Women who trade forex

  It's the weekend again and am going to be discussing about women who trade online forex in the world, throughout this weekend.
  I don't see women much in Nigeria who trade forex,but those of us men who trade forex, hear about women in other part of the world who are professionals or should I say expert forex traders and they trade forex for a living.Most of the women who make a living from this risky business are either full time housewife,hedge fund executives,bank executive,students,etc.For example in Japan,many Japanese women found that they could bolster tight budgets by performing online forex trades in between chores and shopping for groceries.They became such a force that the market gave them a name: Mrs Watanabe (in Japan,Watanabe is a common surname, the equivalent of Garcia,Jones or Wang).And now they have returned, only this time they're younger and more aggressive.Perhaps Ms. Watanabe would be a more accurate title now.



  Kazuhiro Koike,head of one of Japan's first online-trading platforms,tells TIME that over the past year his female client base has been rising. And it's a different kind of female. "Recently,housewife traders have been disappearing and changing to a younger age,"he says.
  Women in Japan make up approximately 25% of the nation's vast retail forex-trading market.(Japan's largest retail broker, GMO Click Securities,reported a staggering $694 billion in volumes in March alone.) Women in Australia and the U.K make up just 10% and 5% of the market respectively.
  While the older female traders-so called Kimono traders-looked to steady wealth creation,the younger ones have a shorter horizon, making a quick buck to pay for the next Birkin bag, says Vito Henjoto, a strategist at a large Japanese brokerage firm. When they have good days, they brag about it on social media, tweeting the forex charts,blogging about their successes and posting images of recently purchased bags and glasses of champagne. ''On Twitter,a lot more forex divas are emerging,"Henjoto says, "They don't want to be dependent on a boyfriend or a husband."
  I will be taking you all on a roller coaster ride this weekend on the lives of female forex traders and the strategies they employ trading forex.