Kabu’s Futures and Options Volumes Surge on Global Volatility in November

Kabu.com, a subsidiary of Mitsubishi UFJ (MUFJ), has disclosed its preliminary results for its trading volumes and metrics, including futures and options for the month ending November 2016, which saw a notable ascension across the board, according to a recent Kabu.com release.

During November 2016, Kabu's futures and options volumes were able to orchestrate a consecutive monthly growth, instead paring all of last month’s losses and rising to ¥89.0 million ($780,000) – this corresponded to a MoM gain of 43.5% from ¥62.0 billion ($543,400) in October 2016.

The sizable growth across each of these trading instruments was stimulated by a surge of Volatility Volatility In finance, volatility refers to the amount of change in the rate of a financial instrument, such as commodities, currencies, stocks, over a given time period. Essentially, volatility describes the nature of an instrument’s fluctuation; a highly volatile security equates to large fluctuations in price, and a low volatile security equates to timid fluctuations in price. Volatility is an important statistical indicator used by financial traders to assist them in developing trading systems. Traders In finance, volatility refers to the amount of change in the rate of a financial instrument, such as commodities, currencies, stocks, over a given time period. Essentially, volatility describes the nature of an instrument’s fluctuation; a highly volatile security equates to large fluctuations in price, and a low volatile security equates to timid fluctuations in price. Volatility is an important statistical indicator used by financial traders to assist them in developing trading systems. Traders Read this Term across global markets in November. The fallout of the surprise victory of Donald Trump resulted in some of the most heavily traded days of the 2016-year.

In addition, the net operating revenue at Kabu during November 2016 also reported a healthy growth to ¥1.58 billion ($13.8 million), up 14.5% MoM from ¥1.38 billion ($12.1 million) in October 2016. The latest figures represent its highest levels since June 2016.