LeapRate’s Retail FX Volume Index sees second best ever result in January at $322B daily LeapRate

February 19, 2014 BY Gerald Segal

LeapRate's Retail FX Volume Index sees second best ever result in January at $322B daily

Retail FX volume metrics start 2014 with a bang around the world. The good news? Retail traders are back in force trading currencies in 2014. The even better news? Its not just about momentarily heightened volatility. LeapRate's Retail FX Volume Index, a monthly measure of trading volumes globally in the retail forex sector, soared by 16.5%…

February 19, 2014 BY Gerald Segal

Alpari Russia reports January volumes rising 24% over last year’s figures

4% higher over the company’s average month in 2013 January FX volumes at Alpari Russia and the CIS region have come out at $136.6 billion in January 2014. While this is a rise of 24% year-on-year it is far less pronounced if we compared to the average month at the company throughout 2013 that totaled…

February 17, 2014 BY Gerald Segal

CLS sees FX settlement volumes rise 9% in January to $5.29 trillion daily

Transaction numbers rising briskly by 20% The CLS settlement service has seen January FX volumes rebounding almost 9% from December 2013 with the average daily value of matched trading instructions submitted during last month coming out at $5.3 trillion which is up by 8.6% from 2013’s last month data totaling $4.87 trillion. That compares with…

February 05, 2014 BY Gerald Segal

ICAP volumes rise 23% from December levels

Still markedly lower by more than a third from a year ago levels, best number since July According to data released by ICAP, volumes on their EBS platform have risen substantially from December marking the first substantial increase we have seen in a while. Traded forex volumes have reached $87.5 billion from $71 billion a…

February 05, 2014 BY Gerald Segal

EXNESS forex volumes top $150 billion in January

EXNESS also set a one-day volume record of $10.8 billion on January 23rd Volume numbers at New Zealand registered and CySEC regulated upcoming brokerage EXNESS have surprised to the upside with a record rise to $150 billion - way over December's figures. Thats a whopping spike by more than a third and it seems to…

February 04, 2014 BY Gerald Segal

Saxo Bank volumes rise 30% on last month

Saxo starts the new year on a flying note, a solid increase appears to be turning the trend A stark rebound in Saxo Bank's volume metrics for the month of January - that's what we are seeing from the company's announcement on their website. Overall monthly volumes were higher than January by almost 30%, totaling…

January 27, 2014 BY Gerald Segal

Emerging markets turmoil may lead to higher FX volumes in January

Forex volatility and volumes are rising across the board with the Japanese yen charging sharply higher We have observed one of the most tumultuous weeks in forex and equity markets in a while and rapidly depreciating emerging markets FX was on the forefront of the news wires. Carry trades have been unwinding and the Japanese…

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