Getting Started

1. What is Forex?
The Foreign Exchange market (also referred to as the Forex or FX market) is the largest financial market in the world.

2. Trading Forex
From analyzing economic reports and chart patterns, the individual trader attempts to determine trends in the values of currencies. A trader speculates on the fluctuation in exchange rates by buying and selling currency pairs.

3. Forex vs. Stocks
Forex differs from stocks in many ways. Learn about the advantages people find in trading forex.
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4. Fundamental Analysis
Fundamental analysis involves analyzing the value of a nation's currency based upon macroeconomic indicators, central bank actions and political affairs. Based on this analysis a Forex trader tries to predict market changes.

5. Technical Analysis
Technical analysis involves studying patterns of price movement on the chart in order to predict the direction of current and future trends in the Forex market.

6. VT Trader - CMS's Trading Software
VT Trader is CMS's trading platform which you use to carry out your Forex trading. VT Trader has one of the industries easiest yet feature rich charting and trade execution.

The charts and examples found on this website are educational examples and are not intended to be representations of profits or losses that can be achieved through forex trading. When reviewing any such examples, please keep in mind that past results are not necessarily indicative of future results.