By Sarah Morgan
In the U.S., currency trading is still a fringe bet for just a handful of traders. But almost 7,000 miles away, the Japanese are practically pros -- staying up all hours to short the yen against the lira, obsessively following central bankers' moves, and wielding such force they're moving currency prices around the world.
For a nation of 127 million, the power of Japan's currency traders may seem astonishing. Globally, household, or retail, currency trading accounts for less than 10% of the $4 trillion daily forex transactions, but Japanese traders are so active they account for significant moves in currencies they favor. For example, 4% of the daily turnover of the British pound, can be traced to Japanese retail investors, as can 5% of turnover of the Australian dollar, according to a 2009 study by the Reserve Bank of Australia. All told, Japanese investors account for a whopping 30% of spot trading in the yen, according to the Bank for International Settlements.
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