FXCM reports retail customer trading volume of $280 billion for May 2016 

FXCM Inc. (NYSE:FXCM) announced certain key customer trading metrics for May 2016 for its retail and institutional foreign exchange business.

May 2016 Customer Trading Metrics from Continuing Operations (1)

Retail Customer Trading Metrics

• Retail customer trading volume(2) of $280 billion in May 2016, 2% lower than April 2016 and 15% lower than May 2015.
• Average retail customer trading volume(2) per day of $12.7 billion in May 2016, 7% lower than April 2016 and 20% lower than May 2015.
• An average of 550,310 retail client trades per day in May 2016, 6% lower than April 2016 and 6% higher than May 2015.
• Active accounts(3) of 177,900 as of May 31, 2016, an increase of 1,088, or 1%, from April 30, 2016, and an increase of 3,529, or 2%, from May 31, 2015.
• Tradeable accounts(4) of 170,850 as of May 31, 2016, an increase of 1,682, or 1%, from April 30, 2016, and a decrease of 17,634, or 9%, from May 31, 2015.

Institutional Customer Trading Metrics

• Institutional customer trading volume(2) of $50 billion in May 2016, 33% lower than April 2016 and 67% higher than May 2015.
• Average institutional trading volume(2) per day of $2.3 billion in May 2016, 34% lower than April 2016 and 64% higher than May 2015.
• An average of 45,999 institutional client trades per day in May 2016, 14% lower than April 2016 and 325% higher than May 2015.

This operating data is preliminary and subject to revision and should not be taken as an indication of the financial performance of FXCM Inc. FXCM undertakes no obligation to publicly update or review previously reported operating data. Any updates to previously reported operating data will be reflected in the historical operating data that can be found on the Investor Relations page of the Company’s corporate website www.fxcm.com.

(1) Customer Trading Metrics from Continuing Operations excludes discontinued operations of FXCM Japan and FXCM Hong Kong.

(2) Volume that FXCM customers traded in period is translated into US dollars.

(3) An Active Account represents an account that has traded at least once in the previous twelve months.

(4) A Tradeable Account is an account with sufficient funds to place a trade in accordance with FXCM trading policies.

Source: FXCM

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