FXCM Reports Retail customer trading volume of $353 billion in November 

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

November 2016 Customer Trading Metrics from Continuing Operations ⁽¹⁾

Retail Customer Trading Metrics

• Retail customer trading volume ⁽²⁾ of $353 billion in November 2016, 16% higher than October 2016 and 18% higher than November 2015.
• Average retail customer trading volume ⁽²⁾ per day of $16.1 billion in November 2016, 11% higher than October 2016 and 13% higher than November 2015.
• An average of 613,233 retail client trades per day in November 2016, 14% higher than October 2016 and 26% higher than November 2015.
• Active accounts ⁽³⁾ of 179,432 as of November 30, 2016, an increase of 1,483, or 1%, from October 31, 2016, and a decrease of 473, or 0.3%, from November 30, 2015.
• Tradeable accounts ⁽⁴⁾ of 155,928 as of November 30, 2016, an increase of 942, or 1%, from October 31, 2016, and a decrease of 5,581, or 3%, from November 30, 2015.

Institutional Customer Trading Metrics

• Institutional customer trading volume ⁽²⁾ of $28 billion in November 2016, 17% higher than October 2016 and 32% lower than November 2015.
• Average institutional trading volume ⁽²⁾ per day of $1.3 billion in November 2016, 18% higher than October 2016 and 35% lower than November 2015.
• An average of 35,712 institutional client trades per day in November 2016, 5% lower than October 2016 and 12% higher than November2015.

⁽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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