Looks like it will be a very good start to the year for the Retail Forex industry. In a survey of a number of leading retail forex brokers in different jurisdictions, LeapRate has detected a common theme - January was a great month, with FX trading volumes up significantly over the past several months. We…
Read moreGlobal retail forex trading activity rose to $329 billion per day during the very normally slow summer trading season.
Read moreAlpari's FX trading volumes in Russia and CIS topped $91 billion, down 6% month-on-month. At the same time the broker announced the launch of a demo version of new MT4 ECN accounts.
Read moreGlobal retail forex trading activity rose to $346 billion per day following February’s decline, as brokers re-instituted leverage to higher levels and volatility cooperated.
Read moreGlobal retail forex trading activity fell to $313 billion per day following January's near-record $358 billion ADV, as many brokers reevaluated their leverage policies post-January 15.
Read moreFor retail FX firm FxPro, average daily volume increased by 13% in February 2015 compared to January
Read moreDavid Puth, CEO of FX settlement company CLS said overall global trading volumes after the Swiss National Bank's move last Thursday reached $9.2 trillion, almost doubling the average turnover of around $5.3 trillion.
Read moreRuble volatility (something of an understatement) as well as a generally strengthening dollar has created the right climate for forex trading.
Read moreLeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned, in discussions with various retail forex brokers in different locations around the globe, that November FX trading volumes will be somewhat lower than the record / near-record volumes reported by many in the industry during September and October. After two months of near nonstop volatility, the industry standard EURUSD has…
Read moreContinuing a marked upturn since the summer, LeapRate’s Retail FX Volume Index climbed 6% in October to $360 billion ADV – making October 2014 the best month ever for retail forex brokers, besting June 2013’s record $341 billion. Several leading retail Forex trading platforms reported best-ever (or best-in-a-long-time) volume metrics for October such as: FXCM (first time…
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