FOREX TRADING TRAINING AS AN ALTERNATIVE GETTING PASSIVE INCOME FOR STUDENTS PANDANARAN UNIVERSITY SEMARANG FACULTY OF ECONOMICS

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Belakangan, forex menjadi salah satu instrumen investasi yang sangat digemari oleh banyak orang. Terlebih, dewasa ini ada banyak sekali aplikasi trading forex yang dapat digunakan oleh berbagai kalangan untuk memudahkan kegiatan tersebut. Forex atau foreign exchange merupakan kegiatan transaksi jual beli mata uang asing dari berbagai negara. Keuntungan investasi pada instrumen yang satu ini terbilang sangat menggiurkan.Selain dapat memulai dengan modal kecil, forex juga memiliki likuiditas yang tinggi, sehingga investor dapat melakukan pembelian kapan pun dan di mana pun, termasuk lewat aplikasi. Kegiatan trading forex merupakan salah satu dari berbagai kegiatan investasi yang dapat dijadikan sebagai salah satu alternatif passive income, mengingat hasil yang diperolehpun cukup dapat diandalkan. Mengingat bahwa kegiatan investasi seperti trading forex ini memiliki risiko, sehingga perlu dilakukan edukasi serta pelatihan agar nantinya calon investor betul-betul memahami pengetahuan dan strategi bagaimana berinvestasi melalui trading forex. Kegiatan ini bertujuan untuk menambah wawasan mengenai passive income melalui trading forex, serta berbagai hal yang harus dipertimbangkan oleh calon investor sebelum melakukan investasi. Pelatihan ini melakukan salah satu cara yang bisa ditempuh untuk mengatasi masih rendahnya minat masyarakat, khususnya mahasiswa melakukan investasi di berbagai instrumen pasar modal. Diharapkan dengan adanya pelatihan trading forex ini akan membuka wawasan mahasiswa, khususnya mahasiswa Fakultas Ekonomi Universitas Pandanaran Semarang untuk mulai melakukan investasi melalui trading forex di pasar modal.

Kata kunci : investasi, passive income, pasar modal dan trading forex

Recently, forex has become an investment instrument that is very popular with many people. Moreover, nowadays there are lots of forex trading applications that can be used by various groups to facilitate these activities. Forex or foreign exchange is a transaction activity of buying and selling foreign currency from various countries. The benefits of investing in this instrument are very tempting. Apart from being able to start with small capital, forex also has high liquidity, so investors can make purchases anytime and anywhere, including via applications.Forex trading activities are one of the various investment activities that can be used as an alternative passive income, considering that the results obtained are quite reliable. Bearing in mind that investment activities such as forex trading have risks, so it is necessary to provide education and training so that potential investors really understand the knowledge and strategies for investing through forex trading.This activity aims to increase insight into passive income through forex trading, as well as various things that prospective investors must consider before investing. This training is one way that can be taken to overcome the low level of public interest, especially students, in investing in various capital market instruments. It is hoped that this forex trading training will open students' minds, especially students at the Faculty of Economics, Pandanaran University, Semarang, to start investing through forex trading in the capital market.

Keywords: investment, passive income, capital markets and forex trading