Posted By Gbaf News
Posted on January 13, 2014
When you want to start a Forex Investment Business you need a good Forex broker. The most important question that comes in your mind at that time is what to look for when choosing the best Forex Broker. In addition to Broker’s revenue and available information there is some more information is required for deciding whom to choose as Forex broker. In this article we will cover some important points that will overcome this issue.
A Forex broker is an important person to your Forex business and without his support you cannot excel. Therefore this selection is highly important. When you start a Forex business you need to open an account with a broker. The broker is a channel, mediator, individual or a company who works according to retailer. Brokers charge their fees against the services they provide of buying and selling orders according to retailer.
There are various brokers available online offering their services. Various factors are available by which you can identify a good Forex broker.
The first thing required to start a Forex business with a Forex broker is clearance of security. You need to look at the broker credentials and association that whether he is registered with the government regulatory authority or not which varies country to country for example in the USA you will find two authorities Commodity Future Trading Commission (CFTC) and National Futures Association (NFA). These regulatory authorities ensure you that you are secure against any fraud, manipulation and illegal trading practices.
When choosing a broker you should check that how he communicates with his customers. Good brokers are available to their customers 24 hours a day via telephone, live chat, Skype or email because the currency market operates continuously. A 24 hour help desk facility is another good method of communication.
Another important factor is a trading platform. A trading platform is an important part of the broker’s service where you can have access to all necessary information at every moment like open option list, closed option list, account usage margin overview, statement of account and SWAP or premium fees overview. Today brokers’ use software for Forex trading platform and they are quite reliable and accurate as well but it is good to open a dummy account and check whether software covers all your requirements or not.
According to the Forex brokers working style they are divided into some basic groups that how they trade Forex. One way to deal with your trade is with their own system of them forward your trade to inter bank market or to other market participants. The first case of trading also referred to as “dealing desk” brokers. In this case a broker does not guarantee you a mentioned order and therefore when you order sell or buy currency it appears that they will be re-quoting the prices.