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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Beginning our peek into August 2017 trading volumes at leading eFX trading platforms, data from institutional Forex ECN Hotspot FX indicates that August trading volumes were equal to those of July clocking in at $27.1 billion average daily volume for the month. Similar in pattern to June and July, activity did seem to be stronger in…
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Beginning our peek into July 2017 trading volumes at leading eFX trading platforms, data from institutional Forex ECN Hotspot FX indicates that July trading volumes decreased slightly by about 3% MoM from June, clocking in at $27.1 billion average daily volume for the month. Similar in pattern to June, activity did seem to be stronger in…
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Beginning our peek into June 2017 trading volumes at leading eFX trading platforms, data from institutional Forex ECN Hotspot FX indicates that June trading volumes decreased slightly by just under 1% MoM from May, clocking in at $27.9 billion average daily volume for the month. Activity did seem to be stronger in the second half of…
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Beginning our peek into May 2017 trading volumes at leading eFX trading platforms, data from institutional Forex ECN Hotspot FX indicates that May trading volumes increased slightly by just over 1% MoM from April, clocking in at $28.1 billion average daily volume for the month. Hotspot's figures would have been even higher - $29.9 billion,…
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Institutional Forex ECN Hotspot FX has reported that April trading volumes decreased by 7% MoM from March, clocking in at $27.7 billion average daily volume for the month. Hotspot’s April figures begin a parade of what we believe will be weak volume reports in the FX sector, following what was a fairly strong March at many…
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Institutional Forex ECN Hotspot FX has reported that March trading volumes increased by 10% MoM over February, clocking in at $29.7 billion average daily volume for the month. That also makes March Hotspot's second-best volumes month over the past year-plus, behind only November 2016's $30.4 billion, which was driven by high market volatility around the…
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As its new owner CBOE Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:CBOE) unveiled the new company logo (above), institutional Forex ECN Hotspot FX reported that February trading volumes cooled somewhat from the company's hot start to 2017. February volumes at Hotspot FX averaged $27.0 billion daily, down 8.8% MoM from January's $29.6 billion ADV. Hotspot's February figures begin a parade…
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With the first month of the year now in the books, it is time to take a look at Forex trading volumes across the various retail and institutional FX trading platforms for January. And, based on early returns, it looks like it was a good start to 2017 in the currency trading world. First out…
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Following a very strong November, trading volumes at Forex ECN Hotspot FX cooled somewhat in December. Hotspot FX, a unit of Bats Global Markets Inc (BATS:BATS), saw volumes decline 20% MoM during the last month of 2016, to average $24.4 billion ADV. We view Hotspot FX's December volume results as actually fairly strong. December is always…
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