LeapRate’s Retail FX Volume Index hits all time record in October at $360B ADV LeapRate

November 19, 2014 BY LeapRate Staff

LeapRate’s Retail FX Volume Index hits all time record in October at $360B ADV

Continuing 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…

October 20, 2014 BY Gerald Segal

LeapRate’s Retail FX Volume Index – September 2014 was second best month ever at $340B ADV

Following a fairly long slump in trading volumes during most of 2014, LeapRate’s Retail FX Volume Index leapt 18% in September to $340 billion ADV – second best ever, just slightly below June 2013’s record $341 billion. September also marks our Index’s return to above $300B ADV for the first time since March. Several leading retail…

June 30, 2014 BY Gerald Segal

LeapRate’s Retail FX Volume Index off 1% in May to $279B daily

The bad news? May, like the three months before it, was not very strong for the Retail Forex industry. The good news? It looks like June will show a nice upward reversal. In what is turning out to be a very up-and-down year volume-wise (although mostly down, so far, see graph below), Retail Forex brokers…

March 28, 2014 BY Gerald Segal

LeapRate's Retail FX Volume Index dips 8% in February to $296B daily

Sochi Olympics + Muted Volatility = A Slow But Steady February in FX Trading. After beginning 2014 with a bang in January, with retail FX trading volumes posting their second best ever result at $322 billion ADV, the industry saw something of a slowdown in February, although all in all it was still a decent…

February 19, 2014 BY Gerald Segal

LeapRate's Retail FX Volume Index sees second best ever result in January at $322B daily

Retail FX volume metrics start 2014 with a bang around the world. The good news? Retail traders are back in force trading currencies in 2014. The even better news? Its not just about momentarily heightened volatility. LeapRate's Retail FX Volume Index, a monthly measure of trading volumes globally in the retail forex sector, soared by 16.5%…

January 21, 2014 BY Gerald Segal

LeapRate Retail FX Volume Index drops a seasonal 5% in December to $276B daily

2013 was a nice comeback year for retail forex volume metrics, up more than 20% over 2012. LeapRate's Retail FX Volume Index, a monthly measure of trading volumes globally in the retail forex sector, declined by 5% in December to $276 billion daily -- its (not unexpectedly) lowest level of the year. Gerald Segal, LeapRate…

December 26, 2013 BY Gerald Segal

LeapRate Retail FX Volume Index climbs 2% in November to $291B daily

Retail FX volumes heading back up, despite continued slowdown in Japan. November was a month of recovery in the retail forex world. Most major retail FX brokers, such as FXCM, Gain Capital and Saxo Bank reported a nice if undramatic rise in volume metrics during the month. Most major Forex ECNs as well had a…

November 25, 2013 BY Gerald Segal

LeapRate Retail FX Volume Index climbs 1% in October to $286B daily

Retail forex volumes remained strong in October despite institutional FX slowdown. October was somewhat of a strange month in the forex world -- at least as far as trading volumes go. While all major institutional FX ECN platforms -- including Thomson Reuters, FXall, ICAP EBS (LON:IAP) and the CME Group (NASDAQ:CME) -- reported declining volumes, retail…

August 19, 2013 BY Gerald Segal

LeapRate Retail FX Volume Index down 7.5% in July as the summer slowdown hits forex trading

... however retail forex volumes are about 25% above last year's levels. LeapRate's Retail FX Volume Index, sponsored by Leverate, decreased by 7.5% in July to average $305 billion daily, down from an all time high of $329 billion per day in June. The drop was not unexpected, as forex (as well as equity and fixed-income)…

July 29, 2013 BY Gerald Segal

LeapRate Retail FX Volume Index increases 3% in June to a new record

The 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…

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