Editing Exchange rate (section)

== Retail foreign exchange trading ==
{{Main articles|Retail foreign exchange trading}}
'''Retail foreign exchange trading''' is a small segment of the larger [[foreign exchange market]] where individuals [[Speculation|speculate]] on the exchange rate between different currencies. This segment has developed with the advent of dedicated [[Electronic trading platform|electronic trading platforms]] and the internet, which allows individuals to access the global currency markets. As of 2016, it was reported that retail foreign exchange trading represented 5.5% of the whole foreign exchange market ($282 billion in daily trading turnover).<ref>http://www.bis.org/publ/rpfx16fx.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=August 2024}}</ref>