Participants
There are four main groups of foreign exchange market participiants:
hedgers :
Hedgers are individuals and firms that are trading in the foreign exchange market only to protect themselves against the risk of an unfavorable quote change in the interim.
speculators :
The largest group of participants on forex market. They are trying to earn on short or long term quotation swings.
arbitragers :
This group contain investors with huge amount of capital who earn on small differences in rate of exchange on two different "markets".
market makers :
The forex market makers are banks or brokerage companies that keep the market running. When one wants to trade on foreign exchange market one should open an account in one of market makers services.
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