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May I suggest it has something to do with lack of understanding or not even knowing that currency trading is available to the masses. When I tell people what I do, they just stare at me blankly with a really dumb look, having no idea what I am talking about. Shares (stocks) have been around for the last couple of centuries where anyone with the get up and go, could easily trade them. They are spoken about at length in all the major financial media, and normally relate to real companies that the average Joe on the street can relate to. The only thing people know about currencies, is if they are planning a holiday overseas, then they start working out the conversion rate from their own currency to the visiting country's. The same could be said to a lesser extent about futures, options, warrants, CFDs etc. It's the old comfort zone thing...just my opinion.