Critics of the industry claim that few retail traders have the experience to make money trading forex.
An inexperienced retail trader will have a significant information disadvantage compared to these traders.
The retail trader always pays the bid/ask spread which makes his odds of winning less than those of a fair game.
Foreign investors, retail traders and money managers stayed mostly on the sidelines ahead of the forthcoming holidays.
Individual or retail traders seldom buy or sell as many as 10,000 shares at a time.
A market maker is able to connect the retail trader directly to the market instead of passing through a middle man.
They also are trying hard to become retail traders.
There are four and a half million retail traders in the area, and they employ twenty-two million people.
Laws may restrict the amount of other people's money a retail trader can manage.
Successful retail traders they became the target of their Shinhala competitors.