What do I need to operate in forex? Which are the rules that would permit operating in forex more quietly?. First of all you have to consider your economic limits tpo operate in forex, and after that establish your target. If you are a little investor that want to operate in forex, you have the possibility of beginning to do it throught a mini account that actually can be opened with a sum that goes from U$$ 200 to U$$ 500. Operating in forex means taking some risks, that’s why if you are a beginner we don’t advise you to invest big sums of money to avoid headache. Before operating in forex it is necessary to consider that when currency exchange rate changes, losses and profits are calculated on the total. That’s why a raise or low of the currency would be equal to the investor to the loss or profit of 100% of the total value.To operate in forex it is necessary to know how to read a pair. Suppose our pair EUR/USD, if the forex operator (you) believes that EUR will raise its value, what he should do is buying euros and selling USD. Once the operation is finished, the one is called “long”, we only have to wait until the exchange rate appreciates. Also for operating in forex you can adopt a position “short”, that means that following the pair that we mentioned before, instead of buying EUR you will sell them to buy USD. Here the forex operator will get his profits if the exchange rate reduces its value.