From Sunday evening 20:00 GMT until Friday evening 22:00, you can trade Forex. You can hear news in the middle of the night that may affect your investments and within minutes you can be on the phone or online making trades.

Another advantage to Forex trading that you won't find in any central exchange markets is the liquidity of the market. You will never be without someone to purchase from or sell to in Forex trading. This means that prices are stable and spreads remain narrow.

If you like to trade often on central exchanges, you know that the commissions for stock brokers and other related fees can add up quickly. With Forex trading, very few trades incur a commission. When you make trades with the majors as opposed to other cross, it's less expensive. This, too, is different than centrally traded stock shares in which the more popular they are, the higher the price rises.

Another polarity can be shown in the ratio of value of the market to the state of the economy. In Forex trading, even when the economy isn't faring so well, the market remains stable. Because currencies work against each other, you can sell one currency if you think it's going to decline in value and then buy it back when its value decreases and make a profit!