FXCM Reports Monthly Metrics 

FXCM Inc. (NYSE:FXCM) announced certain key customer trading metrics for September 2015 for its retail and institutional foreign exchange business.

Monthly activities included:

September 2015 Customer Trading Metrics from Continuing Operations (1)

Retail Customer Trading Metrics

• Retail customer trading volume(2) of $326 billion in September 2015, 1% lower than August 2015 and 10% lower than September 2014. Volume from indirect sources was 38% of total retail volume(2) in the third quarter 2015.
• Retail customer trading volume(2) for the third quarter 2015 was $972 billion, 3% lower than the second quarter 2015, and 11% higher when compared to third quarter 2014.
• Average retail customer trading volume(2) per day of $14.8 billion in September 2015, 6% lower than August 2015 and 10% lower thanSeptember 2014.
• An average of 564,711 retail customer trades per day in September 2015, 5% lower than August 2015 and 29% higher than September 2014.
• Active accounts (3) of 180,121 as of September 30, 2015, a decrease of 601, or 0.3%, from August 2015, and an increase of 21,885, or 14%, from September 2014.
• Tradeable accounts(4) of 160,350 as of September 30, 2015, an increase of 2,050, or 1% from August 2015, and a decrease of 9,274, or 5%, from September 2014.

Institutional Customer Trading Metrics

• Institutional customer trading volume(2) of $47 billion in September 2015, flat from August 2015 and 44% lower than September 2014.
• Institutional customer trading volume(2) for the third quarter 2014 was $131 billion, 22% higher than the second quarter 2015 and 40% lower than the third quarter 2014.
• Average institutional trading volume(2) per day of $2.1 billion in September 2015, 9% lower than August 2015 and 45% lower thanSeptember 2014.
• An average of 29,856 institutional client trades per day in September 2015, 15% lower than August 2015 and 99% higher thanSeptember 2014.

Source: FXCM