The Forex Trading Course
A Self-Study Guide To Becoming a Successful Currency Trader
Chapter One
The Fundamentals
of Forex
We begin in this chapter with an exploration of the forces that move the prices:
the fundamentals. The reader will learn why fundamentals are important to foreign
exchange (forex) traders as well as what kind of economic activity are
most important in affecting price movements. These include interest rates, interest rate
differentials, economic growth, and sentiment regarding the U.S. dollar.
WHY FUNDAMENTALS ARE IMPORTANT
In many ways, forex trading is similar to playing a game. You have an opponent (the
market). In game of chance the key feature is that everyone faces the same odds
and therefore the same level of information. In these games, no player can change
the odds.
Playing forex, however, is not a game of odds. Participants in forex trading do not
share the same amount of information. In forex, this asymmetry of information results in
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