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Why currency trading involves major risks

Olumide Adesina by Olumide Adesina
July 16, 2022
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The largest trading market in the financial sector is unquestionably currency trading. It has a daily traded volume of over $6 trillion, considerably exceeding markets for stocks, cryptocurrencies, commodities, etc. Additionally, it is one of the markets with the largest liquidity, enabling the purchase or sale of the currency at any moment.

Due to its size and liquidity, the forex market is regarded as the simplest to enter. Anytime, anyone with a device linked to the internet and an internet connection can start buying and selling currencies. There are many FX trade dangers associated with such easiness, though.

The fact that trading currencies have such low entry requirements is the key factor driving an increasing number of traders to the Forex markets.

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Any off-exchange foreign exchange transaction is exposed to significant risk, including, but not limited to, leverage, FX brokers creditworthiness, a lack of adequate regulatory protection, and market volatility that could have a significant impact on the price or liquidity of a currency or currency pair.

Even though opening an online Forex trading account is rather simple, there are still some risks involved. Losing money is the definition of risk for a Forex trader, and there are three main dangers that could cause this to happen.

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Uncontrollable market risk is a threat

Market risk, also known as systematic risk, refers to the risk inherent to the entire market, as opposed to unsystematic risk, which primarily affects a single asset, market, sector, or geographic area. For a trader, market risk is the most “useful” type of risk.

Simply defined, everything that has the potential to affect the value of the currency pairs you are trading is connected to market risk in the Forex market.

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For a trader, market risk is the most “useful” type of risk and the one you want to be exposed to. In fact, prices need to fluctuate so that you can profit from the difference in pricing while buying and selling if you want to make money in the market.

High leverage exposure

Leverage is one of the main benefits and hazards of forex trading. The key takeaway is that debt magnifies all other fundamental hazards, such as high volatility, market shocks

Without a stop-loss, if you take on excessive market risk, any significant losses resulting from swift swings will be leveraged up.

Since the spread depends on your entire position, it gets leveraged up if a liquidity crunch causes your trading costs to soar.

You must now travel outside, possibly to a broker in a less regulated country, to obtain limitless leverage, which raises your counterparty risk.

The truth about leverage is that you are not required to use it just because it is widely available to you.

The possibility of erratic market volatility

The ongoing fluctuation in asset prices is one of the fundamental aspects of any financial market, including those for Forex, equities, commodities, etc. Volatility is the short name for this.

On the one hand, volatility is the primary factor in traders’ success. The whole purpose of trading is to purchase a security at a cheaper price and sell it; if prices were constant and unchangeable, there would be no value in purchasing an asset.

When market volatility is skyrocketing, Forex trading risks are even higher. Traders with long positions (buyers) experience significant losses at that time. Spiking volatility can be caused by sudden and drastic economic or political news that greatly impacts the market. Therefore, it is always wise to exercise caution with position sizes and avoid opening excessively large trades.

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