Pricing

Pricing

Price reflects the perception and action taken by the market participants. It is the urgency between buyers and sellers in the trading pit that creates price movement.

Thus, all fundamental factors are quickly discounted in price. Therefore, by studying the price charts, you are indirectly seeing the fundamental and market psychology all at once - after all the market is feed by two emotions - Greed and Fear and once you understand that, then you begin to understand the psychology of the market and how it relates to the chart patterns.
Data Window.

Most computer programs will display a small box of data usually called a display window which will contain the following items:

O = Opening Price
H = Highest Price
L = Lowest Price
C = Close or Last Price
Tr = Volume or number of trades (not contracts) in that time period.

Market Types

The market often display's some very familiar patterns of price movement. Once a pattern is established, it becomes the most probable course of future price action until the market changes. There are two types of markets which become important for the beginning trader to identify; trending and trend-less. Each market type has two specific patterns which you will also notice over time.

These market types and patterns can be defined as follows:

Trending - Steady elongated price movements with less than a 45-degree angle with occasional pauses, profit taking, or resting periods.

Forex Trading different roles in the FX Market

Forex Trading different roles in the FX Market

Central Banks and Governments Policies that are implemented by governments and central banks can play a major role in the FX market. Central banks can play an important part in controlling the country's money supply to insure financial stability.