In the UK, all Forex brokers are regulated by the Financial Services Authority (FSA). The FSA is an independent body that regulates all financial service institutions and correspondingly protects all UK investors. In order to obtain a licence from the FSA, Forex brokers and the Forex trading platforms they operate are required to comply with [...]

Brokers do not charge commission on your trading but they do need to make an income from hosting trades and there are number of ways in which they make money from their clients. The type of trades you are likely to do may make a difference to what type of broker is right for you. [...]

Find a broker with the right tools There is a huge number of Forex brokers who operate using a range of different Forex trading platforms so it is important to find one who has the tools and the interface to enable you to do what you want to do. Many brokers offer free trials so [...]

Forex trading cannot be carried out by an individual. Instead, anyone who wants to trade on foreign exchange markets must use a broker who places trades on their behalf through a Forex Trading Platform. There are a number of different things to look out for when choosing which broker you use to carry out Forex [...]

The internet has allowed many small individual investors to trade in the Forex market but they must trade via a broker who acts as a middleman between the market and the individual. Rather than thinking of them as an overhead, if you choose your Forex broker wisely, they can be a valuable source of advice [...]