CME Group sees Forex volumes jump 50% Y/Y in April 2015 LeapRate

May 04, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

CME Group sees Forex volumes jump 50% Y/Y in April 2015

Average daily Forex volumes amounted to 838,000 contracts in April 2015, staging a rise of 50% when compared to the result recorded in April 2014.

March 23, 2015 BY LeapRate Staff

LeapRate’s Retail FX Volume Index drops 13% in February as lower volatility and higher margins take their toll

Global retail forex trading activity fell to $313 billion per day following January's near-record $358 billion ADV, as many brokers reevaluated their leverage policies post-January 15.

March 08, 2015 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

Op Ed: The February volume crunch

What is really worse? Low trading volumes, or a single black swan event? Andrew Saks-McLeod takes a look at the dichotomy between two scenarios

December 01, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

Moscow Exchange FX volumes steady in November with ADV at $21.5 billion

Despite a slight decline in dollar-value average daily volumes at Moscow Exchange during November, ruble volatility has resulted in the ruble-value figures being higher by 4% compared with October's results

October 16, 2014 BY Gerald Segal

Mid-month Retail Forex volumes report – October looking good

We probably won't have a month like September again for a while, with saw both institutional and retail FX volumes up 25-35% across the board. But based on preliminary data from the first 2+ weeks, it looks like October is shaping up to be another strong month of FX trading. October has not seen the…

July 03, 2014 BY Mike Fox

‘TOTAL FX’ volumes on ICE up 60% MoM normalizing at 32K

After a dismal two months in volatility in the FX markets and lack of volume to show for it...some pickup is starting to occur. Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE) is reporting 'Total FX' volumes for June at 32K, up from May's 20k which represents a 60% jump MoM. June 2013 stood at 60k, which is off 47% from those…

June 12, 2014 BY Mike Fox

FIA issues 3rd SEF Tracker Report on swap trading activity

This month’s report shows an uptick in the volume of interest rate swaps traded on SEFs, a decline in the volume of credit default swaps, and a roughly unchanged amount of foreign exchange forwards traded on SEFs.

June 04, 2014 BY Mike Fox

'TOTAL FX' volumes on ICE up 17% MoM

“TOTAL FX” volumes on the Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE) which includes futures and options for the U.S. Dollar Index and foreign exchange contracts are up 17% in May from April coming in at 20,000 Average Daily Volume (ADV) contracts up from April's 17,000 contracts but still way down compared to May 2013's 43,000 (ADV), which…

April 16, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

Interactive Brokers reports Q1 earnings for 2014 - A return to form

Substantial increase in net revenues to $355 million demonstrates Interactive Brokers' assured place as one of America's most successful retail FX firms Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (NASDAQ GS: IBKR) yesterday reported its quarterly metrics for the first three months of 2014, depicting a very healthy start to the year for the company. Diluted earnings per…

April 09, 2014 BY Gerald Segal

FXall continues its climb, leading Forex ECN reports record March at $132bn ADV

FXall up positively in March 2014 to $132bn up from $110bn a year earlier in March 2013; records 8.2% jump from February Reuters reported today that daily spot currency trading volumes on Thomson Reuters fell for a second month in March to $110bn, still showing improvement from long-term lows hit at the end of last year…

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