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Is Forex Trading A Zerosum Game Fxstreet Is Forex Trading A Zerosum Game Currency Trading Forex The reason a zero sum game can become a negative sum game is because of commissions and the spread (the broker and market maker are making a living off of your trades). so unless you are one of them, you are playing a negative sum game by trading commodities (and currency is a commodity). That’s the definition of a zero sum game. sum trading game forex zero now as to forex, the speculative market acts the same as the futures market. yes, it is true that you can actually acquire physical currency, but that’s not what you’re doing when you trade spot forex. technically, spot forex trading operates the same as futures, though on a very short duration basis. So if fx a zero sum game? of course it is. just read john forman’s article on the difference between asset markets and contract markets. fx like all futures markets (including ironically enough those for the dow and s&p) is a contra...