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Here's one: can someone explain how you can sell a currency that you don't yet own? If I have GBP, how is it that I can sell USD before even buying them? Through what process is that actualised?
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To answer your question when you buy or sell in the forex you aren't really buying or selling. In fact you are either long or short the market, but ill keep it simple.
You are not "buying" You are agreeing to buy at a certain price, so if price goes up from where you agreed to buy you made money. If you sell you are really agreeing to sell at that price if the price goes down then the differenc e in price is what you made.