Futures are becoming more and popular as a derivative product. Investors and traders choose their preferences about which market to focus on, and sometimes it’s between forex or futures. What are main differences below these two markets? See my points from the reference I got.
1. Liquidity. Forex market is the most liquid market in the world. Futures market is just a small procentage of its amount. It’s always easy to find buyer and seller.
2. 24-hour trading. Futures do have overnight market, but they are far from liquid and only thinly traded. While forex is a real 24-hour market.
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See how simple to differentiate their technical characteristics? Take a deeper look at my reference site. It provides more informative and attractive explanation, I really like how they present it.