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Over the counter markets outweigh all markets in terms of trading volume and number of participants. More than $ 8 trillion of transactions take place daily.
Forex market is a market that is under control and cannot be manipulated because of its volume which makes it very reliable.
Big investors can't destroy small investors using larger collateral.
With the development of the Internet, Forex is fully integrated into the digital finance system. To make investments, it is enough to have a smart device and internet.
With the leverage system, large positions can be entered at low cost. As risks of positions that can be entered fall, the opportunity to earn increases.
Besides the buying process, sales transactions can be entered into positions and profit can be made with an opportunity that is not in physical positions. Thus, since it offers a balancing (hedging) opportunity in addition to profit, the physical markets sector has the opportunity to distribute its risks by trading.
The history of the Forex market dates back to the days of barter economy. In the barter economy, goods had a value in goods to be taken as exchange. With the later invention of money and increase in national and international trade, the value of a commodity began to be expressed with a monetary value. This situation led to the requirement of determining an equivalent value for currencies of different countries in international trade. The increasing volume of international trade in the 20th century brought with it the fixing of the currency of each country to Gold prices. However, problems in the system in question led to the signing of the Bretton Woods agreement, where currencies were fixed to both Gold and the American Dollar.
All these regulations allowed for exchange rates to move freely, and are the building blocks of the flexible exchange rate system. Today, currencies can be independently bought and sold from other country currencies. This case positively affects the effectiveness and depth of the Forex market. The main participants of the Forex market, where foreign currency can be freely bought and sold, can be listed as private/public banks, central banks, individuals and companies attempting to protect themselves from currency risks and individual investors carrying out for-profit (speculative investment) transactions.