Tag: EBS volume metrics

November 04, 2013 BY Gerald Segal

Ouch! CME Group and EBS see lowest FX volume metrics in years in October

Government shutdown leads to slow institutional trading month.   Forex ECN EBS and derivatives marketplace CME Group each released October volume figures today, and they were scary low (from their perspective, of course). CME Group FX futures volumes decreased by 22% from September, and 9% from last year October, averaging 644,000 contracts per day --…

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October 04, 2013 BY Gerald Segal

ICAP EBS September forex volume metrics up 3%

... however that was off a weak August base. Year-over-year, EBS volumes are down 27%. Is this an indication of forex industry weakness during September, or indicative of problems specifically at ICAP and its EBS forex ECN unit? Our take? Probably a little bit of both. After August EBS volumes were at their lowest levels…

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September 10, 2013 BY Gerald Segal

EBS August FX volumes are lowest in eight years

ICAP's Forex ECN unit EBS reports volumes of just $78.7 billion daily in August. The question for ICAP -- which after a strong start to the year for EBS volumes in January and February, has seen volumes drop off during an otherwise strong 2013 -- is whether this is just the summer doldrums, or an…

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