All eyes are set on FXCM Inc (NYSE:FXCM), with the US retail Forex broker reporting a set of important financial and operating metrics. Whereas the trading volumes data for February 2015 has painted a rather gloomy picture, the financial metrics for the final quarter of 2014 provided a piece of good news, as revenues and…
Read moreUS retail FX stalwart FXCM declared record performance for 2013. Can this be sustained in 2014? Despite a stellar performance during the last year, FXCM yesterday reported a month-on-month decline in trading volumes as detailed by LeapRate, with the company's trading volumes having begun to wane as the second month of 2014 drew to a…
Read moreFXCM shares up despite news that two senior officers of FXCM recently sold most of their shares. Shares of publicly traded forex brokers continue to surge forward. On a day when stocks were generally down (Dow -0.7%, S&P500 -0.5%), leading forex broker FXCM continued its climb upward -- crossing the $19 line, setting an all-time…
Read moreGCAP up 21%, FXCM up 6% to a new all time high after Q2 results and metrics released on Wednesday. Why? Margins. Leading US forex brokers FXCM and Gain Capital reported Q2 results on Wednesday, and the stock market seems to have liked both. With both brokers reporting record volume metrics in April-May-June, the stellar…
Read moreFXCM July Forex volumes remain steady, unlike the double-digit declines we've seen at the Forex ECNs. Leading retail FX firm FXCM, the world's largest online FX broker (and a member of LeapRate's Approved List of global regulated forex brokerage firms), announced its July trading activity levels as well as Q2-2012 results, with both impressing. July…
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