Forex trading transactions worldwide are worth $3 Trillion per day. That is 40 times the size of Nasdaq. If Forex business shuts down then Obama will beg on the streets.Quote from bearice:
Important question-: If gold standard is introduced, will the forex trading business shut down because forex trading involves trading in USD/EUR, USD/GBP, EUR/GBP and other currency pairs.
Forex trading also involves Gold/USD and Silver/USD trading pair.