Why Trade Forex? FOREX NEVER SLEEPS Online forex trading has become very popular in the past decade because it offers traders several advantages: Trading goes on all around the world during different countries' business hours. You can, therefore, trade major currencies at any time, 24 hours per day. Since there are no set exchange hours, it means that there is also something happening at almost any time of the day or night. 1 GO LONG OR SHORT Unlike many other financial markets, where it can be difficult to sell short, there are no limitations on shorting currencies. If you think a currency will go up, buy it. If you think it will fall, sell it. This means there is no such thing as a "bear market" in forex - you can make (or lose) money any time. LOW TRADING COSTS Most forex accounts trade without a commission and there are no expensive exchange fees or data licenses. The cost of trading is the spread between the buy price and the sell price, which is al