forex, a business, a game or gambling?

Due to the ultimate ineffectiveness of the Bretton Woods Accord and the European Joint Float the forex markets were forced to close sometime during 1972 and March 1973

he very largest of all purchases of dollars in the history of 1976 was when the West German government achieved an almost 3 billion dollar acquisition

The Statesman: Volume 18 1974), this event indicated the impossibility of the balancing of exchange stabilities by the measures of control

Exchange markets had to be closed. When they re-opened ... March 1 " that is a large purchase occurred after the close).
The year 1973 marks the point to which nation-state, banking trade and controlled foreign exchange ended and complete floating,

relatively free conditions of a market characteristic of the situation in contemporary times began (according to one source),[50] although another states the first time a currency pair....

were given as an option for U.S.A. traders to purchase was during 1982, with additional currencies available by the next year
On 1 January 1981 (as part of changes beginning during 1978 [53]) the Bank of China allowed certain domestic

"enterprises" to participate in foreign exchange trading.[54] Sometime during the months of 1981 the South Korean government ended forex controls and allowed free trade to occur for the first time

During 1988 the countries government accepted the IMF quota for international trade.[55]

Intervention by European banks especially the Bundesbank influenced the forex market, on February the 27th 1985

The greatest proportion of all trades world-wide during 1987 were within the United Kingdom, slightly over one quarter, with the U.S. of America the nation with the second most places involved in trading.

which define the forex the best
1. A business
2. Game
3. Gambling

During 1991 the republic of Iran changed international agreements with some countries from oil-barter to foreign exchange.[58]

See also: History of Retail foreign exchange

The foreign exchange market is the most liquid financial market in the world. Traders include large banks, central banks, institutional leagues accordding to the statement

investors, currency speculators, corporations, governments, other financial institutions, and retail investors
The average daily turnover in the global foreign exchange and related markets is continuously

According to the 2010 Triennial Central Bank Survey, coordinated by the Bank for International Settlements,
average daily turnover was US$3.98 trillion in April 2010 (vs $1.7 trillion in 1998)