Decline of $10 billion in average daily volume in spot transactions - United States
The Foreign Exchange Committee today released the results of its fourteenth Survey of North American Foreign Exchange Volume. Here are the key points:
- Average daily volume in total over-the-counter foreign exchange instruments (including spot, outright forward, foreign exchange swap, and option transactions) reached $799 billion in April 2011, exceeding the prior survey record of $772 billion established in October 2010. The April 2011 total represented a 3.5 percent increase from the prior survey.
- Average daily volume in outright forwards, swaps, and foreign exchange options increased by $13 billion, $17 billion, and $7 billion, respectively, offsetting a decline of $10 billion in average daily volume in spot transactions.
- Across currency pairs, the euro versus the U.S. dollar pair continues to have the highest share of reported turnover, at 31 percent.
The data is compiled from 25 leading financial institutions active in the North American foreign exchange market. The last survey done by the Foreign Exchange Committee in October 2010, showed similar decline in spot transactions. While the average daily volume of the entire FX market grew, it is worrisome to see spot transactions decline. Most Forex Forex Foreign exchange or forex is the act of converting one nation’s currency into another nation’s currency (that possesses a different currency); for example, the converting of British Pounds into US Dollars, and vice versa. The exchange of currencies can be done over a physical counter, such as at a Bureau de Change, or over the internet via broker platforms, where currency speculation takes place, known as forex trading.The foreign exchange market, by its very nature, is the world’s largest tradi Foreign exchange or forex is the act of converting one nation’s currency into another nation’s currency (that possesses a different currency); for example, the converting of British Pounds into US Dollars, and vice versa. The exchange of currencies can be done over a physical counter, such as at a Bureau de Change, or over the internet via broker platforms, where currency speculation takes place, known as forex trading.The foreign exchange market, by its very nature, is the world’s largest tradi retail brokers in the US, offset either all or some portion of their risk with these 25 leading financial institutions and it looks like the reduction in Leverage Leverage In financial trading, leverage is a loan supplied by a broker, which facilitates a trader in being able to control a relatively large amount of money with a significantly lesser initial investment. Leverage therefore allows traders to make a much greater return on investment compared to trading without any leverage. Traders seek to make a profit from movements in financial markets, such as stocks and currencies.Trading without any leverage would greatly diminish the potential rewards, so traders In financial trading, leverage is a loan supplied by a broker, which facilitates a trader in being able to control a relatively large amount of money with a significantly lesser initial investment. Leverage therefore allows traders to make a much greater return on investment compared to trading without any leverage. Traders seek to make a profit from movements in financial markets, such as stocks and currencies.Trading without any leverage would greatly diminish the potential rewards, so traders due to Dodd-Frank Act is playing a big part in the decline. A similar survey done by the The London Foreign Exchange Joint Standing Committee shows a 32% increase in spot transactions for the same period !
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The Foreign Exchange Committee today released the results of its fourteenth Survey of North American Foreign Exchange Volume. Here are the key points:
- Average daily volume in total over-the-counter foreign exchange instruments (including spot, outright forward, foreign exchange swap, and option transactions) reached $799 billion in April 2011, exceeding the prior survey record of $772 billion established in October 2010. The April 2011 total represented a 3.5 percent increase from the prior survey.
- Average daily volume in outright forwards, swaps, and foreign exchange options increased by $13 billion, $17 billion, and $7 billion, respectively, offsetting a decline of $10 billion in average daily volume in spot transactions.
- Across currency pairs, the euro versus the U.S. dollar pair continues to have the highest share of reported turnover, at 31 percent.
The data is compiled from 25 leading financial institutions active in the North American foreign exchange market. The last survey done by the Foreign Exchange Committee in October 2010, showed similar decline in spot transactions. While the average daily volume of the entire FX market grew, it is worrisome to see spot transactions decline. Most Forex Forex Foreign exchange or forex is the act of converting one nation’s currency into another nation’s currency (that possesses a different currency); for example, the converting of British Pounds into US Dollars, and vice versa. The exchange of currencies can be done over a physical counter, such as at a Bureau de Change, or over the internet via broker platforms, where currency speculation takes place, known as forex trading.The foreign exchange market, by its very nature, is the world’s largest tradi Foreign exchange or forex is the act of converting one nation’s currency into another nation’s currency (that possesses a different currency); for example, the converting of British Pounds into US Dollars, and vice versa. The exchange of currencies can be done over a physical counter, such as at a Bureau de Change, or over the internet via broker platforms, where currency speculation takes place, known as forex trading.The foreign exchange market, by its very nature, is the world’s largest tradi retail brokers in the US, offset either all or some portion of their risk with these 25 leading financial institutions and it looks like the reduction in Leverage Leverage In financial trading, leverage is a loan supplied by a broker, which facilitates a trader in being able to control a relatively large amount of money with a significantly lesser initial investment. Leverage therefore allows traders to make a much greater return on investment compared to trading without any leverage. Traders seek to make a profit from movements in financial markets, such as stocks and currencies.Trading without any leverage would greatly diminish the potential rewards, so traders In financial trading, leverage is a loan supplied by a broker, which facilitates a trader in being able to control a relatively large amount of money with a significantly lesser initial investment. Leverage therefore allows traders to make a much greater return on investment compared to trading without any leverage. Traders seek to make a profit from movements in financial markets, such as stocks and currencies.Trading without any leverage would greatly diminish the potential rewards, so traders due to Dodd-Frank Act is playing a big part in the decline. A similar survey done by the The London Foreign Exchange Joint Standing Committee shows a 32% increase in spot transactions for the same period !
The rest of the report can be found here.