Online Forex trading is a lucrative and legal way to make money out of the house while at the same time being yourself. This is speculation on the international financial market of foreign currencies, which is the largest financial market in the world. In terms of pre-traded volume, it is even few more times larger than stock, stock and commodity markets combined. It is differs from the stock market mainly because it is not centralized, it means there is no central institution through which the deals would be realized and which would cover everything. It is also very difficult to manipulate in the long run, because long-term currency exchange rates are almost impossible due to their huge volume, which can not be said about shares where one bigger speculative sale can trigger panic on the market and the failure of a particular stock title, the value of your assets it may fall to zero. If you want to trade on the stock market, you will need access to a stock exchange through a broker (mostly a bank). However, Forex can not buy and sell through its trading platform at the most advantageous market price (demand and offer), which means a significant reduction in the cost of an expensive broker. Shares compare trading on Forex and stock exchanges, rates of currency pairs become almost continuous, but shares tend to be more pronounced when a particular firm announces the release of a new product or publishes its financial results.