Forex Trading Vs. Commodities See What You Could Be Missing
Foreign Currency Exchange (Forex) Trading involves determining whether a certain nations currency will go up or down compared to another major currency. When you trade in the Forex, you trade currency pairs: Pairs of national currencies which go up or down relative to each other.
When you trade Commodities (anything found naturally in nature or planted) you determine if the price of a certain commodity will go up or down based on whether you believe there will be a good growing season, increased mining prospects, a bad growing season, floods, drought, strikes etc. Mother Nature plays a much stronger role in trading commodities than it does in trading currency. And we all know Its not nice to fool Mother Nature.
World Events:
As mentioned above, the constant change in weather patterns from year to year can play havoc on the commodities market. If its not the weather it could be strikes by miners, new mineral discoveries, dry holes, war or a multitude of different events, all of which can completely change the outlook for commodities. The possibility of good sized gains exists in the...