| Foreign trade is an integral factor in the world | | | | rates of the currencies depend upon the bank or |
| economy, as economies all over the countries depend | | | | market maker. In practical conditions the rates are |
| upon each other's foreign reserves. Foreign trade | | | | very close and fluctuate only in small margins as |
| emerged in the world when the countries started | | | | there is the activities of dealers who are watching |
| having transactions and these developed into Foreign | | | | close the activities of the market. London plays a |
| trade and thus evolved Foreign Exchange. | | | | dominant part in the foreign exchange market and |
| Foreign trade emerged in the world when the | | | | that is why a call on prices and rates of currencies |
| countries started having transactions and these | | | | are done here. The role of central market clearing |
| developed into Forex trade and thus evolved Foreign | | | | mechanism was tried by the joint venture of a |
| Exchange. Usually there is no clear market structure | | | | California based firm and Reuters but they failed to |
| in all forex trades and in some forex trade | | | | do this because of various reasons. |
| transactions there are no cross border regulations | | | | The other trading centers such as New York, Tokyo |
| involved. Now different currencies are traded in single | | | | and other countries are also important trading centers |
| place, thanks to the Over the Counter trade, in this | | | | of Foreign Exchange. Banks throughout the world |
| system all types of currencies are traded in a single | | | | participate in foreign trade as it gives them huge |
| window, with a small percent of money going to the | | | | revenue. The currency trading process in the foreign |
| trader as commission. | | | | trade is a continuous process, when the Asian trading |
| Thus this explains the character of forex market, | | | | ends the European trading begins, when this ends the |
| where there are no fixed rates involved and the | | | | session of northern America starts. |