Benefits of e-currency

With e-currency, banks now offer services where customers can send money from one place to another without using cash. Using e-currency, customers can pay bills, change money from one account to another, and pay for things they want to buy such as food, a car, a television or a service such as Forex Trading.

It is now quite easy to exchange money all over the world using e-currency. Modern technology makes money exchange fast and secure.

How is e-currency used in the Forex market?

In the online Forex market, e-currency is the main form of money used. All trading is done on computers using the Internet. Forex traders can still deposit money into their account at the market maker in the old fashioned way (eg - via bank wire, or by sending checks by mail). Once such deposit is accepted - they can trade Forex online. Most traders, however, use their credit card or other form of e-currency to deposit funds to their Forex account. Once a trader wishes to withdraw funds, they are wired directly to the trader's bank account.

If you want to start trading, open an Easy-Forex ® account. Your account contains your e-currency, which is your Internet money. This is what you use for trading. Easy-Forex ® accepts payment with major credit cards, PayPal or Bank Transfer.

E-gold and e-silver

E-Gold and E-Silver refer to Forex trading of Gold (XAU) and Silver (XAG). Since this is "Forex trading" or "OTC" (meaning "over the counter" and not via an exchange or a stock market), no actual metals (such as real gold or real silver) are traded. What is traded is a contract of their price. The unit for such XAU or XAG is one ounce (about 30 grams). Units of XAU and XAG are quoted and traded in USD.

Trading in gold and silver is electronic, the same as other currencies. Gold and silver are traded against the United States dollar only. You do not buy and sell the physical thing. Think of the gold and silver as another form of e-currency. The sign for e-gold is XAU; the sign for e-silver is XAG.

Trading commodities on the Visual Trading ™ platform is as simple and straight forward as it is to trade currencies. Easy-Forex ® offers a number of commodities which are traded differently to currencies.