{"id":15293,"date":"2010-11-13T00:08:24","date_gmt":"2010-11-13T05:08:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/fx\/?p=15293"},"modified":"2010-11-13T00:08:24","modified_gmt":"2010-11-13T05:08:24","slug":"why-you-need-a-low-spread-forex-trading-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/2010\/11\/13\/why-you-need-a-low-spread-forex-trading-platform\/","title":{"rendered":"Why you need a Low Spread Forex Trading Platform"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Benjamin Stockton<\/p>\n<p>Invariably, you will earn money from forex trading by having an  effective trading plan. But the things you can do to maximize profits do  not end there. A low spread trading platform also helps. In fact, it  helps a lot.<\/p>\n<p>Now when you trade through a broker, he will not ask you directly for a  fee. He get&#8217;s his money from forex spreads. It works this way. When you  buy a currency pair the broker charges a spread on the transaction. You  know about spreads. It&#8217;s the difference between the bid price and ask  price. The bid price is what you pay for the currency and the ask price  is what you sell the currency for. The difference is expressed in pips.  This means that if a broker adds two pips to the bid price, you are  paying him for the price of two pips. If you sell the currency right  after you bought it, you will find yourself down two pips down. The more  pips or spreads he adds to the bid price the more costly the trade  becomes. This lessens the profitability of the trade and the bigger the  risks. Meanwhile, the broker always earns no matter what happens to your  trade. You have paid for his services in advance.<\/p>\n<p>The method of paying for the services of brokers is the reason it is imperative that you find a <a href=\"http:\/\/learnforexstrategies.org\/\">low spread forex trading platform<\/a>.  Remember that platforms are supplied by brokers, so essentially you  looking for a broker who offers lower spreads. Different brokers will  offer different forex spreads. Some will offer lower or tighter spreads,  while others will offer higher spreads. For big trades they will  usually offer tighter spreads and usually higher spreads for small  trades. Brokers will also vary their offers depending on market  conditions. They may offer fix spreads and this usually happens when the  market is volatile. But usually you end up paying more.<\/p>\n<p>The key to finding a low spread platform is to search for it. There are  reputable forex websites issuing forex reviews. From the reviews you can  easily tell which ones will increase your chances at earning in forex.<\/p>\n<h3>About the Author<\/h3>\n<p>Benjamin Stockton is a dedicated father to three children and forex tracker. To learn more about <a href=\"http:\/\/learnforexstrategies.org\/\">low spread forex trading platform<\/a> and the latest and most effective forex strategies, tools and mindset  that will allow you to make lots of money from trading forex please  visit <a href=\"http:\/\/learnforexstrategies.org\/\">http:\/\/learnforexstrategies.org<\/a> now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Invariably, you will earn money from forex trading by having an effective trading plan. But the things you can do to maximize profits do not end there. A low spread trading platform also helps. In fact, it helps a lot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15293"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15293\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}