GAIN Capital Announces Monthly Metrics for August 2016
GAIN Capital Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: GCAP) (“GAIN” or “the Company”) today reported certain operating metrics for the month of August 2016.
Retail Segment Metrics
- OTC average daily volume1 of $8.3 billion, a decrease of 17.6% from July 2016 and 54.9% from August 2015.
- OTC trading volume1 of $191.9 billion, a decrease of 9.8% from July 2016 and 50.6% from August 2015.
- Active OTC accounts2 of 135,634, a decrease of 2.4% from July 2016 and 10.0% from August 2015.
Institutional Segment Metrics
- ECN average daily volume1 of $6.5 billion, a decrease of 21.1% from July 2016 and 8.4% from August 2015.
- ECN volume1 of $150.1 billion, a decrease of 13.6% from July 2016 and an increase of 0.3% from August 2015.
- Swap Dealer average daily volume1 of $3.2 billion, an increase of 33.3% from July 2016 and 3.8% from August 2015.
- Swap Dealer volume1 of $72.6 billion, an increase of 46.0% from July 2016 and 13.7% from August 2015.
Futures Segment Metrics
- Futures average daily contracts of 28,271, a decrease of 4.6% from July 2016 and 19.5% from August 2015.
- Futures contracts of 650,230, an increase of 9.7% from July 2016 and a decrease of 11.9% from August 2015.
- Active futures accounts2 of 8,638, a decrease of 0.9% from July 2016 and 2.3% from August 2015.
1 US dollar equivalent of notional amounts traded.
2 Accounts that executed a transaction during the last 12 months.
Source: Gain Capital
