The aim of the thesis is to provide a structured description of methods of trading on the currency market which is currently developing extensively and therefore attracts even the small investors; unlike earlier when this kind of trading was favored mainly by large companies and wealthy investors. It can be difficult to orient oneself in this relatively new type of trading at first. That is why this thesis attempts to provide adequate and comprehensive techniques of approach to this type of trading. The thesis is based on basic methods that the investors in the FOREX market use. One fundamental part of the thesis contains practical examples from the real world market on which the issues of trading can be better shown