ECN stands for Electronic Communication Network, and is a system of dealing in the forex market where brokers obtain prices from several liquidity providers. This price data (market data) is provided to traders without any interference, while forwarding all orders placed by buyers and sellers to the liquidity providers for execution. Under the ECN arrangement, […]
Read Some MoreThis article is written to give retail traders who are new to the market an understanding of some of the issues involved in the pricing of currencies in the forex market. At the end of this article, you should be able to answer the following questions: a) How are price quotes on a forex trading […]
Read Some MoreIn the first part of this article, we answered two of the six questions presented around the pricing of currencies in the forex market. Now we know how the price quotes displayed on the forex trading platforms are derived. We have also been able to determine that the liquidity providers (banks) set prices in an […]
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