Earning price interest points on your open trades is the ultimate goal of all forex traders.

Out of all of the different securities vehicles that are traded in a speculative manner for profit (such as stocks and commodities), trading currencies electronically is one of the newest types of trading vehicles.

Most people are familiar with the stock market, and typically approach this financial market from one of two perspectives: either they are active traders who routinely buy and sell different stocks, or they take a buy-and-hold strategy that is much longer in scope and can last for years or even decades.

Trading currencies is much different than trading stocks or other types of traditional securities, with one of the main differences being that a currency trader will buy or sell a pair of two different currencies as opposed to buying and selling a single stock.