Retail Forex broker Alpari saw some recovery in trading volumes in February 2016, following a rather subdued January. The company reported trading turnover of $88.5 billion for February 2016, a reading which is 10.6% from the result of $80 billion registered in January 2016. Compared with February 2015 levels, the result for February 2016 is…
Read moreOnline trading services provider Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP) has just posted its key operating metrics for February 2016, with both retail and institutional trading volumes lagging behind levels seen in January 2016. Last week, another US Forex major – FXCM, reported its volumes metrics for February 2016, with retail volumes also staging a decrease,…
Read moreMoscow Exchange, or Moskovskaya Birzha MMVB-RTS PAO (MCX:MOEX), the biggest Russian venue for trading currencies, stocks and derivatives, has just published its detailed operating metrics for February 2016. LeapRate has already reported that the monthly Forex volumes at the Exchange rose month-on-month in February 2016, whereas the ADV staged a drop. The data released today…
Read moreTaiwan Futures Exchange (TAIFEX) has just published its operating metrics for February 2016, with overall trading volumes, and yuan futures volumes in particular, decreasing in monthly terms. Overall trading volumes at the Exchange amounted to 13,258,237 contracts, down 52.5% from the 28,001,613 contracts traded in January 2016. On the brighter side, the annual comparison was…
Read moreThe Financial Futures Association of Japan (FFAJ) has just published the monthly operating metrics of its members that offer Forex and binary options trading over the counter for February 2016. While OTC Forex volumes had another strong month, binary options volumes staged a double-digit drop on a monthly basis. As usual, we first examine the…
Read moreSingapore Exchange Limited (SGX:S68) today reported its operating metrics for February 2016 , with Forex futures volumes continuing to rise albeit at a slower pace than during January 2016. In February 2016, the FX futures volume at SGX was 552,423 contracts, up 6% from January 2016 levels. The annual comparison was more impressive, as the…
Read moreMulti-asset investment and trading services provider Saxo Bank has just reported its key operating metrics for February 2016, with the month delivering a good piece of news for the broker's volumes. Saxo Bank saw its monthly trading volumes reach $259 billion in February 2016, the highest reading since January 2015, which was marked by record market…
Read moreOperator of exchanges and clearing houses Intercontinental Exchange Inc (NYSE:ICE) has earlier today posted its key operating metrics for February 2016, with Forex volumes continuing the slide exhibited in January 2016. Average daily volumes for FX&Credit exchange-traded contracts amounted to 33,000 contracts, down 15.4% from the result of 39,000 contracts registered in January 2016. The…
Read moreRetail Forex broker EXNESS has stayed true to its transparency commitment and has just published its key operating metrics for February 2016. And although trading volumes fell in monthly terms, they staged a decent rise in annual terms. EXNESS registered monthly trading volumes of $192.4 billion, down 2.5% from the reading of $197.3 billion for January…
Read moreFollowing a very strong January, markets operator and provider of post trade risk mitigation and information services ICAP plc (LON:IAP) reported a decline in trading volumes on its EBS Forex platform during February 2016. Average daily volumes at EBS amounted to $102.6 billion in February 2016, down 1% from the January 2016 reading of $103.8…
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