Retail speculators may be trading their own account or client funds through a managed account program. Some speculators at the retail level may be trading for clients looking to hedge risks; however, most are looking to generate profit. Retail speculators are too small to trade directly on the interbank and clear their trades through one of the many retail dealers available to make a small-volume market for them. For the most part,retail speculators represent people like you and me, trading small-volume accounts purely for the sake of making a profit. The number of retail speculators involved in forex worldwide continues to grow as the popularity of currency trading grows.
