Retail forex volumes globally drop to $283 billion daily. It seems as though the retail forex world has been a little bit late in exiting the usual summer slowdown in trading volumes.... LeapRate's Retail FX Volume Index, sponsored by Leverate, decreased by 1% in September to average $283 billion daily, down from $285 billion in August.…
Read moreMany traders decided to wait out the Republican - Democrat showdown, also lots of data missing. LeapRate Exclusive.... LeapRate has learned from a number of forex industry executives, as well as those on the buy side, that trading volumes the past two weeks have been fairly muted during the US Government shutdown and the showdown…
Read more... however that was off a weak August base. Year-over-year, EBS volumes are down 27%. Is this an indication of forex industry weakness during September, or indicative of problems specifically at ICAP and its EBS forex ECN unit? Our take? Probably a little bit of both. After August EBS volumes were at their lowest levels…
Read moreRetail forex trading volumes globally drop to $285 billion daily, in typical August fashion. Nothing to worry about in the retail forex industry, it was just summer..... LeapRate's Retail FX Volume Index, sponsored by Leverate, decreased by 6% in July to average $285 billion daily, down from $305 billion in July and off 13% from an all…
Read moreBank for International Settlements reports more FX industry concentration; and 33% growth since 2010.
Read moreThe great reawakening of Japan's Retail Forex industry leads to a restatement of our index. LeapRate's Retail FX Volume Index, sponsored by Leverate, hit another all-time record in June, rising nearly 3% to $329 billion daily. Forex industry trading volumes continue to sit about 20%-25% above last year's levels. The increased activity in the retail FX…
Read moreRetail FX volumes driven by continued strong volumes in the Far East, aided by commodities volatility. LeapRate's Retail FX Volume Index, sponsored by Leverate, hit an all-time record in April, rising nearly 10% to $215 billion daily. FX trading volumes now sit about 25% above last year's levels. The increased activity in the retail FX sector was…
Read moreFour consecutive months of FX volume trading records at Alpari. As first reported by our friends at Forexbrokerz.com.... Global FX broker Alpari has reported its best ever month in April, with total group volumes coming in at $245 billion -- eclipsing Alpari's March volume of $238 billion and February's $237 billion. These stellar results come…
Read moreFX trading volumes still strong in March, but take a bit of a breather after a rapid start to the year. LeapRate's Retail FX Volume Index, sponsored by Leverate, fell back somewhat to $196 billion per day in March, down 5% from February's record $206 billion. The drop was not unexpected, following a very hot start to…
Read moreUnprecedented volatility in Gold, increased volatility in everything else traded leads to huge rampup in trading volumes. LeapRate Exclusive.... LeapRate has learned, in discussions with senior management at various FX brokers in different locations worldwide, that the past two trading days (Fri Apr 12 and Mon Apr 15) were in aggregate two of their best-ever…
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