ANALYSIS OF THE RETAIL FOREX TRADING INDUSRTY
Executive summary
This report is analysing forex retail trading industry.
Defining the industry is based on
market participants’ segmentation and on BIS stats collected from 54 central banks
and monetary...
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ANALYSIS OF THE RETAIL FOREX TRADING INDUSRTY
Executive summary
This report is analysing forex retail trading industry.
Defining the industry is based on
market participants’ segmentation and on BIS stats collected from 54 central banks
and monetary authorities.
Industry-specific factors, threats and attractiveness are
assessed through five forces analysis (Porter).
Broad environmental influences and
market development evaluation analysis for next five years is conducted through
PESTEL framework (OUP).
In conclusion the analysis shows that retail forex market is continuously attractive
market over next five years when:
a) Targeting high trading volumes and/or
b) Differentiating through additional knowledgeable trading services and/or
c) Providing profitable proprietary trading to customers.
Defining the forex industry
Forex is an acronym for foreign exchange, a market (called also FX or spot market)
where currencies can be exchanged in order to do business internationally (Martine
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