GMO Click volume metrics finally cool off after a record run-up in volumes so far in 2013. After breaking the $1 trillion per month barrier several months running, leading Japanese retail forex broker GMO Click finally saw the summer slowdown in trading take some wind out of its sails. Volumes at GMO Click dropped 27%…
Read moreOur first peek at July forex trading volumes looks good. Leading Japan retail forex broker GMO Click has announced that July forex volumes totaled ¥107.2 trillion, or $1.07 trillion during the month. That's basically flat as compared to June's ¥106.2 trillion, when GMO topped the $1 trillion dollar mark for the first time. While we…
Read moreAs larger rival GMO Click continues to set records, Monex volumes are down 23% from April levels. In Japan, it seems as though the large are getting larger, while the small are struggling in the forex industry. Retail forex broker Monex has reported its June volumes, and they are down 14% from May, which in…
Read moreForex industry trading volumes continue to soar in Japan, as Yen and Nikkei volatility continues. The financial market turmoil in Japan during June has served the retail forex brokers quite well. With the USDJPY pair bouncing from 100, down to 94, and then back to near 100 iby the end of June, and the Nikkei stock…
Read moreJapan Retail FX market continues to be red hot. With the Japanese Yen finally crossing through the USDJPY 100 barrier during May for the first time in more than four years, Japan's Retail FX sector continues to generate record trading volumes, and record interest among Japanese retail FX traders. The proof? GMO Click, Japan's largest…
Read moreJapanese based FX firms continued to see a burst of growth. After seeing leading Japanese FX broker GMO Click report record volumes in April, now comes word that the mid-size brokers in Japan are also doing well. The Monex Group of Japan has reported that spot FX volumes shot up 91% in April, to average ¥242…
Read moreMetals volumes were strong, but FX volumes disappointed in April. CME Group, which runs the world's largest derivatives marketplace, announced April FX volumes which were surprisingly down by 16% from March. FX contract volumes (mainly Eurodollar futures contracts) traded at CME came in at 898,000 in April, down 16%% from March's 1,072,000 (see chart below). Metals…
Read moreJust GMO Click? Just Japan? Or were retail FX volume records broken worldwide? GMO Click, the largest Japanese retail FX broker, has just reported an absolutely astounding month of April. Volumes at GMO Click hit ¥89.5 trillion in April, or $913 billion for the month -- an all-time record not just for GMO Click, but for…
Read moreGMO Click did $694 billion of spot FX volume in March, down 17% from record February volumes. FX volumes continued to be strong during March in Japan, as the global risk-on trade combined with local "Abe-nomics" to keep retail traders interested in the currency markets. However volumes were down somewhat from February. Japan's largest retail…
Read moreGMO Click did $845 billion of spot FX volume in February, an all-time record for a retail FX brokerage firm. It has been just a few weeks since we reported that GMO Click Securities reported record volumes for any month in its history, with ¥68 trillion (or $756 billion) transacted by its clients during January. Well,…
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