Real Time Forex Quotes

By: Charley Warady

Probably more than any market, including the stock market, the commodities market, and even your supermarket...the Forex market and its traders depend heavily on real time Forex quotes.

The majority of traders involved in the Forex market are day traders and many of those are scalpers. Can you imagine the havoc that would be caused if they were to receive anything except up to the minute information?

A Forex trader, any Forex trader, needs any tool or method to give him an edge when it comes to trading. Whether it's a proper set of trading signals, or technical analysis, or a heads up concerning a report coming out that will affect a fundamental approach. To only have access to quotes that are delayed is like running a marathon on a broken leg. It can be done; but it's probably going to take you a lot longer.

Real time Forex quotes are so prevalent these days amongst brokers that they are often taken for granted. They shouldn't be. Particularly for the experienced trader who assumes his broker is supplying up to the minute information, he should check to make sure this is a fact and not just an assumption on his part.

You're not even talking about a profit turned into a loss here (although in the case of a scalper, that may certainly be the case), but the amount of profit or the amount of loss – even if it means only a couple pips at a time will add up quickly.

Certainly when choosing a broker, one of the first things you should do is make sure they offer real time Forex quotes. Compare the quotes to other brokers that may offer them on their site. Compare them to real time charting services and quote services not connected to a particular broker.

Your entire Forex strategy may depend on the accuracy of this information and the timeliness therein. Not only that, it is beneficial to check on this occasionally during your time with your Forex broker. The market is the most dynamic in the world and dependent on technology to sustain itself. It is up to the trader to make sure he is standing on equal ground with everyone else.

There are so many factors in successfully trading the Forex market. Whether it is technical expertise or the ability to react as a scalper. The discipline involved simply to stay in the game is always admirable.

The typical Forex trader is no stranger to online tools to help him with his trading. He gets involved with forums, interest groups, and even social media. He is aware of the importance of having real time Forex quotes.

When he puts in his buy order, or his sell order, or his stop loss order, he needs to know it's based on real time statistics. More important than any of this, however, is when the trader uses a market order. What he sees on his screen better resemble what he receives as his filled order. If not...it's time to move to real time.

DailyForex.com Team
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