Making money in Forex is very simple. Though exchanging once currency for another one of equal, lessor or greater value and buying and selling these currencies at different time as price fluctuates over time you can profit from these moves. Trillions of dollars are exchanged day after day generating a large amount of liquidity in the forex market. Think of the forex market like a bigger better stock market and it will be easy for you to get started trading forex.
Forex Trading has many advantages over the stock market but one of the most exciting things FX offers is since it is the largest market in the world it is also the most efficient. The Forex market also operates 24 hours a day which allows you trade anytime, studying charts and sifting through forex news that could affect currency prices. Traders can choose to trade one of the major sessions to trade ranging from the Asian market session to the London or New York market sessions.
Many traders choose to trade a style called the London breakout which is a range play off of the mornings trading range. The New York trading session is also popular because of the many news releases on the US economy which occur prior to the open and bring sometimes heavy currency movements in the markets.