CFTC data from US retail forex brokers is out for May, showing a surprising across-the-board pickup in activity at the leading brokers in the country. Overall, forex assets rose 5% to $516.2 million in May, after April saw the industry total fall below $500 million for the first time in several years. Each of the…
Read moreOanda passes Gain Capital / Forex.com into the #2 slot in US Retail Forex, behind industry leader FXCM.
Read moreThe US's big three - FXCM, Oanda and Forex.com (Gain Capital) - each led the way picking up $10M+ in new client assets in July.
Read moreLeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate had learned from updated CFTC data that cash held in US retail forex trading accounts fell to a multi-year low in June 2014. Total clients assets were $591 million, down 2% from May's $599 million. Looking back a while, the US retail forex industry has shrunk more than 20% from year end…
Read moreDecember's total US forex client assets of $600 million down 6% for the year. (Over-) regulation continues to take its toll in the US retail FX business. The CFTC's just-released December data shows continued erosion of assets held by US retail FX traders at their brokers. This wasn't a case of clients migrating from one…
Read moreCFTC monthly November data show a further 4% decline in client assets held by US forex brokers. (Over-) regulation continues to take its toll in the US retail FX business. CFTC's just-released November data showed continued erosion of assets held by US retail FX traders at their brokers. This wasn't a case of clients migrating…
Read more.... but the US Retail FX market continues to be a shrinking one for most of the other NFA regulated brokers. The CFTC released its monthly figures for January on the US Retail FX sector, and while overall US client assets in the retail FX space increased by 3% over December, virtually the entire increase…
Read moreCFTC December data shows some big changes in the US retail FX market. The CFTC has published its December data for retail FX brokers, and it includes some somber news for the US retail FX industry. Overall, US Forex assets shrunk by more than $100 million in December, by about 14%, to $641 million (see table…
Read more.... although U.S. trading volumes are down significantly.
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