Tag: institutional FX

February 20, 2013 BY Gerald Segal

FX Trading hitting mainstream hedge funds and institutional traders

Volatility and activist central banks have attracted institutions to FX trading in 2013. Business news outlet CNBC ran an interesting piece, on why mainstream institutional traders are taking up active currency trading in 2013. It seems as though the increased volatility which has brought back retail traders to FX trading -- with January being one…

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October 16, 2012 BY Gerald Segal

FXCM institutional volumes continue to dive

Retail picks up in Sept for FXCM, but not Institutional. Leading retail FX firm FXCM, the world's largest online FX broker, announced its September volumes, with retail volumes coming in at $304 billion for the month, and institutional at $46 billion. Comparatively (see chart below), retail volumes were up 12% as compared with August, but institutional volumes…

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