Swiss lesson: Currency trading isn’t for amateurs

Dangerous game: The fallout of the Swiss currency shock continues to reverberate around financial markets. Shares of FXCM plummeted over 87% on Tuesday, the first day they resumed trading since the firm revealed its equity was wiped out by massive client losses.

FXCM’s financial trouble was amplified by the fact that many of its clients were using leverage.

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