Overall volumes on the Moscow Exchange were down 11% in August, but up 23% from last year. Not surprisingly, Russian traders love their (short) summers, and again this August headed for the hills (and beaches), sending trading volumes on the Moscow Exchange down by 11% from July. However, as the Moscow Exchange continues to add…
Read moreFX volumes rose 44% in Q2 at Russia's largest public trading market. Moscow Exchange reported its Q2 financial results and trading volumes, both of which increased nicely. The exchange reported revenues of RUB 6.3 billion ($189 million) in Q2, up 14% from Q1 and 21% from last year's Q2. On the volume side of the…
Read moreForex futures on EURRUB and USDRUB to trade on Eurex. Moscow Exchange and Eurex, the derivatives arm of Deutsche Börse Group, announced that they have signed a cooperation agreement for the trading of Rouble-based FX derivatives. Specifically, Eurex Exchange will launch Euro- Russian Rouble and U.S. Dollar-Russian Rouble FX futures on its trading system. The…
Read moreAlpari does more than half of all its forex volumes in Russia and the CIS. Global forex broker Alpari Group has made an interesting (and only partial) disclosure of its first half and Q2 volumes. Alpari indicated that in Q2 volumes from Alpari Russia averaged $135.3 billion per month, and $131.4 billion for the full…
Read moreAlpari sees five consecutive months of FX volume trading records. Global FX broker Alpari has reported its best ever month in May, with total group volumes coming in at $260 billion -- eclipsing Alpari's April volumes of $245 billion and March's $238 billion. These stellar results come during a month when we have seen trading…
Read moreThe Moscow Exchange became the first regulated market for the Yuan outside China in 2010. Russia's Moscow Exchange has reported that last Tuesday, May 28, it saw record trading levels for the popular Yuan-Ruble CNYRUB FX pair, since Yuan trading was introduced in 2010. In the first quarter of this year trading volume in the Yuan…
Read moreFigures reported were for Alpari Russia only, not entire Alpari Group. Our article Monday entitled Alpari volumes drop to $85 billion covering Alpari's press conference and press release regarding some of its 2012 figures reported that the numbers discussed -- specifically $85 billion in monthly trading volume -- were for the entire Alpari group. Alpari management…
Read moreAlpari's last report of monthly volumes in November 2010 was $160 billion. Retail FX broker Alpari, which along with FX Club dominates the Russian FX market but also operates worldwide, held a press conference last week in Moscow and released some operating and financial data. The key metrics reviewed include: Monthly volumes in 2012 have…
Read moreCompetition increases for new novice traders. Moscow-based FX Club, which recently exited the US retail FX market and was assessed a $300,000 fine by the U.S. regulator NFA, today introduced a new trading platform called StartFX 2 targeted specifically at novice traders, having little previous trading experience. The StartFX 2 platform will have basic trading functionality,…
Read moreApparently Forex Club has not given up on the U.S. market.
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