GAIN Capital announced a decrease of 12.7% on OTC trading volume for May 2016
GAIN Capital Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: GCAP) (“GAIN” or “the Company”) today reported certain operating metrics for the month of May 2016.
Retail Segment Metrics
- OTC average daily volume1 of$10.2 billion, a decrease of 16.6% from April 2016 and 41.5% fromMay 2015.
- OTC trading volume1 of $223.4 billion, a decrease of 12.7% from April 2016 and 38.7% from May 2015.
- Active OTC accounts2 of 138,955, a decrease of 0.9% from April 2016 and 5.9% from May 2015.
Institutional Segment Metrics
- ECN average daily volume1 of $6.9 billion, a decrease of 11.4% from April 2016 and 6.5% from May 2015.
- ECN volume1 of $151.5 billion, a decrease of 7.2% from April 2016 and 2.0% from May 2015.
- Swap Dealer average daily volume1 of $2.9 billion, a decrease of 13.5% from April 2016 and an increase of 16.5% from May 2015.
- Swap Dealer volume1 of $63.2 billion, a decrease of 9.3% from April 2016 and an increase of 22.0% from May 2015.
Futures Segment Metrics
- Futures average daily contracts of 34,744, a decrease of 4.8% from April 2016 and an increase of 2.6% fromMay 2015.
- Futures contracts of 729,614, a decrease of 4.8% from April 2016 and an increase of 7.7% from May 2015.
- Active futures accounts2 of 8,879, a decrease of 0.6% from April 2016 and an increase of 2.4% from May 2015.
1 US dollar equivalent of notional amounts traded.
2 Accounts that executed a transaction during the last 12 months.
Source: Gain Capital