currency trading

Exchanging national monies

Currency trading is the buying and selling of national currencies to profit from fluctuations in exchange rates.

Also called forex or foreign exchange trading, it's one of the world's largest financial markets: She got into currency trading after college.

Traders speculate on whether one currency will strengthen or weaken against another.

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asset class

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Exchanging company shares

bond trading · commodity trading · futures trading · options trading · securities trading

economic activity type

currency tradingmanufacturing

Industrial product creation

production · farming · building · creating

market engagement

currency tradingsavings accounts

Interest-bearing bank deposits

savings · hoarding

Family

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