Why would anyone trade foreign exchange? Well, to put it into perspective, the NYSE trades over 1 billion dollars a day in volume. In comparison, the foreign exchange market trades approximately 3 trillion dollars a day in volume. This means there are many more opportunities to make money in this market. But these rewards comes with great risk. You can loose some or all your money placed in this market. Fortunately, there are tools and strategies you can take to avoid/ minimize those pitfalls. This article is meant to point you in the right direction, and provide some insight to some of those tools.