Forex

Currency pairs, pips, sessions, and how to read the ForexFactory economic calendar.

• What is the forex market?

  The $7+ trillion/day currency market — 24/5, decentralized, and why the quote is always base/quote (EUR/USD = euros per one dollar? No, dollars per one euro).
• Major, minor, and exotic forex pairs

  EUR/USD, USD/JPY, GBP/USD and the seven majors — plus crosses (EUR/JPY) and exotics (USD/TRY). Which pairs are liquid, tight-spread, and safest to learn on.
• Pips, pipettes, and lot sizes

  What a pip is worth in dollars, why JPY pairs are quoted to 3 decimals instead of 5, and the difference between a standard, mini, and micro lot.
• The four forex sessions (Sydney, Tokyo, London, New York)

  Why the London/New York overlap is the busiest window, when each session opens in your local time, and how session opens/closes create predictable volatility.
• Forex leverage and margin

  How 50:1 or 500:1 leverage really works, what a margin call feels like, and why leverage is the #1 killer of new forex accounts.
• Reading the ForexFactory economic calendar

  How to use forexfactory.com's High/Medium/Low impact tags, forecast vs previous vs actual, and how a surprise NFP or CPI print moves USD pairs in seconds. This site pulls the same feed directly into every forex pair page.
• How the AI Hold / Buy / Sell bias works

  The bias engine on each forex pair combines the ForexFactory calendar, recent price action, and impact-weighted event scoring to output an educational buy/sell/hold read on the base currency. What it looks at, what it ignores, and why it's context — not a signal.
• The carry trade: earning the rate differential

  Borrowing a low-yield currency to buy a high-yield one, why it works for years and then blows up in a week, and the classic 2008 JPY unwind.

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