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How Supply And Demand Affect Forex

By: Jon Provencher

A common method of trading Forex is to use fundamental analysis to make decisions about the direction a currency is likely to go in. This article will provide you with an introduction to how you can use the simple concept of supply and demand to advance your Forex trading profits.

The foreign exchange (Forex) market, functions like every other market in the world, it's driven by supply and demand. Understanding the concept of supply and demand will make a big difference to your Forex trading profits. To succeed in trading Forex you need to be able to sort through all the daily news to determine those messages that are important and likely to have an impact on the market.

Supply is a measure of how much of a currency is available at any particular point in time. The cost of the currency is directly connected to how much of it is available. As the supply of a currency increases, it becomes less valuable and as the supply of the currency goes down, its cost increases.

Demand is a measure of how much of a currency traders desire at any particular point in time. As demand for a currency increases, it becomes more valuable and as demand for the currency goes down it becomes less valuable.

To understand how demand and supply can impact on something's cost, consider the Nintendo Wii. When the Wii was first released, there was a huge demand for the toy and it sold out fast. The only choice for parents who weren't fast or aggressive enough to buy the Wii when it was released, was to either wait for more toys to be produced or pay ridiculous prices on eBay. High demand made this toy much more valuable than it would have been if nobody wanted it.

Using this example on the Forex market, if we can determine when supply and demand are increasing or going down for a currency, we have a good idea of whether the currency will increase or decrease in cost.

When you are analyzing a currency to determine whether you think it will increase or decrease in cost in the near future, you should consider how all the fundamental factors will impact on the demand and supply of the currency. As you consider more and more fundamental factors, you should observe that one side of the seesaw will begin to tip up or down.

Using the concept of a seesaw for supply and demand can help you to understand complicated economic information. It is much easier to look at each individual factor to determine how it will impact on the currency's cost than it is to try and weigh them up all at once.

When you have analyzed a factor, put it on the relevant side of the seesaw and move on to the next one. When you have finished this process, you should be able to see which side is more heavily weighed. Using this information you can form a decision on whether you think the currency's cost will increase or decrease.

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