Average daily Forex volumes amounted to 838,000 contracts in April 2015, staging a rise of 50% when compared to the result recorded in April 2014.
Read moreGlobal retail forex trading activity fell to $313 billion per day following January's near-record $358 billion ADV, as many brokers reevaluated their leverage policies post-January 15.
Read moreWhat is really worse? Low trading volumes, or a single black swan event? Andrew Saks-McLeod takes a look at the dichotomy between two scenarios
Read moreDespite a slight decline in dollar-value average daily volumes at Moscow Exchange during November, ruble volatility has resulted in the ruble-value figures being higher by 4% compared with October's results
Read moreWe probably won't have a month like September again for a while, with saw both institutional and retail FX volumes up 25-35% across the board. But based on preliminary data from the first 2+ weeks, it looks like October is shaping up to be another strong month of FX trading. October has not seen the…
Read moreAfter a dismal two months in volatility in the FX markets and lack of volume to show for it...some pickup is starting to occur. Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE) is reporting 'Total FX' volumes for June at 32K, up from May's 20k which represents a 60% jump MoM. June 2013 stood at 60k, which is off 47% from those…
Read moreThis month’s report shows an uptick in the volume of interest rate swaps traded on SEFs, a decline in the volume of credit default swaps, and a roughly unchanged amount of foreign exchange forwards traded on SEFs.
Read more“TOTAL FX” volumes on the Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE) which includes futures and options for the U.S. Dollar Index and foreign exchange contracts are up 17% in May from April coming in at 20,000 Average Daily Volume (ADV) contracts up from April's 17,000 contracts but still way down compared to May 2013's 43,000 (ADV), which…
Read moreSubstantial increase in net revenues to $355 million demonstrates Interactive Brokers' assured place as one of America's most successful retail FX firms Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (NASDAQ GS: IBKR) yesterday reported its quarterly metrics for the first three months of 2014, depicting a very healthy start to the year for the company. Diluted earnings per…
Read moreFXall up positively in March 2014 to $132bn up from $110bn a year earlier in March 2013; records 8.2% jump from February Reuters reported today that daily spot currency trading volumes on Thomson Reuters fell for a second month in March to $110bn, still showing improvement from long-term lows hit at the end of last year…
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