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:'( That leaves me just as confused, haha
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ok lets pretend..... Say you go to oil man and you buy $10,000 in oil. Lets assume that there is no extra cost to you for storing and holding and or delivering this oil.
So you buy the oil for $10,000. You hold onto it for 1 year then you sell it for $12,000. You made $2000.
In forex you are buying a currency and holding it then selling it back.
Ok second example. You are the oil man and somebody comes to you and says hey buddy let me buy $10,000 worth of oil. So you sell him the oil. In a year he comes back and the oil is now only worth $8000. He sells you back the oil and you make $2000.
It is buying and selling to make money the only difference is in forex you never accually handle the "oil" You are therefore not buying or selling you are "agreeing" to buy or sell at that price. The oil man "agrees" to buy oil at $10,000 then when it goes up to $12,000. He never handles the oil he only agrees to handle it at that price. It is like a game really except it isn't a game at all. Think of the currency as "virtual" currency that you never acually handle.
I hope this helos a little