearly understand the amount of risk you're accepting when you leverage your investment with additional brokerage funds.

What Do Trades On The Foreign Exchange Look Like?

Forex trades involve pairs of currency. When you trade currencies, you simultaneously buy and sell two different types of currency to take advantage of fluctuations in the exchange rate of the two currencies, relative to each other. In effect, when you purchase foreign currency, you are investing in the issuer's economy.The most common trades involve just a few currencies, although trading is not limited to these currencies. The US dollar, the British pound, the Euro, the Canadian, Australian and New Zealand dollars, the Swiss Franc and the Japanese Yen are the most commonly traded currencies on the Forex market. By far, the US dollar is the most popularly traded currency, and makes an appearance in nearly 9 of 10 Forex trades.

Introduction to Forex

FX, also known as the Foreign Exchange market & Forex, is the largest financial market in the world. It doesn't have a physical location where traders go to work, but rather, it is a network of banks and brokerages that trade currencies from around the world. This trading, known as Forex trading, FX, spot FX or spot, is responsible for exchanging $2 trillion per day. Trading takes place 24 hours a day, from the time the market opens in Tokyo until the close of business in New York late Friday evening. The Forex market is considered an over-the-counter market. Trading doesn't take place on weekend days, although investors can take advantage of weekend trading depending upon where they are in the world and what markets (if any) are still open. Until recently, Forex trading was limited to large commercial banks and investment firms, mainly because trading minimums were in the millions of dollars. In the 1990's, rules were changed, trading technologies improved and small investors, known as "retail traders" were permitted to access the Forex market with smaller sums of money. Most retail traders use a combination of their own money and money loaned by the brokerage to make Forex trades.

Benefits of Trading Foreign Currencies

The investor benefits of trading foreign currencies are numerous, and illustrate why so many people and institutions choose to participate in Forex trading.24-hour market: During the week, traders can work literally around the clock. Markets are always open somewhere, so investors can choose the best trading conditions. As a Forex trader, you can choose to trade part-time or full-time, choosing the hours that suit you best.Low transaction costs: There's always a cost involved in trading, but Forex costs are typically among the lowest available to individual investors. Usually, Forex traders pay about 0.1 percent of the value of their transaction in fees. Large dealers may offer even lower costs, depending upon how much currency your trades involve.No fixed lot sizes: Forex traders determine their own lot sizes, unlike trades on the stock or commodities markets. You invest the amounts you want to invest.
No commissions: As a Forex trader, you don't pay commissions on your trades. You also don't pay exchange fees, government fees, clearing fees, brokerage fees or any other fees, outside of the low transaction costs you pay directly to the dealer you purchase your currency from. No brokers: As a Forex trader, you deal directly with currency dealers. Your trades are not conducted through a middle man, so that keeps your investment expenses low. When you deal directly in the Forex market, you keep your profits. Influence: The Forex market is so large and has so many players that no one organization or group of organizations can control the market. This is ideal, because it allows true market forces to determine currency valuations. You know that you're not competing against any "behind-the-scenes" manipulations of currency prices.Liquidity: Forex trades are among the most liquid investments around. You can buy and sell currencies whenever you want to, without waiting for trades to clear or funds to be released. Trading is programmable, according to the rules you establish. You can buy and sell whenever you want, and your account will continue to work for you, regardless of what you're doing.Leverage: Retail Forex trading is margin trading, which means that your investment (which may be small when compared to those of other traders) controls a much larger amount of currency. If a broker offers 100 to 1 leverage that means you control $100 for every $1 you invest. A $500 investment controls $500,000 in trading capital. With this kind of leverage, you need to manage your risk carefully. Just as you will share in the profits of margin trading, you will also shoulder the losses when they occur. As a Forex trader, you must clearly understand the amount of money that you are risking each time you make a trade.Education and Training: FX Arabiya offer retail investors a large volume of educational resources to help them understand and benefit from the ins and outs of the currency markets. Commonly, FX Arabiya offer "demo" accounts, which allow new Forex traders to learn how the market operates without committing any capital. These accounts engage in "paper trades" which illustrate how the trade would turn out if it were being made with real money. It's always in the investor's best interest to understand Forex trading fully before committing any capital to a trade. New investors often spend weeks or months working with demo accounts before moving to actual monetary trades.Aside from demo accounts, FX Arabiya offer research and analysis to forex traders to help them spot emerging trends in the currency exchange markets, and understand significant events that occur in foreign economies which may affect the outcomes of their trades.Mini (and Micro) Accounts: FX Arabiya offer "mini-accounts" to investors who don't have or don't want to commit a lot of money to a trade. Mini-accounts are good for new investors, or for investors who want to experiment with a new trading approach, without committing a lot of capital to the effort. Mini-accounts can have minimum balances of $2000 or $3000. Due to the nature of Forex trading, starting with the minimum balance on a mini-account is not always a good idea, but mini-accounts can be a valuable addition to a trader's strategy.

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