Busy day for the folks over at FXCM (NYSE:FXCM). The leading retail forex broker reported it somewhat bucked the trend of down volumes in May, with retail FX volume metrics rising 5% from April, coming in at $263 billion for the month (see chart below). Institutional volumes were flat at $185 billion. In a more…
Read moreFXCM's retail FX volume metrics of $290 billion and institutional $200 billion mark a strong month for FXCM. Industry-leading retail forex broker FXCM (NYSE:FXCM) reported that in March it saw retail FX trading volumes of $290 billion, down 5% from February, but made up for it with its second strongest ever showing among institutional traders,…
Read moreHighest volume metrics numbers since July could be spelling more growth ahead One of the market leaders when we talk about forex brokerages - FXCM (NYSE:FXCM), has reported on the state of its order books in the first month of 2014 and the results are rather steady. Retail FX volumes at the brokerage were up…
Read moreOverall, FXCM retail volumes were up 14% and institutional volumes 72% (!!) in 2013. Leading retail forex broker FXCM closed the books on a very strong 2013 with (not unexpectedly) weaker December volumes metrics. Seasonally slow December came in at $272 billion retail volumes (down 12% from November) and $146 billion institutional volumes (down 24%).…
Read moreLower revenues and profits should not have been a surprise, however market was spooked somewhat by FXCM's $15 million regulatory reserve. Leading forex broker FXCM ( NYSE:FXCM ) saw its shares dive by 8% on Thursday after FXCM reported Q3 results earlier in the day. While FXCM's financials were somewhat disappointing -- revenues down 19%…
Read moreHowever October saw a nice 5% pickup in volume metrics at FXCM to $491 billion. Leading retail FX firm FXCM, (NYSE:FXCM), the world's largest online FX broker (and a member of LeapRate's Approved List of global regulated forex brokerage firms), announced its October trading activity levels as well as Q3-2012 results today. As expected, with FXCM seeing…
Read moreFXCM's lowest retail forex volume metrics of 2013 offset somewhat by continued strong institutional sector. Leading retail forex firm FXCM, a member of LeapRate's Approved List of global regulated FX brokerage firms, announced surprisingly low September volumes -- $285 billion retail and $181 billion institutional. September marks the first month this year that retail forex…
Read moreFXCM total volumes stay above $500 billion for fifth month running, with institutional FX volumes up 3x over last year. Leading retail forex firm FXCM, a member of LeapRate's Approved List of global regulated FX brokerage firms, announced that August Forex trading activity came in a total of $517 billion -- $307 billion in FXCM's…
Read more.... although Forex.com retail volumes remain about 50% above where they were last year. Forex broker Gain Capital, which operates the retail Forex.com and institutional Gain GTX brands, reported that July forex volumes were down in July, for the second month in a row. Retail forex volume metrics were down from June by 8% to…
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