It looks like the FX industry's strong trading start to 2018 which we saw in January has continued, and even strengthened, into the second month of the year. Data from institutional Forex ECN Cboe FX Markets – formerly known as Hotspot FX – indicates that the company accommodated daily average trading volumes of $44.3 billion in…
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It looks like the FX trading world has had a great start to 2018. Driven by increased volatility in key currency cross rates EURUSD and GBPUSD following weakness shown throughout the month by the US Dollar, institutional Forex ECN Cboe FX Markets – formerly known as Hotspot FX – has reported its best ever month,…
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Completing a fairly strong year which included a change-of-control and a new brand name, institutional Forex ECN Cboe FX Markets – formerly known as Hotspot FX – has reported data indicating a slight 7% MoM decline in December trading volumes, $31.7 billion ADV versus $33.9 billion daily in November. Not bad, considering that November 2017 was…
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Pan-Canadian financial regulator Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) has published a notice reminding dealers and investors of the inherent risks associated with products linked to cryptocurrencies, including futures contracts. While these contracts may be traded on regulated exchanges and may be cleared by regulated central counterparties, the fact remains that their high level of risk will not be…
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Beginning our peek into November 2017 trading volumes at leading eFX trading platforms, data from institutional Forex ECN Cboe FX Markets – formerly known as Hotspot FX – indicates that November may turn out to be one of the best months of the year for FX trading. FX trading volumes at Cboe FX averaged $33.9…
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Beginning our peek into October 2017 trading volumes at leading eFX trading platforms, data from institutional Forex ECN Hotspot FX - recently rebranded as CBOE FX Markets - indicates that October was a very good month, although not quite as good as September. FX trading volumes at Hotspot FX averaged $32.0 billion daily in October,…
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CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) has today reported September monthly trading volume and average revenue per contract (RPC)/net revenue capture data. For comparability and informational purposes, the table below presents trading volume on a combined basis, as of January 1 of each year, to reflect information pertaining to Bats Global Markets, Inc., which was acquired…
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CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) has announced it plans to list options on Roku, Inc. (ROKU), the streaming video device maker, on Friday, October 6, once the underlying stock has been certified as meeting all of CBOE Holdings’ applicable exchanges’ listing criteria. The company plans to list Roku options on its four options exchanges -Chicago…
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Bats, a CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:CBOE) company announced that has welcomed a new PowerShares PureBeta fund to the Bats ETF Marketplace. The launch brings the total number of PowerShares funds listed on the Bats ETF Marketplace to 16. The PowerShares PureBeta US Aggregate Bond Portfolio fund (Bats: PBND) seeks to track the investment results of…
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Beginning our peek into September 2017 trading volumes at leading eFX trading platforms, data from institutional Forex ECN Hotspot FX indicates that September was a very good month, if not the best so far of 2017. FX trading volumes at Hotspot FX averaged $33.1 billion daily in September, up 22% from August. Volumes at Hotspot…
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