Tag: US retail client assets

December 09, 2015 BY Mike Fox

GAIN Capital starting to benefit in the latest USA Retail broker asset report

U.S. Retail Forex client assets from FCM FINANCIAL DATA for the month of October from reports filed by December 3, 2015 showed that Retail Forex based client assets at brokers dipped by just .03% MoM after a slight bump up in September. RJ O'Brien reports for retail FCM now look like a no-show (we will remove from our reports from here out)…

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October 15, 2014 BY Gerald Segal

US Retail Forex client assets drop $12M in August

After a surprising 7% (or $41 million) rise in July, client assets held by regulated US retail forex brokers continued their slow but steady decline in August, shedding 2%, or $12.3 million. Total client assets held now sit at $619.7 million, as at August 31, 2014. The industry remains fairly concentrated, with the 'big three'…

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August 11, 2014 BY Gerald Segal

US Retail FX Assets drop to multi year low in June

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate had learned from updated CFTC data that cash held in US retail forex trading accounts fell to a multi-year low in June 2014. Total clients assets were $591 million, down 2% from May's $599 million. Looking  back a while, the US retail forex industry has shrunk more than 20% from year end…

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January 14, 2014 BY Gerald Segal

US retail forex brokers continue to bleed client assets

CFTC monthly November data show a further 4% decline in client assets held by US forex brokers. (Over-) regulation continues to take its toll in the US retail FX business. CFTC's just-released November data showed continued erosion of assets held by US retail FX traders at their brokers. This wasn't a case of clients migrating…

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April 11, 2013 BY Gerald Segal

U.S. Retail FX client assets continue to slip in February

Biggest drop was at Interactive Brokers, which dropped 22%. U.S. Retail Forex client asset data for the month of February is now out, and there weren't really any big surprises: Overall, U.S. Retail Forex assets dropped 2% from January to $641.6 million, and are down 15% from last year as the U.S. retail FX sector…

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