CFTC releases retail forex brokers' data for February 2012
As almost every month CFTC released the capital data for US retail forex brokers (and couple of others) showing their
As almost every month CFTC released the capital data for US retail forex brokers (and couple of others) showing their capital and the amount of retail forex deposits.
Thanks mainly to OANDA and FXCM the total amount grew by $18 million to $758 million in total.
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| Feb 2012 | Jan 2012 | change | Jan 2012 | Feb 2012 | change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adjusted Net Capital | Adjusted Net Capital | Total Amount of Retail Forex Obligation | Total Amount of Retail Forex Obligation | |||
| ADVANCED MARKETS | 20,514,940 | 20,523,266 | (8,326) | 2,025,284 | 1,744,399 | (280,885) |
| ALPARI (US) | 26,494,182 | 23,919,475 | 2,574,707 | 10,441,032 | 10,150,727 | (290,305) |
| FXCM | 70,970,146 | 37,691,724 | 33,278,422 | 145,580,624 | 150,874,105 | 5,293,481 |
| FOREX CLUB | 22,280,354 | 22,187,518 | 92,836 | 2,848,854 | 2,929,012 | 80,158 |
| FX SOLUTIONS | 34,112,319 | 39,922,089 | (5,809,770) | 17,335,053 | 17,371,314 | 36,261 |
| FXDD | 27,752,368 | 27,118,889 | 633,479 | 35,530,697 | 37,577,236 | 2,046,539 |
| GAIN CAPITAL | 49,702,410 | 61,167,574 | (11,465,164) | 101,909,614 | 104,454,746 | 2,545,132 |
| GFT | 78,757,399 | 77,406,343 | 1,351,056 | 88,406,365 | 86,471,012 | (1,935,353) |
| ILQ | 22,057,972 | 20,142,670 | 1,915,302 | 9,424,178 | 10,839,362 | 1,415,184 |
| MB Trading | 3,531,864 | 24,722,017 | (21,190,153) | 32,761,371 | 33,090,112 | 328,741 |
| OANDA | 140,526,582 | 147,933,420 | (7,406,838) | 156,981,987 | 166,551,287 | 9,569,300 |
| PENSON | 103,472,532 | 141,866,188 | (38,393,656) | 31,604,509 | 32,122,024 | 517,515 |
| PFG | 31,267,263 | 32,592,493 | (1,325,230) | 31,584,890 | 31,084,408 | (500,482) |
| RJ OBRIEN | 198,224,186 | 205,384,397 | (7,160,211) | 2,272,531 | 2,347,468 | 74,937 |
| TRADESTATION | 24,223,703 | 22,822,688 | 1,401,015 | 69,879,926 | 69,370,707 | (509,219) |
| XPRESSTRADE | 23,016,858 | 22,985,018 | 31,840 | 1,868,534 | 1,411,493 | (457,041) |
| Totals | 876,905,078 | 928,385,769 | (51,480,691) | 740,455,449 | 758,389,412 | 17,933,963 |
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Whats the deal with MBTrading. Isnt the minimum 20 million?
I assume these are numbers strictly for their US entities?.. is there a way to piece the whole companies numbers together?
@Andy – yup, its only the US that requires this info, so far from a definitive report on account performance. But after speaking with brokers, and seeing actual results, the variance of the US to the rest of the world isn’t that different. In regards to IB, when speaking to them last year, they attributed the out performance on tighter spreads and that their platform isn’t as intuitive, therefore it requires more effort from clients to understand what they are doing. On item that is up to debate is whether account size makes a difference. FXCM has mentioned in their… Read more »
@Andy – yup, its only the US that requires this info, so far from a definitive report on account performance. But after speaking with brokers, and seeing actual results, the variance of the US to the rest of the world isn’t that different. In regards to IB, when speaking to them last year, they attributed the out performance on tighter spreads and that their platform isn’t as intuitive, therefore it requires more effort from clients to understand what they are doing. On item that is up to debate is whether account size makes a difference. FXCM has mentioned in their… Read more »
Do you have any color on the penson numbers.. i know they clear for dinosaur.. but hard to believe they are doing that type of spot biz.. unless that is their futures arm?