With gold seen once more as a strategic asset, central bank buying has been steadily on the rise. One obvious reason is to diversify foreign exchange reserves away from US dollars.
A poor understanding of risk and money management means novice traders frequently experience severe losses and sometimes a complete loss of their capital.
There are many different markets that can be traded in to make a profit. The largest of any of them is clearly the foreign currency exchange, also called Forex (FX). This market trades more than three trillion dollars each day and currency traders can learn how to pull in a share of it.