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In the United States of America services on operations with finance derivatives with such base asset as the currency quote obtained in the results of trades on FOREX interbank exchange market are mainly rendered by futures brokers with the futures commission merchant (FCM) license and retail FOREX dealers with retail foreign exchange dealer license (RFED). In the USA historically developed distribution of regulation spheres takes place. Under this model, futures market mainly falls under the competence of Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and Self-regulatory organization - National Futures Association (NFA). Futures commission merchants and etail foreign exchange dealers acquire CFTC license and also enroll NFA self-regulatory organization. Regulating agencies set minimum amount threshold of company's proprietary funds, which by today amounts to at least 22 mln US dollars.
Popular article: Japanese Candlesticks
Trading with financial instruments on the Forex, a trader will always use price charts to analyze and predict movement of prices in the market. The simplest price chart is a line graph. It shows rates by one line. But there are other kinds of graphs that are more informative, for example, a Japanese candlesticks chart. It is not difficult to guess that historically Japanese candlesticks chart appeared in Japan in the XIII century. Candlesticks are used to display price quotations rates, commodity prices, stocks and others. "Japanese candlesticks" type of chart is often called configuration of interval and line graphics, because each element displays a range of changes in price for a certain period of time, for example, minutes, hours, days, weeks. Nowadays, they are one of the most popular methods for representing price movement.
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