Multibank FX aggregation service FXSpotStream has reported that August volumes on its system plummeted by 37% MoM to $12.4 billion (single count) daily. August volumes were also down 21% YoY from August 2015. The $12.4 billion figure was the lowest year-to-date for FXSpotStream (see chart below). August Forex volumes are coming in weak across the board at…
Read moreMultibank FX aggregation service FXSpotStream has reported that June volumes on its system are steady at $20.7 billion (single count) daily, much higher than May’s $16.1 billion. FXSpotStream’s best-ever month was this past February, at $21 billion ADV, but June almost beat its record. FXSpotStream is a wholly owned subsidiary of LiquidityMatch LLC (which is…
Read moreMultibank FX aggregation service FXSpotStream has reported that June was its busiest month ever, as the company recorded an all-time service record for FX volume supported in any one month at $456 billion. The prior overall record was $441 billion, set in February. On an average daily volumes basis, June's $20.8 billion ADV was up 29%…
Read moreMultibank FX aggregation service FXSpotStream has reported that May volumes on its system averaged $16.1 billion (single count) daily, 10.7% below April's $18.0 billion but 26% more than last year May. FXSpotStream’s best-ever month was this past February, at $21 billion ADV. FXSpotStream is a wholly owned subsidiary of LiquidityMatch LLC (which is ultimately a bank owned…
Read moreForex industry news at LeapRate this past week was headlined by results disclosures from a number of FCA regulated brokers. One thing our readers should note when looking at disclosed results of UK companies - some are real, some are not. What do we mean? Well some of the companies report their 'real' results, as…
Read moreMultibank FX aggregation service FXSpotStream might have surprised some folks today when they - for the first time - announced the FX trading volumes supported on their system, as well as the size of those volumes. First off, the data. FXSpotStream reported that April volumes on its system averaged $18 billion (single count) daily, 2%…
Read moreMultibank FX aggregation service FXSpotStream has announced that Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ is now live as a liquidity providing bank to FXSpotStream’s price aggregation service. We had earlier reported that FXSpotStream had signed up Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ as its 12th liquidity provider back in October. Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (or BTMU) is the 12th bank…
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