Trading has always been something that people viewed as difficult, at least that's what I thought when I started, but I like the fact that I see a lot more people doing both now.
I don't have a specific number but in the little things you can have an idea of how much more people are into trading now. I remember seeing the post about the amount of teams that registered for the KCGI trading
event, and all I could think of is how impressive it is that over 1500 teams each team consisting of different traders have signed up for something like that.
I might be making it more than it is, because I'm a big fan of trading in general, but I'm really glad trading is becoming more and more accessible.
If you don't have specific numbers for comparison, we don't have something to discuss then. There suppose to be a different figures from different time frame for us to compare before we conclude there's an increment in the number of traders and then we discuss the influence and what trigger the growth.
Just like every other aspects, people enter and exit everyday. In the case of trading, people assume it's fastest way to get rich quick on the Internet, hence it contribute for having numerous numbers of registered traders but only few survive in it.
By the way, trading is not difficult but making profit from trading is difficult.