US Retail Forex brokers saw client assets on deposit drop for a third consecutive month in June, based on just-released data from the CFTC. Overall, Retail FX accounts at US regulated brokers totaled $561.1 million as at June 30 - down 1.4% from May and the second lowest figure ever. The lowest point since record keeping…
Read moreOANDA ups its US capital levels by about $40 million after seeing a similar capital drop in January following the events of the Swiss Franc spike.
Read moreThe US's big three - FXCM, Oanda and Forex.com (Gain Capital) - each led the way picking up $10M+ in new client assets in July.
Read moreLeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate had learned from updated CFTC data that cash held in US retail forex trading accounts fell to a multi-year low in June 2014. Total clients assets were $591 million, down 2% from May's $599 million. Looking back a while, the US retail forex industry has shrunk more than 20% from year end…
Read moreCFTC data reveals that US Retail FX traders held less than $600M at regulated US brokers in April - their lowest level since records began being published in 2009
Read moreDecember's total US forex client assets of $600 million down 6% for the year. (Over-) regulation continues to take its toll in the US retail FX business. The CFTC's just-released December data shows continued erosion of assets held by US retail FX traders at their brokers. This wasn't a case of clients migrating from one…
Read moreBiggest drop was at Interactive Brokers, which dropped 22%. U.S. Retail Forex client asset data for the month of February is now out, and there weren't really any big surprises: Overall, U.S. Retail Forex assets dropped 2% from January to $641.6 million, and are down 15% from last year as the U.S. retail FX sector…
Read moreCFTC December data shows some big changes in the US retail FX market. The CFTC has published its December data for retail FX brokers, and it includes some somber news for the US retail FX industry. Overall, US Forex assets shrunk by more than $100 million in December, by about 14%, to $641 million (see table…
Read more.... although U.S. trading volumes are down significantly.
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