Why Trade Currencies

1. Why should I trade foreign currencies?
2. Which currencies should I trade?

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Why should I trade foreign currencies?

With leverage of up to 100:1, you have the potential to make large profits. For example, a five-cent move in the price of the euro could make you $5,000 with a margin deposit of just $2,000. Of course, the high degree of leverage available with forex trading can magnify losses as well as profits. But by using stop-loss orders available with Capital Trader, you can limit your risk to an amount you choose. Plus, the $1.6 trillion forex market is the most actively traded and most liquid market in the world (46 times larger than all futures markets combined). You can trade 24-hours a day – and you pay no commissions or exchange fees on any trade.

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Which currencies should I trade?

We'll help show you how to pick a trade!
With the Capital Trader trading station you have the top-notch research (including access to specific trading recommendations) you want right at your fingertips.

Get started right now by registering for a demo account. You can also sign up for a Mini Account.

Why continue investing in the stock market – or in junk bonds – when there are alternatives?
Right now, one of the most exciting investment trends of the new century is investing in foreign currencies. More and more investors are learning not to put all of their eggs into one investment basket such as stocks and bonds. You can start right now by trying our FREE Demo Trading Station with $100,000 worth of virtual money.
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Make no mistake: direct foreign exchange dealing - forex - is one of the investing tools of professional money management firms. It offers significant advantages over many other types of investing, including:

Plus, not only can you start trading forex quickly and easily, but you can do so without paying brokerage commissions or exchange fees. In the stock market and in futures, you must pay commissions and exchange fees whenever you make a trade. In the forex market, you can enjoy the freedom of commission-free currency trading with no exchange fees.

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How can Capital Trader do that?

Simple. Because you deal directly with the market maker via a purely electronic online exchange, you eliminate both ticket costs and middleman brokerage fees. There is still a cost to initiating a trade, but that cost is reflected in the bid/ask spread found in most traded financial products. Along with commission-free currency trading, Capital Trader offers tight spreads off real-time, guaranteed price quotes.

In other markets, the price you see for an investment may not be the price you actually get. But Capital Trader offers guaranteed prices on all orders up to $1 million so you always know what you are paying for an investment (to see how it works simply register for a FREE demo account).

And that's not all! Capital Trader not only offers commission-free currency trading and guaranteed prices, it also offers guaranteed fills on all stop-loss and limit orders up to $1 million. That means that with forex you can strictly define your risk.

Best of all, you can discover the exciting world of online foreign currency trading without taking any risks whatsoever – simply by signing up for a FREE demo account right now.
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Stock investors sometimes find this difficult to believe, but it's true! The sheer size of the forex market (46 times greater than all futures markets combined) and its greater price stability allow forex traders to get a much higher degree of financial leverage than is typical with stocks or even with futures contracts.

Trading forex with Capital Trader gives you up to 100 times the leverage of trading stocks (if you trade stocks on margin, then trading forex with Capital Trader gives you up to 100 times the financial leverage).

::	In stocks, for every $1,000 cash you invest, you usually control $1,000 worth of stocks. Your financial leverage is 1 to 1. If you spend $1,000 investing in 100 shares of a $10 stock, and the stock increases in value 10%, from $10 to $11 per share, then you end up making exactly $100 — less the commission you have to pay on the trade (which can further reduce your potential profits).
::	But with forex, if you invest, say, $1,000 margin on a euro trade, and the value of the euro increases 10%, from $1.00 to $1.10, you end up making $10,000 — or 100 times more! Plus, when you close out the trade, you don't have to pay any commissions whatsoever!

Of course, the leverage works both ways and you can magnify your losses as well as your gains – EXCEPT that with Capital Trader, unlike in futures or stocks, you get GUARANTEED stop-loss orders. That means if you use stop-loss orders, your risk is strictly limited to an amount you choose!

That is what makes trading forex so attractive. In the past, direct access to the interbank forex market was limited to institutional investors such as big financial institutions and investment funds. It was only in recent years that smaller individual investors have been able to trade forex quickly and easily through online trading

When you combine the high degree of financial leverage, guaranteed stops and strictly limited risk with the many other advantages of forex — including 24-hour-a-day trading and FREE trading tools — then you can see why trading with Tricom is an attractive investment alternative.

