What’s the difference between Forex and the stock market?

Forex is a worldwide market of trading currencies. The main difference between Forex market and the stock market is volume. There are lots of people who enter the currency trading market on a daily basis. They trade more than two trillion dollars every day. This volume is significantly higher than the volume that is being traded on the stock market of any country on a daily basis. Currencies are traded not only by private traders but also by financial institutions, banks and even governments.

The second major difference of Forex from stock market is the liquidity. Everything that is traded on Forex market can be easily liquidated. That means you can convert any position into cash since it’s already cash but of a different country. Availability of cash is always there. A position can be liquidated at any time anywhere in the world.