http://www.fxstreet.com/education/forex-basics/forex-introduction/http://www.fxstreet.com/education/http://mediaserver.fxstreet.com/images/fxstreet-provider-logo1-en.gif7http://www.fxstreet.com/education/forex-basics/forex-introduction/2006-06-28.htmlSummary 1. Introduction 2. The players 3. The attraction for private investors 4. Five ways to trade forex 5. Margin trading: risk and reward 6. Learning to trade forex 7. Regulation and caveats 1. Introduction The foreign exchange market owes its existence to the 1971 abandonment of the Bretton Woods accord and the subsequent unwinding of the regime of universal fixed exchange rates. According to the 2001 triennial survey by the Bank of International Settlements (BIS), global foreign exchangeWed, 28 Jun 2006 10:38:48 GMThttp://www.fxstreet.com/education/forex-basics/info@traderhouselate.st (Trader House Network)http://www.fxstreet.com/education/forex-basics/forex-introduction/2006-06-28.html