Although we haven't yet turned the calendar page from December and the New Year's Day bubbly is still on ice, FX sector trading is already done for the year. And so, we're pleased to present an early LeapRate peek into trading volumes for the last month of of 2017. Leading off our reports of FX…
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Leading off our reports of FX trading volumes for November by leading Retail and Institutional eFX platforms, Forex ECN FastMatch data shows a 1% decline in activity from October, although still fairly strong overall in a historical context FX trading volumes at FastMatch averaged $17.8 billion daily in November, versus $18.0 billion ADV in October…
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Leading off our reports of FX trading volumes for October by leading Retail and Institutional eFX platforms, Forex ECN FastMatch data shows a 14% decline in activity from September, although September was a very strong month. FX trading volumes at FastMatch averaged $18.0 billion daily in October, as compared to $20.9 billion in September. But…
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Leading off our reports of FX trading volumes for September by leading Retail and Institutional eFX platforms, Forex ECN FastMatch data shows a 29% rise in activity from August. FX trading volumes at FastMatch averaged $20.9 billion daily in September, as compared to just $16.2 billion in August. In fact, September was FastMatch's second best…
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Leading off our reports of FX trading volumes for June by leading Retail and Institutional eFX platforms, Forex ECN FastMatch data shows a 12% drop in activity from May volumes. FX trading volumes averaged $19.7 billion daily at FastMatch in June, down from a record $22.5 billion in May. FastMatch's figures portend a fairly slow…
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Forex ECN FastMatch has some good news for its soon-to-be-new owners, Euronext NV (EPA:ENX). Data from FastMatch indicate that volumes in its system increased by 18% MoM in May, to average $22.5 billion ADV for the month. That makes May 2017 FastMatch’s best ever month for trading volumes, well ahead of March’s $19.2 billion, and the first time…
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Forex ECN FastMatch is reporting that volumes in its system decreased slightly by 1% MoM in April, to average $19.0 billion ADV for the month. That makes April 2017 one of FastMatch’s best ever months for trading volumes, given that March's $19.2 billion ADV was by far the company’s best ever, well ahead of the…
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Forex ECN FastMatch is reporting that volumes in its system increased during March by 16% MoM, to average $19.2 billion ADV for the month. That makes March 2017 FastMatch's best ever month for trading volumes, handily topping the company's previous best of $17.1 billion ADV set in November 2016. FastMatch's good results come at…
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Forex ECN FastMatch is reporting that volumes in its system decreased slightly during February, by 2% MoM, to average $16.6 billion ADV for the month. Still, February 2017 clocks in as one of the best months ever at FastMatch, behind only January and last November's US election driven record result of $17.1 billion ADV. We'd also…
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Forex ECN FastMatch is reporting that volumes in its system increased by 23% MoM from December, to average $17.0 billion ADV for the month of January. January clearly started off on the right foot for FastMatch and other leading institutional FX platforms, as volatility in key currency pairs remained high throughout most of the month.…
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