GMO Click 365 had a very slow month down 4.8% MoM, volumes came in at 271,792 contacts in June from May's 285,447 contract pieces despite showing a record number of retail FX accounts - 346,035 accounts. Meaning, that per-traders volumes are very low with overall market volatility in the yen crosses very tailed back. It…
Read moreTrading activity has tailed of significantly in Japan since last year's record volumes, heralding a return to the low points of 2012.
Read moreGMO Click reported their April 2014 metrics today, numbers are down around 10% from previous month From GMO Click's official news release on volume metrics in the table below: Customer accounts ticked up 1% to 337,611. Underwhelming volume is consistent across the industry for the month of April. Stay tuned in with LeapRate for all…
Read moreClose competition between Japan's major retail FX firms has not curtailed their performance over recent months After a year in which two notably large firms which gain their client base from the domestic market only, namely GMO Click Securities and DMM Securities experienced monthly volumes of over $ 1 trillion for a sustained period during…
Read moreJanuary’s sharp increase is partially reversed, still much higher than Q4 2013 monthly average GMO Click has just reported its monthly volumes numbers for the month of February and just as Monex Group, their business has turned lower in the second month of the year. The figures have been reported at ¥73 trillion ($714 billion),…
Read moreCarry trade unwinding leads to a substantial increase in volumes at the leading Japanese brokerage The leading Japanese forex trading brand GMO Click has announced its volumes numbers for the month of January and we are seeing a dramatic increase in trading volumes. The firm announced that monthly FX volumes have totaled almost ¥83 ($820 bln)…
Read moreWith Japanese brokerages, Yen volatility is the theme for volume growth in 2014 The first of the Japanese forex brokerage powerhouses – GMO Click has announced its volume metrics for the final month of 2013 and we are in for a very positive number. During the month of December the company reported volumes out at 59.21…
Read moreWhile still higher than a year ago the trend is not reversing and volumes keep grinding lower The gradual pullback of Japanese retail investors form the forex market keeps on going. Volumes at the largest retail forex broker in Japan GMO Click have dropped by 12% in November to mark a decline to 52.2 trillion…
Read moreOctober volume metrics of $597 billion at Japan's largest retail forex broker are down 6% from September. Japanese retail forex traders' enthusiastic return to trading in 2013 seems to have waned somewhat in the second half of the year... GMO Click, Japan's largest retail forex broker, has reported October trading volumes of ¥59.1 trillion, or about…
Read moreJapan's largest retail FX broker sees its lowest volumes since December 2012. Although GMO Click's forex trading volume metrics are still more than double what they were last year, there is a clear slowdown in forex trading in Japan after a record start to the year. GMO Click reported September trading volumes at ¥62.8 trillion, or…
Read more