Binance was recently the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange in respect to volume traded. CoinMarketCap’s ranking of cryptocurrency exchanges recently changed to promote CoinEx as the largest exchange by traded volume. CoinEx is currently processing a trade volume of around $1.5 billion on a daily basis, while Binance handles around $ 1.3 billion. The third place…
Read moreIn April 2015, daily average revenue trades at Interactive Brokers amounted to 630,000 compared to 636,000 in March, depicting steady performance
Read moreIntercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE), the leading global network of exchanges and clearing houses, today announced that ICE Brent Crude futures achieved an open interest record of 2,006,759 contracts on April 15, 2015. The previous open interest record was set on April 2, 2015, with 1,992,780 contracts at ICE Futures Europe. As of April 15, average…
Read moreHoliday season wasn't so slow after all at Saxo Bank, with average daily volumes slightly down from November, but still higher than monthly volumes between March and August 2014
Read moreKCG Hotspot experienced an all time record in trading volume on October 15, along with many other prominent venues, amounting to $59 billion in daily revenue
Read moreUS FX giant GAIN Capital has experienced a stagnant month in terms of retail volume, which did not show improvement over a flat July, and has experienced a considerable 12.7% decrease in institutional volumes in August
Read moreOn the road to recovery from the global volume slowdown which has affected many FX firms, Alpari's combined volume figure for July this year shows that the firm is beginning to make positive steps forward, but remains short of last year's all-time records
Read moreA quick note on the sentiment of traders coming from futures data from the CME reported by the CFTC. Traders are bearish EUR, JPY and CHF, with net positions of ‐$10bn, ‐$8bn and ‐$1bn, respectively and bullish GBP, AUD, MXN, NZD and CAD; with net positions of $4.5bn, $3.4bn, $2.7bn, $1.3bn and $1.0bn. However, Camilla Sutton, Chief FX strategist at Scotiabank commented that this week’s data is interesting as it provides the first warning signal for EUR bears and GBP bulls as the EUR short position failed to build and traders began to close out GBP longs. These crowded positions in EUR and GBP could signal an uptick in trading activity this week as there…
Read moreEBS continues to make progress in a positive direction with ADVs during June 2014 representing a 5% increment MoM at $77 billion, echoing LeapRate's prediction for bullish market in June.
Read moreAverage daily spread betting and CFD trades in the quarter were down 11 per cent on the prior year, moving from 24,298 to 21,586 London Capital Group is reporting their Q1 numbers today and they are down YoY 38%. The company states: "Whilst we experienced an increase in trading activity in January and February 2014,…
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