Investing in currency is different to investing in stocks or bonds. Its time horizons are greatly compressed (meaning that the effects of trading volume plus liquidity plus the perceived value of a currency can present greater opportunities for gain and loss in one day that you might expect on conventional equity and fixed income markets in one year). Also, conventional investing is based on the notion of one-sided ownership. Currency markets, in contrast, place equal value on selling (going short). You must buy and sell a pair: you cannot take a one-sided position. [1]

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