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Managed forex accounts have grown massively over the past few years as investors have lost their shirts on the stock market and in real estate. During this time, forex managed accounts have thrived, and in fact most forex managers saw their assets under management increase substantially. This articles examines the reasons for this, and, in turn, the popularity of the currency markets for investors.

A managed forex account differs to other funds in several ways. First of all, and perhaps most obvious, is that a managed forex account invests, or trades, in different currencies. There are a very wide variety of forex investments on the market today. Some funds invest for the short term, others adopt a ‘buy and hold’ strategy. Other forex funds may only take positions for the short term, indeed they may be in and out of the market in only a few hours, or occasionally, less than an hour. We call these latter types of traders day traders, or ‘intra day’ traders. Quite often, these traders will exit trades at the end of the day, so they are not exposed to any risk overnight.

Another unique feature of a managed forex account is that, unlike a mutual fund, an investor has real time, 24/7 access to their account. This operates on a number of different levels. First of all, the investor can login to their account online, any time, and see their account balance. These figures cannot be changed by your fund manager, so give a true view of the balance of your account. Secondly, a managed forex account is unique, as an investor has more flexibility than a client of a mutual fund, and there is no withdrawal penalty, or restrictions. This is unlike a mutual fund, hedge fund, or indeed any other form of collective investment scheme, where there can be very onerous restrictions on much you can withdraw at any one time, or where there are very often penalties involved in such withdrawals. Another key advantage of managed forex accounts is that the returns have little bearing to the returns of other investments. As a result, in an economic downturn, like the world has seen over the past two or three years, the performance of managed forex accounts has not been negatively affected. Thus forex funds are a great way to diversify your portfolio and boost performance. If anything, the recent world financial crisis has presented many profitable trading opportunities, since as volatility around the world increases, this volatility creates many opportunities to profit from the market turmoil.

But, even though there are many benefits of buying into a managed forex account, one needs to do their due diligence before investing their savings in such a fund. The number of fraudulent investment managers is on the rise.. Therefore, a potential investor must ask a number of important questions to ascertain certain information from the fund manager. First of all, you need to see evidence of the fund performance.

So, it can be seen that managed forex accounts offer a number of advantages over regular forms of investment funds. Please note, though, that one needs to analyse the investment returns of the different managed forex providers, and conduct careful due diligence to ensure that you will get the returns that you are seeking. It is only with such research that an investment in a managed forex account will be a successful one.

Andy Curtis is a professional fx trader and fund manager. It is also possible to obtain additional information about researching managed forex accounts and critiques of individual forex managed funds at his site especially designed for currency traders, Forex Village, where readers can also get the up-to-the-minute forex news.

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