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Foreign Exchange

The foreign exchange (forex, FX, or currency market) is a global, worldwide market for trading currencies. Financial centers around the world function as anchors of trading between a wide range of different types of buyers and sellers around the clock, with the exception of weekends. The foreign exchange market determines the relative values of different currencies.

The primary purpose of the foreign exchange is to assist international trade and investment, by allowing businesses to convert one currency to another currency.ex: EURUSD. This means trading the Euro against the US dollar. Forex and related markets is the largest and most liquid financial market in the world, where the average trade consists of trillions per day

The foreign exchange market is unique because ofits huge trading volume representing the largest asset class in the world, its geographical dispersion, its continuous operation: 24 hours a day except weekends, i.e. trading from 20:15 GMT on Sunday until 22:00 GMT Friday, and the great number of participants in the market including banks, commercial companies, central banks, Forex Fixing, hedge funds as speculators,investment management firms, Retail foreign exchange traders, foreign exchange brokers.

Currencies that are traded against the US dollar are called Majors and make up the greatest number of foreign currency trades.

Below are the specifications of the Forex Currency Pairs and Spot Precious Metals avaible for trading at Investa.

• Forex Currency Pairs

	Forex Currency Pairs	Spread	Contract Size	Minimum Price Fluctuation	Margin Requirement	Spreads on Orders	Transaction Size MIN MAX	Beirut Local Time
	EURUSD EURO/US Dollar	3	1lot=100,000 EUR	0.0001	US $1000	10	0.1 30	Mon Open 00:00 Fri Close 24:00
	GBPUSD Great British Pound/US Dollar	3	1lot=100,000 GBP	0.0001	US $1000	10	0.1 30	Mon Open 00:00 Fri Close 24:00
	AUDUSD Australian Dollar/US Dollar	4	1lot=100,000 AUD	0.0001	US $1000	10	0.1 30	Mon Open 00:00 Fri Close 24:00
	USDJPY US Dollar/Japanese Yen	3	1lot=100,000 USD	0.01	US $1000	10	0.1 30	Mon Open 00:00 Fri Close 24:00
	USDCHF US Dollar/Swiss Franc	3	1lot=100,000 USD	0.0001	US $1000	10	0.1 30	Mon Open 00:00 Fri Close 24:00
	USDCAD US Dollar/Canadian Dollar	4	1lot=100,000 USD	0.0001	US $1000	10	0.1 30	Mon Open 00:00 Fri Close 24:00
	NZDUSD New Zeeland Dollar/US Dollar	4	1lot=100,000 NZD	0.0001	US $1000	10	0.1 30	Mon Open 00:00 Fri Close 24:00
	EURJPY Euro/Japanese Yen	5	1lot=100,000 EUR	0.01	US $1000	10	0.1 30	Mon Open 00:00 Fri Close 24:00
	EURGBP Euro/Great British Pound	4	1lot=100,000 EUR	0.0001	US $1000	10	0.1 30	Mon Open 00:00 Fri Close 24:00
	EURCHF Euro/Swiss Franc	4	1lot=100,000 EUR	0.0001	US $1000	10	0.1 30	Mon Open 00:00 Fri Close 24:00
	AUDJPY Australian Dollar/Japanese Yen	6	1lot=100,000 AUD	0.01	US $1000	10	0.1 30	Mon Open 00:00 Fri Close 24:00
	CHFJPY Swiss Franc/Japanese Yen	5	1lot=100,000 CHF	0.01	US $1000	10	0.1 30	Mon Open 00:00 Fri Close 24:00
	NZDJPY New Zeeland Dollar/Japanese Yen	8	1lot=100,000 NZD	0.01	US $1000	10	0.1 30	Mon Open 00:00 Fri Close 24:00
	GBPJPY Great British Pound/Japanese Yen	8	1lot=100,000 GBP	0.01	US $1000	10	0.1 30	Mon Open 00:00 Fri Close 24:00
	GBPCHF Great British Pound/Swiss Franc	5	1lot=100,000 GBP	0.0001	US $1000	10	0.1 30	Mon Open 00:00 Fri Close 24:00

• Spot Precious Metals Specifications

	Precious Metals	Spread	Contract Size	Minimum Price Fluctuation	Margin Requirement	Spreads on Orders	Transaction Size MIN MAX	Beirut Local Time
	GOLD Gold/US Dollar	60	1lot=100OZ	0.01	US $1000	10	0.1 30	Mon Open 00:00 Fri Close 24:00
	SILVER Silver/US Dollar	50	1lot=5000 OZ	0.01	US $1000	10	0.1 30	Mon Open 00:00 Fri Close 24:00
	XAUEUR Gold/Euro	100	1lot=100OZ	0.1	US $1000	10	0.1 30	Mon Open 00:00 Fri Close 24:00
	XAUGBP Gold/Pound	100	1lot=100OZ	0.1	US $1000	10	0.1 30	Mon Open 00:00 Fri Close 24:00