Alpari Russia rose to $137B, but rest-of-world fell to $113B, its lowest level since April Following a drop in September, Alpari Group has reported volumes declining for a second consecutive month in October. While Russian forex volumes have risen by 8% to $137B, the rest-of-world metrics have subsided to show a rather substantial decline by…
Read moreAlpari Russia volumes hit $127 billion in September, rest-of-world $133 billion. After setting its best-ever volume record in August (normally a slow time!) at $280 billion, things cooled off somewhat at Alpari Group in September. Russia forex volumes dropped 5%, rest-of-world volumes fell 9%, leading to an overall -7% month for the leading forex broker.…
Read moreAlpari saw significant growth in international volumes in normally-slow August. Some follow-up to our earlier piece on Alpari's record August volumes... The folks at Alpari have been nice enough to break out for us Alpari Russia volumes versus rest-of-the-world (mainly Alpari UK). Historically, more than 50% of the Alpari Group's volumes have come from Russia,…
Read moreThe majority of Alpari Group's trading volumes come from Russia. So far, August volume metrics reported by both retail forex brokers and institutional forex trading venues seem to be very hit and miss. By that, we mean that some firms are seeing the typical summer-break slowdown in forex trading, while others are (somewhat surprisingly) seeing…
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