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To trade on a financial market, you need capital. Capital is used to buy an instrument if your analysis shows that its price could increase in value, eventually leading to capital gains and a profit for the trader. The Forex market is no different – in order to start trading currencies, you need to invest a certain sum of money with your broker which is then used to buy and sell currencies. The amount invested has a direct impact on the amount of profits you can make, as larger trading accounts can open larger position sizes than smaller trading accounts (given the same amount of leverage). We will tackle the important question concerning the minimum amount of money needed to trade Forex in the following lines, and show you that there is no universal answer that applies to all traders.

Liquidity voids happen all the time in forex. And when they happen, they hardly leave without creating trading opportunities. We discuss how to trade them in this article.