In forex trading, "volume" refers to the total number of trades or contracts that are executed within a specific time period. Unlike in the stock market, where volume is measured by the number of ...

What is forex trading? Forex trading is essentially trading currencies. The process involves simultaneously buying one currency while selling another in the hope of profiting from the changes in their ...

Market hours for Tokyo, London, and New York make up the three major sessions for forex and represent 24-hour trading, and volatility peaks when sessions overlap.

Forex brokerage giant Gain Capital [NYSE:GCAP] said its trading volume in the retail business went down by more than 11 percentage points in 2016, compared to 2015. The broker generated a retail ...