Multibank FX aggregation service FXSpotStream has reported that volumes in August were up 9.5% MoM, coming in at $19.2 billion ADV.
We’d note that volumes were down 14% in July, coming in at $17.6 billion ADV, but June was a near-record month at FXSpotStream, with ADV of $20.3 billion its highest in 2017 and near its all-time best of $22.3 billion set in November 2016.
FXSpotStream Monthly Volumes
| Month |
Total Volume* | Avg Daily Volume (ADV) | ADV Change MoM |
ADV Change YoY | Trading Days |
| Aug-17 | $441,936 | $19,215 | +9.5% | +54.6% | 23 |
| Jul-17 | $368,589 | $17,552 | -13.6% | -10.7% | 21 |
| Jun-17 | $446,818 | $20,310 | +16.4% | -2.1% | 22 |
| May-17 | $401,400 | $17,452 | +2% | +8.7% | 23 |
| Apr-17 | $342,322 | $17,116 | -8.9% | -4.8% | 20 |
| Mar-17 | $431,899 | $18,778 | +0.3% | +6.4% | 23 |
| Feb-17 | $374,279 | $18,714 | -0.8% | -10.8% | 20 |
| Jan-17 | $414,863 | $18,857 | +7.3% | -5.6% | 22 |
| Dec-16 | $386,705 | $17,578 | -21.2% | +33.5% | 22 |
| Nov-16 | $490,498 | $22,295 | +30.4% | +69.1% | 22 |
| Oct-16 | $359,176 | $17,104 | +10.7% | +24.5% | 21 |
| Sept-16 | $339,942 | $15,452 | +24.3% | -4.7% | 22 |
| Aug-16 | $285,831 | $12,427 | -36.8% | -20.6% | 23 |
| Jul-16 | $412,617 | $19,648 | -5.3% | +39.6% | 21 |
| Jun-16 | $456,490 | $20,750 | +29.2% | +41.5% | 22 |
| May-16 | $353,326 | $16,060 | -10.7% | +26% | 22 |
| Apr-16 | $377,543 | $17,978 | +1.9% | +41% | 21 |
| Mar-16 | $405,823 | $17,644 | -15.9% | +23.8% | 23 |
| Feb-16 | $440,517 | $20,977 | +5% | +57% | 21 |
| Jan-16 | $399,477 | $19,974 | +51.7% | +21.6% | 20 |
*Volumes in USD millions, single count, for all streaming and matching products
FXSpotStream is a bank owned consortium operating as a market utility, providing the infrastructure that facilitates a multibank API and GUI to route trades from clients to Liquidity Providers. FXSpotStream provides liquidity from 12 leading global banks – BofA Merrill Lynch, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, BNP Paribas, Citi, Commerzbank AG, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Standard Chartered and UBS.