After a very slow September, data from Forex ECN FastMatch indicates that October 2018 saw a modest 3% increase in trading activity, with FX trading volumes coming in at $19.2 billion ADV, versus $18.6 billion ADV the previous month. We'd note that September was the slowest month of 2018 for FastMatch, and volumes remain well below the…
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Following the normal summer slowdown in trading seen at a number of leading institutional FX platforms, Forex ECN FastMatch has reported that September 2018 FX trading volumes were down even further, coming in at $18.6 billion ADV. That is 4% below August's $19.5 billion, and also represents the lowest average-daily-volume figure of any month in 2018 for…
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Continuing a string of somewhat slow set of trading volumes being reported for the summer months by leading institutional FX platforms, Forex ECN FastMatch has reported that August 2018 FX trading volumes were down 3% from July, with average daily trading volumes coming in at $19.5 billion. However, despite the seasonal slowdown, FastMatch's figures for both…
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Pan-European exchange operator Euronext has announced the acquisition of approximately 8% of additional interest in FastMatch, a global FX spot market operator, operating as a Euronext company since August 2017. Euronext acquired a 90% stake in FastMatch for $153 million. In combination with the stake in the company that Euronext acquired in August 2017, Euronext…
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Continuing a string of somewhat slow set of trading volumes being reported for the month of July by leading institutional FX platforms, Forex ECN FastMatch has reported that July 2018 FX trading volumes were down 10% from June, with average daily trading volumes coming in at $20.0 billion. However, despite the seasonal slowdown, that is not…
Read moreContinuing a very strong start to the year for institutional FX platforms, Forex ECN FastMatch has reported that May 2018 FX trading volumes were up 16% from April, with average daily trading volumes coming in at $22.6 billion. That just beats FastMatch's previous best month of May 2017, at $22.5 billion ADV. By comparison, FastMatch…
Read moreFinancial markets operator Euronext NV (EPA:ENX) has released its quarterly financial report for Q1-2018, indicating healthy growth across most of its business lines, including 16% top line Revenue growth. Euronext indicated that its recently acquired Forex ECN business, FastMatch, also did fairly well in Q1, with FastMatch revenues totaling €5.2 million (USD $6.2 million) in Q1,…
Read moreContinuing a very strong start to the year, Forex ECN FastMatch has reported that April 2018 FX trading volumes edged up by 3% versus March, averaging $19.4 billion daily. After seeing two of its best months ever in January and February, FastMatch FX trading volumes declined by 11% MoM in March 2018 to $18.8 billion ADV,…
Read moreAfter a stellar start to 2018 trading, Forex ECN FastMatch has reported a somewhat expected decline in activity during the month of March. After seeing two of its best months ever in January and February, FastMatch FX trading volumes declined by 11% MoM in March 2018, coming in at $18.8 billion ADV. FX trading volumes…
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Continuing its rebound from a fairly weak Q4, as well as continuing a string of strong FX trading volume reports from leading ECNs for the month of February, data from Forex ECN FastMatch shows continued growth and the company's second best ever month. FX trading volumes at FastMatch averaged $21.1 billion daily in February 2018, up…
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