Forex trading is different from day trading.
Forex is a short form of Foreign Exchange market. Instead of using the whole world people refer to it as FOREX. It is one of the biggest exchange market related to finance which was actually started in the year 1973. The daily turnover is estimated to in not billions but in trillions of dollars.
Unlike other securites the Foreign exchange does’nt trade on a fixed rate of exchange. Here there is an exchange in currencies which is traded generally between big banks (commerical and central), Corps and personal investors. Earlier small investors were not included in Forex because of the huge amount of money involved as deposits. This was changed later in the mid nineties and now the case is that even a small investor can trade alongside the big multinationals. This has lead to a big increase in the number of traders in the foreign exchange market. Forex education has also seen a growth because of the growth in Forex courses that have appeared in the market to teach traders more on forex market.
Most forex experts advise that you should take a forex training course even before you open up an account for trading. It is important that you know the market mechanics of the Foreign exchange market and that you can analyse the Forex market comfortably. This is why the potential FOREX traders either go for a forex training course available in the market or buy forex books to study them before that start trading. The modern day books and softwares can teach better forex since they involve proper charts , graphs and analysis data.
The books can only teach you stuff from the point of view of one specialist. This is why you should keep yourself updated on the topic and read more books on the forex topic written by different experts/authors.
Also note that the FOREX market is highly unpredictable therefore you should have indepth knowledge and different strategies under your belt to make big profits in this arena.
My final advice to you would be that you should do a thorough research in the forex market before jumping into it as there are many factors like political issues that can affect the inflow and outflow of finance in the market.
If you wish to enroll in a forex course then the best advice to you would be that you do some background research on the FOREX market and only then enroll for a course.