FXCM reports Customer trading volume of $253 billion in January 

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FXCM Inc. (NASDAQ:FXCM) today announced certain key customer trading metrics for January 2017 for its retail and institutional foreign exchange business, excluding Forex Capital Markets LLC, (“FXCM US”).

January 2017 Customer Trading Metrics from Continuing Operations (excluding United States business because of imminent accounts sale and business withdrawal)

Customer Trading Metrics

  • Customer trading volume(1) of $253 billion in January 2017, 18% higher than December 2016 and 17% lower than January 2016.
  • Average customer trading volume(1) per day of $12.0 billion in January 2017, 18% higher than December 2016 and 21% lower than January 2016.
  • An average of 488,917 client trades per day in January 2017, 15% higher than December 2016 and 18% lower than January 2016.
  • Retail Active accounts(2) of 132,008 as of January 31, 2017, a decrease of 448, or 0.3%, from December 31, 2016, and an increase of 1,281, or 1%, from January 31, 2016.
  • Retail Tradeable accounts(3) of 106,206 as of January 31, 2017, an increase of 624, or 0.6% from December 31, 2016, and a decrease of 2,887, or 3%, from January 31, 2016.

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) Volume that FXCM customers traded in period is translated into US dollars.
(2) An Active Account represents an account that has traded at least once in the previous twelve months.
(3) 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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