FXCM reports customer trading volume of $225 billion in March 2017 

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FXCM Group, LLC (“FXCM Group” or “FXCM”), a leading international provider of online foreign exchange trading, CFD trading, spread betting and related services, today announced certain key customer trading metrics for March 2017 for its retail and institutional foreign exchange business, excluding Forex Capital Markets LLC (“FXCM US”).

March 2017 Customer Trading Metrics from Continuing Operations (excluding United States business due to accounts sale and business withdrawal)

Customer Trading Metrics

  • Customer trading volume(1) of $225 billion in March 2017, 12% higher than February 2017 and 28% lower than March 2016.
  • Average customer trading volume(1) per day of $9.8 billion in March 2017, 3% lower than February 2017 and 28% lower than March 2016.
  • Customer trading volume(1) for the first quarter 2017 was $679 billion, 15% lower than the fourth quarter 2016, and 26% lower than the first quarter 2016.
  • Volume from indirect sources was 37% of total trading volume(1) in the first quarter 2017.
  • An average of 387,815 client trades per day in March 2017, 5% lower than February 2017 and 23% lower than March 2016.
  • Active accounts(2) of 130,832 as of March 31, 2017, an increase of 314, or 0.2%, from February 28, 2017, and a decrease of 1,794, or 1%, from March 31, 2016(3).
  • Tradeable accounts(4) of 109,080 as of March 31, 2017, a decrease of 53, or relatively unchanged, from February 28, 2017, and a decrease of 3,628, or 3%, from March 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 Group.

(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) Active Accounts in 2016 were based upon retail only. All of 2016 will be restated next month to reflect all trading
accounts.
(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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