Wall Street Brokers offers its clients a wide variety of products that are traded through the same platform. This wide range gives clients the flexibility and ability to diversify their investments according to the market conditions.
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The Foreign Exchange market, abbreviated by "FOREX" or "FX", is one of the most exciting, fast-paced markets around the world. It was established in 1971 when fixed currency exchange was introduced. Forex is when one currency is traded by another. The Forex market is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily turnover of $3.20 trillion. The major traders in this market are large banks, central banks, multinational corporations, governments and currency speculators. It is a true 24-hour market, operating from Sunday 5:00 PM ET to Friday 5:00PM ET.
Unlike other financial markets, investors can respond to currency fluctuations caused by economic, political events and psychological effects at the time they occur - day and night. Currencies are traded in pairs, usually against the US Dollar, such as Euro/US Dollar (EUR/USD) or US Dollar/Japanese Yen (USD/JPY).
The extreme liquidity and the availability of high leverage and margin trading have helped to spur the market's rapid growth and made it the ideal place for many traders. Any position can be opened and closed within minutes, or can be held for months and years. The price fluctuations of the currencies are based on objective considerations of supply and demand and cannot be manipulated easily because the size of the market does not allow even the largest players, such as central banks or governments, to move prices at will.
Until recently, trading in the Forex market had been the domain of governments, large financial institutions and corporations, central banks, hedge funds and extremely wealthy individuals. The emergence of new technologies such as the internet has changed all of this, and now it is possible for small time and home investors to buy and sell currencies easily with the click of a mouse through their home computer.
A Future contract is contract to buy or sell a specific quantity of a commodity or financial instrument for delivery in a specific time in the future, made under terms and conditions established by a federally regulated futures exchange market. The future contract items include trading of currencies, financial indices (such as Dow Jones), commodities (such as Sugar & Coffee), precious metals (such as Gold & Silver) and energy futures (such as Crude Oil & Natural Gas).
The largest futures exchange in the U.S. is the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, which was formed in the late 1890s when the only futures contracts offered were for agricultural products. The 1970s saw the emergence of currency futures in major currencies, plus some other types of futures. Today's futures exchanges are significantly larger, with hedging of financial instruments via futures comprising the majority of the futures market activity. Futures exchanges play an important role in the operation of the global financial system.
Futures can be used either to hedge or to speculate on the price movement of the underlying asset. For example, a producer of sugar could use futures to lock in a certain price and reduce risk (hedge). On the other hand, anybody could speculate on the price movement of sugar by going long or short using futures. The main difference between “options” and “futures” is that options give the holder the right to buy or sell the underlying asset at expiration, while the holder of a futures contract must fulfill the terms of this contract at the time of expiration. In real life however, the actual delivery rate of the goods specified in futures contracts is extremely low. This is because hedging or speculating on the prices of the contracts can be done without actually holding the contract until expiry and delivering the goods.
The clients of WSB are assured a 24 hour execution service on all major US and international exchanges, with access to those exchanges from a network of strategically positioned execution desks. Traders have access to immediate execution and market information via an electronic order routing system and substantial floor presence.
Trading in precious metals is done in a similar way as the trading on currencies, using spot trading. Spot trades are the opposite of futures contracts, which usually expire before any physical delivery of the goods. If the spot metal trading was not settled immediately, traders would expect to be compensated for the time value of their money for the duration of the delivery. Because these contracts are settled electronically, the precious metal market is essentially instantaneous.
Precious metals such as Gold and Silver can be traded through the WSB platform. Trading in spot metals is an ideal choice for short and long term investors, especially those who prefer to trade on universal items. WSB offers this outstanding opportunity to its clients, allowing them to speculate on the prices of these precious metals.
Energy items are one of the most desirable items to trade in, for both individuals and corporations. Performance in the sector is largely driven by the supply and demand for worldwide energy. Energy producers do very well during times of high oil and gas prices, but will earn less when the value of energy drops. On the other hand, energy traders can benefit from both the rising or falling market prices of these energy items. Furthermore, this sector is sensitive to political events, which historically have driven changes in the price of oil.
Energy derivatives can be used for both price speculation or hedging purposes. Companies, whether they trade on energy items or just use them, can buy or sell energy derivatives to hedge against fluctuations in the movement of underlying energy prices. Speculators as well can use derivatives to profit from the changes in the underlying price and can amplify those profits through the use of leverage.
With their global market prices and market movements, trading in future energies connects traders with global market place. Clients can trade on items such as Light Sweet Crude Oil & Natural Gas, and our association with various execution desks serves our growing client base to focus their trades on these various energy items.
CFD stands for Contracts for Difference. It is a contract between two parties (Buyer and Seller) through which the seller will pay to the buyer the difference between the current value of an asset and its value at a specific time. CFD’s can be applied to a wide range of assets, and Wall Street Brokers offers CFD contracts on U.S. stocks, giving clients the opportunity to trade on these stocks at their standard trading times. CFD traders also benefit from leverage, as well as the ability to go long or short.