It's easy to get started. You can begin trading immediately with our risk-free demo account.
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Most investors can't believe this one, but it's true. Trading foreign currencies with Capital Trader means that you have strictly limited risk. You get the power of high leverage combined with clearly defined risk.

You can never owe more than you have in your account.
Because of the power of the FX online trading station, you can never lose more than you have in your account. In fact, we guarantee it: You'll never have to face a debit balance. Ever.

As you know, this is dramatically different from trading commodities on futures exchanges because when the market moves against you in futures, you can end up owing your broker far more money than you have in your account. But that can never happen when you trade with Capital Trader.
You can set a stop-loss on all forex trades and those stop-loss prices are guaranteed on orders of up to $1 million!
In a futures contract or even in many stock trades, stops are not guaranteed. Sometimes they seem more like requests or prayers than trading orders. If the market makes a major move against you, you can't get out in time — and could end up taking a big loss.

But trading forex online with Capital Trader, that can NEVER happen. Capital Trader offers you a 100% absolute guarantee on its stops. If you set a stop-loss on a forex trade up to $1 million in size, and the market makes a catastrophic move against you, you're guaranteed to get out at the price you specified. (See for yourself by signing up for a risk-free demo account.)

This is an enormous benefit to trading forex with Capital Trader. Because of the Tricom Group's financial strength — you can trade with confidence knowing that your stops will be honored and your trading risk is strictly limited.

Again, this makes trading online with Capital Trader a very attractive investment option. Start trading risk-free right now simply by setting up a FREE demo account. And then, when you're ready to start trading for real, opening up a live trading account is a snap.
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In the stock market and the futures markets, the prices for shares or commodities contracts are not necessarily the price for which the stock or contract will be filled. They are “indications,” nothing more. When you trade foreign currencies with Capital Trader, you get instantaneous execution and total price certainty on orders of up to $1 million. Put another way, the price you see is the price you get!

Even though some online investors are now able to view the bid/ask spread on stocks and commodities, there is still often “slippage” in the prices which represents a hidden cost.

If you've ever bought a sizeable quantity of a stock — for example, 1,000 shares — you'll see that often you get 200 shares at one price, 500 shares at another (often higher price) and another 200 shares at yet another price.

In contrast, at Capital Trader, you get filled at the actual price quoted on all orders up to $1 million — guaranteed! You'll never get unexpected fills at Capital Trader. This same guarantee also applies to all stop loss and limit orders up to $1 million. When you trade foreign currencies with Capital Trader, if the market hits your price on a limit or stop-loss order — you get filled, period. No excuses.

Think about the advantages that forex trading at Capital Trader offers: Guaranteed prices. Guaranteed stops. Leverage of up to 100 to 1 with guaranteed limited risk. Sign up right now for a FREE demo account.
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Plus, unlike stock markets or futures markets, the forex market is a seamless, 24-hour market. At 5 p.m. Sunday, New York time, trading begins as markets open in Sydney and Singapore. At 7 p.m. New York time, the Tokyo market opens, followed by London at 2 a.m., and finally New York itself at 8 a.m. As an investor, this allows you to react to favorable/unfavorable news by trading immediately.

It also gives you the added flexibility of determining your trading day. By comparison, the currency markets in the U.S., such as the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and Philadelphia Exchange, have regulated hours. The CME, for instance, opens at 8:20 a.m. ET and closes at 2 p.m. Therefore, if important data comes in from England or Japan while the U.S. markets are closed, the next day's opening could be a wild ride. (It is theoretically possible to trade stocks or currencies overnight, but the overnight markets are very thinly traded and difficult for some traders to access.) But thanks to the power of the Capital Trader trading station , you can now trade forex online wherever and whenever you want — 24 hours a day

You pay absolutely no commissions or exchange fees. You get guaranteed prices and instantaneous fills. Your risk is strictly limited — and you get the power of up to 100 to 1 leverage. Best of all, you can see how all this works right now and without taking any risk whatsoever. Try our FREE online demo account with $100,000 in virtual money.

Why not give it a try? It takes just a few minutes to register online and download our FREE Capital Trader Trading Station.