Forex Trading - Who Are The Big Players? Articles | Personal Finance

By: Guy Starbuck

Forex trading involves using stocks and currencies from countries worldwide to create a market where enormous amounts of money are traded daily. While the basic principles of operation between the stock and the forex markets might be same, the sheer scale and the market operatives of the forex market are far larger than the stock market and the net outcome and the total flow of money is also several times bigger than this market. The whole market scenario of the forex market involves hundreds of currencies from different countries of the world, though there are some currencies which are traded more than others. The big players of the forex market include Deutsche bank, UBS, Citigroup, and others such as HSBC, Barclays, Merrill Lynch, JP Morgan Chase, and still others such as Goldman Sachs, ABN Amro, Morgan Stanley, and so on.

Anyone can start trading in the forex market anytime but to know precisely what you should and should not do, where to place your money at what time and how, you need the assistance of professionally managed large financial institutions. This is in your best interest. Contact any of the big broker firms as these are most trustworthy.

Few of the biggest traders of the forex markets are international banks. They have plenty of money to invest on a daily basis from the interest they earn. So now you know how banks make money on the money that you save with them. If you want to know whether your bank is involved in forex trading, think whether you can withdraw money from them when you are on a vacation in a foreign country. If they are unable to assist you, then most likely they are not involved in forex trading. There is another way you could find out – check their quarterly financial statements which they issue for public information. Or, simply ask any manager of the bank and he will be able to tell you.

As a newbie to the forex market you must understand that there is not a single bank or a single person who controls the trading in the forex market. Various currencies originating from various countries of the world are traded in these markets. In fact, the US dollar, Japanese yen, British pound, Euro zone euro, Swiss franc and the Australian dollar are the few currencies which are traded most in forex markets. Of course there are other currencies from other countries as well. The most important forex trading markets are located in Tokyo, New York and London with several other smaller trading centers spread all over the world.