FXCM reports trading metrics for August 2016; Retail customer trading volume 4% lower than July 2016 

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FXCM (NYSE:FXCM) has issued a press release to announce certain key customer trading metrics for August 2016 for its retail and institutional foreign exchange business.

August 2016 Customer Trading Metrics from Continuing Operations (1)

Retail Customer Trading Metrics

  • Retail customer trading volume (2) of $270 billion in August 2016, 4% lower than July 2016 and 18% lower than August 2015.
  • Average retail customer trading volume (2) per day of $11.7 billion in August 2016, 13% lower than July 2016 and 25% lower than August 2015.
  • An average of 494,626 retail client trades per day in August 2016, 14% lower than July 2016 and 17% lower than August 2015.
  • Active accounts (3) of 175,757 as of August 31, 2016, a decrease of 863, or 0.5%, from July 31, 2016, and a decrease of 4,965, or 3%, from August 31, 2015.
  • Tradeable accounts (4) of 173,448 as of August 31, 2016, an increase of 1,779 accounts, or 1% from July 31, 2016, and an increase of 15,148 accounts, or 10%, from August 31, 2015.

Institutional Customer Trading Metrics

  • Institutional customer trading volume (2) of $26 billion in August 2016, 37% lower than July 2016 and 45% lower than August 2015.
  • Average institutional customer trading volume (2) per day of $1.1 billion in August 2016, 45% lower than July 2016 and 52% lower than August 2015.
  • An average of 36,960 institutional client trades per day in August 2016, 8% lower than July 2016 and 6% higher than August 2015.

FXCM notes that, 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.

(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 – FXCM Reports Monthly Metrics

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