Forex Magnates Q3 2011 Retail Forex Volume Survey - FXCM world's largest forex broker

As every quarter 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 Read this Term Magnates is conducting its retail forex market volume survey as part of the Quarterly Forex Industry Report. Below is an excerpt of survey which shows that outside Japan volumes have grown by 5.1% while including Japan they dropped 2.9%. Global retail forex volume is now $219 Billion daily and $4824 Billion monthly.

The drop in Japan is attributed to the second 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 Read this Term reduction (from max 1:50 to max 1:25) enacted this summer. Thanks to drop in Japanese volumes and slowdown of Saxo Bank, FXCM has become world's largest retail forex broker overthrowing Gaitame which until now used to be world's largest. This position may be temporary as Japanese volumes are expected to rebound however we will only see this in fourth quarter of 2011. Alpari is the fastest growing broker in this market and has leaped to 4th place among Western brokers and 7th among global (including Japan).

Full data is found in the Q3 2011 report.

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