FXCM announced Monthly Metrics
FXCM issued a press release to announce certain key operating metrics for March 2015 for its retail and institutional foreign exchange business.
The company’s announcement is regarding:
March 2015 Retail Trading Metrics
- Retail customer trading volume (1) of $375 billion in March 2015, 40% higher than February 2015 and 29% higher than March 2014. Volume from indirect sources was 36% of total retail volume (1) in the first quarter 2015. Retail customer trading volume (1) for the first quarter 2015 was $1.1 trillion, 20% lower than the fourth quarter 2014, and 17% higher than the first quarter 2014.
- Average retail customer trading volume (1) per day of $17.1 billion in March 2015, 29% higher than February 2015 and 24% higher than March 2014.
- An average of 591,122 retail client trades per day in March 2015, 15% higher than February 2015 and 38% higher than March 2014.
- Tradable accounts (2) of 222,279 as of March 31, 2015, a decrease of 440 accounts, or 0.2% from February 2015, and an increase of 33,016 accounts, or 17%, from March 2014.
March 2015 Institutional Trading Metrics
- Institutional customer trading volume (1) of $248 billion in March 2015, 53% higher than February 2015 and 24% higher than March 2014.
- Average institutional trading volume (1) per day of $11.3 billion in March 2015, 40% higher than February 2015 and 19% higher than March 2014.
- An average of 53,827 institutional client trades per day in March 2015, 72% higher than February 2015 and 43% higher than March 2014.
This operating data is preliminary and subject to revision and should not be taken as an indication of the financial performance of FXCM Inc.
Source: FXCM
