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In the last decade, retail forex has become highly popular with the small investors and general public. The major reason for the growing popularity of retail forex is the round the clock possibility of trading in the retail forex market. Retail forex market is open 24/5 meaning from Monday to Friday round the clock except on Saturday and Sunday. This round the clock action means that investors and traders can choose a time for trading that suits them. Something impossible in the stock market. This shift from stocks to forex has been accelerated by the recent stock market crash that took place in 2008.

With the stock market and other financial markets down, retail forex market continues to experience explosive growth that is expected to last beyond 2010 for many years. The primary reason for this continued growth is due to the fact that sophisticated investors are turning towards forex trading as a way to diversify their portfolios. This is being driven by the 24 hour liquidity, tight spread and easy and ready access.

Forex trading used to be limited to fairly well-off, long term investors and all trades had to be carried out physically by a broker, which might or might not have been your bank. The client had to telephone his broker, who would pass on any knowledge the firm had about latest developments in the currency markets and the client and the broker would decide whether to buy a new position, or sell or hold an existing position on the strength of that intelligence.

Being in retail business means buying and selling something or other. This is also called trading and men and women have been trading, buying and selling for tens of thousands of years. However, there are other kinds of business accessible to the ordinary person now, especially since the spread of the Internet. Now, instead of trading items, you can trade intangible objects like shares or currencies.

Owing to the fact that the Forex exchange market ensures easier liquidation of trades which makes it easier to get ready cash into your bank account the Forex exchange market is usually the most attractive market. It also pays to learn about differences between Forex exchange markets and the Stock market as only then will you know for sure which option is better for you. In the case of the stock market you have to trade in stocks within your own country while in the case of the Forex exchange market you can not only trade internationally but the market is open 24×7 which is different to the stock market that only operates during fixed business hours.