Retail investors in the foreign exchange market

• Authors: Sobol Iwona , Szmelter Monika

Title variants

PL

Inwestorzy indywidualni na rynku walutowym

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The foreign exchange market (FX market, forex) is the largest and the most liquid market of the world. Up to the late 1990s, the FX market was dominated by financial institutions and large corporations, which conducted FX transactions for hedging, speculation and arbitrage purposes. While these participants still constitute the most important part of the market, the role of retail investors has been increasing since the beginning of the 2000s. FX trading conducted by retail investors has become significant enough to be included in the FX market statistics, provided by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS). The data collected by BIS is the basis for the analysis conducted in this paper. The main objective of the study is to examine the factors which contributed to the emergence and development of the FX retail market as well as to analyse its size and structure in comparison with the total FX market.

PL

Rynek walutowy jest największym i najbardziej płynnym rynkiem na świecie. Do końca lat 90. XX wieku był zdominowany przez instytucje finansowe i duże korporacje, które przeprowadzały transakcje walutowe w celu zabezpieczenia, spekulacji i arbitrażu. Mimo że podmioty te nadal stanowią najważniejszą część rynku, od 2000 roku rośnie również rola inwestorów indywidualnych. Wartość obrotów na runku walutowym, za które odpowiedzialni są inwestorzy indywidualni, stała się na tyle duża, że jest uwzględniana w statystykach rynku walutowego publikowanych przez Bank Rozrachunków Międzynarodowych (Bank for International Settlements – BIS). Dane zebrane przez BIS są podstawą badań przeprowadzonych w tym artykule. Głównym ich celem jest przedstawienie czynników, które przyczyniły się do rozwoju detalicznego rynku walutowego, oraz analiza wielkości i struktury tego rynku na tle całego rynku walutowego.

Keywords

EN

foreign exchange market; retail FX market; retail investors; foreign exchange transactions

PL

rynek walutowy; etaliczny rynek walutowy; inwestorzy indywidualni; transakcje walutowe

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu
• Journal: Prace Naukowe Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu
• Year: 2020
• Issue: vol. 64, nr 6
• Pages: 168-181

Contributors

author

Sobol Iwona

author

Szmelter Monika

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