Retail forex broker Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP) has just announced its operating metrics for the month of January 2017 and the results look a lot better than the last month of 2016.
Retail Segment Metrics
- OTC average daily volume of $9.5 billion, an increase of 11.0% from December 2016 and a decrease of 40.1% from January 2016.
- OTC trading volume of $210.0 billion, an increase of 11.0% from December 2016 and a decrease of 34.1% from January 20162.
- Active OTC accounts of 127,166, a decrease of 1.4% from December 2016 and 11.5% from January 2016.
Institutional Segment Metrics
- ECN average daily volume of $12.1 billion, an increase of 31.7% from December 2016 and 28.4% from January 2016.
- ECN volume of $266.2 billion, an increase of 31.7% from December 2016 and 41.3% from January 2016.
- Swap Dealer average daily volume of $4.4 billion, an increase of 38.0% from December 2016 and 50.6% from January 2016.
- Swap Dealer volume of $96.6 billion, an increase of 38.0% from December 2016 and 65.6% from January 2016.
Futures Segment Metrics
- Futures average daily contracts of 32,190, an increase of 23.0% from December 2016 and a decrease of 24.7% from January 2016.
- Futures contracts of 643,797, an increase of 17.2% from December 2016 and a decrease of 20.7% from January 2016.
- Active futures accounts of 8,303, a decrease of 0.8% from December 2016 and 0.3% from January 2016.
This operating data is preliminary and subject to revision and should not be taken as an indication of GAIN’s financial performance. GAIN undertakes no obligation to publicly update or review previously reported operating data.