Alpari RU Q3 Volumes Increased 61% YoY – Slight Dip MoM

Alpari RU, a leading financial services provider of margin derivative has reported monthly and quarterly operating metrics. Trading volumes on a month on month basis were slightly lower in September, however the firm has seen total trading volumes for Q3 increase by 61% from 2012 numbers.

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Key metrics

• In September, Alpari RU's trading volume decreased by $7 billion to $126.8 billion .The main factor was the reduction of traffic on the pair – EURUSD (-$8,5 billion).
• Turnover increased on the GBPUSD pair (+2 % , or $ 0.6 billion )
• Turnover in lots dropped below 1 million lots and totaled 972 thousand.
• The number of publicly held accounts at the moment reached 984 thousand.
• To date, the main drivers of growth for the year were GBPUSD (+168% , or $53 billion ), USDJPY (+806% , or $30 billion ) and EURUSD (+15% or $25 billion )
• Alpari RU’s trading volume in Q3 2013 increased by 61% (or $150 billion) over the same period in 2012 (Q3).