When did forex become available to the public?

Forex trading became available to the public in the early 1970s, following the collapse of the Bretton Woods system in 1971, which led to the establishment of floating exchange rates. The introduction of electronic trading platforms in the 1990s further democratized access to the forex market, allowing individual retail traders to participate. By the late 1990s, online brokerage services made it increasingly accessible for the general public to trade currencies.