Everything about this statement shows you have no clue what you're talking about. I pay the spread when taking the trade. I trade commission free, and the spreads are fairly tight on all the majors most of the time. And, I hear all this BS about Forex isn't regulated when it surely is..
It isn't regulated.
What about my latest statement is wrong?
If I go to a bank (broker), and buy $100,000 USD worth of Euros on, say, June 1st, and sell them back for USD on June 30th, the Euro will have either gone up in value against the USD, or down in value against the USD. So I will either make money on the resultant exchange back to USD, or lose money on the resultant exchange back to USD.
This is what I understand a foreign currency exchange rate to mean. By the way, that is called FOREX. It's an acronym, you know.
FOReign EXchange.
If I got that all wrong, then I will just stick to futures (and maybe options if I ever get the guts to learn it), and play with something as intangible as FOREX (FOReign EXchange, which you seem to be couching in mystery as if nobody can possibly understand it's complexity), but in futures!
Because if I go long in the 6E, which is the EUR/USD future, and it goes up when I am long, I win when I sell while in profit!

If it goes down, I lose when I sell at a loss. :-(
CME for teh win! I guess futures are just easier to understand than the complicated world you live in, which is FOREX. (FOReign EXchange).